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try 5 or 6 degrees at 10am up in Mallaig or Fort William still

It also used an existing connection onto the main line avoiding the cost of signalling alteration on the main line. Was the £40m figure not for new lines rather than reinstatement, what is the line in Northumberland costing?

Yes, as long as no one changes the rules again.

later, piles have largely been installed I believe but nothing beyond that.

Since the report has been produced for the rail link campaigners then it was obviously going to come up with that as the preferred option despite having the lowest cost benefit.

That's where the costs will be then, signalling changes to permit the turnbacks in passenger service.

It's a double track railway so how does a single platform work?

And what if you want to go from Aldridge to Walsall?

yes, because I'm sure all the 'engineers' love working all weekend

You can determine the maximum theoretical speed of any curve by using maximum cant and deficiency values.

Would still need a 73/9 for coupling anyway

For the sake of accuracy, having now read the article thanks to the link provided by etr221 above, I should note that Simon Calder isn't suggesting sit in. The article is answering readers questions and in his response he make similar points to those on this thread as to why its not a good...

B806 crosses just south of the station, assume its controlled directly from the box itself as can;t see any treadles or cameras on streetview.

How is the level crossing at Banavie controlled can't be AHB surely?

COVID and the lack of funding have put this and any other capacity enhancements firmly on the back burner.

2 coaches long according to quail

a quick look on google maps seems to show that its level access throughout the existing building so who knows what it means other than being the usual buzzword bingo you get in such press releases these days.

Is the existing building step free?

Given there is already a pillar/support behind it and it's maybe a sixth of the width behind the yellow line it seems more complaining for complainings sake tbh

The works the last few weekend have been track renewals, there has been no progress on the electrification since works were paused and the compound cleared as noted above although I have heard it may be starting up again next year.