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    GEML: Barrier to upgrade?

    Would a faster journey time to Norwich not have a detrimental impact on the local economy? Places served by HS1 like Ashford are all but dormitory towns for London commuters with close to no middle and upper tax band jobs left in the local area also it just adds more strain to TfL services which...
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    Preferred site for Skelmersdale's first railway station revealed

    The mere mention of Manchester seems to be rather contentious with certain posters, is it just the age old Liverpool-Manchester rivalry causing this aversion or is there a genuine or otherwise perception that Liverpool gets treated like the ugly step child by the powers of the land?
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    Timperley/Glazebrook chords

    Does anyone have any creative/outlandish ideas on how to divert that one freight train per hour off the busy Oxford Road viaduct? seems like a waste of capacity but looking at a map of the rail network as well as old abandoned alignments there doesn't seem to be any short to medium term solution.
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    Class 373 Eurostar withdrawals

    Thank you very much, my only guess was that their top speed of 186mph would reduce capacity on a 2 track railway that also carries 200mph captive stock. Will be sad to see them go, absolutely gorgeous sleek looking things (the 374's have nothing on them!) I wonder if in the distant future they...
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    Class 373 Eurostar withdrawals

    Is there any reason why the 373's can't be useed for classic compatible services on HS2?
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    Why do Sudbury & Harrow Road and Sudbury Hill Harrow have such an appalling service?

    Won't any potential journey time improvements be mitigated by all trains having to stop at Turnham Green in the new time table?
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    Why do Sudbury & Harrow Road and Sudbury Hill Harrow have such an appalling service?

    Was a blunder on my part, thought a future Park Royal station on the Central Line would be on the Ealing Broadway branch which essentially will become duplicated by Crossrail.
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    Why do Sudbury & Harrow Road and Sudbury Hill Harrow have such an appalling service?

    A much more cost effective solution for improving journey times would be a new Piccadilly/Central line interchange at Park Royal, after Crossrail opens this should become feasible.
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    Goring Gap/AONBs and Electrification of the GWML

    What's the latest on the Goring Gap AONB situation? Haven't heard anything on that front for a while now.
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    Ordsall Chord

    Once the chord is up and running what services will use the section of track between Salford Central and Salford Cresecnt?
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    HS2 Rolling Stock Procurement

    What sort of alignment would the long Lancaster and Oxenholme bypass take? Is there any chance it could use part of the old Ingleton branch's track bed between say Kirkby Lonsdale and Lowgill at the southern end of the Lune Gorge or is it mostly going to run roughly parallel to the existing line?
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    HS2 Rolling Stock Procurement

    Has there been any plans put forward on what alignment the new line will take through the southern Lake District? The section that passes through the Lune Gorge between Shap and Oxenholme station is what I'm most interested in since there's that very prominent 'backwards L' shaped kink in the...
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    Released Capacity

    Why does every one assume that HS2 is it for ever? Just like the classic network the route will eventually be extended, loops or branches to mid sized cities like Stoke and Coventry will be constructed and maybe in the very distant future the termini stations will be demolished and through...
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    MML Electrification: progress updates

    That's a very detailed report, the current speed restrictions took me by surprise because the curve doesn't appear very tight viewed from above on a map also didn't know the bend north of the station was part of the plans too. So there's a £9.3 million shortfall I'm sure some sort of stealth tax...
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    MML Electrification: progress updates

    Is the work to straighten the alignment at Market Harborough still going ahead?
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    HS2 London Terminus

    Surprised such a connection doesn't already exist, I though this proposal might be something more substantial like re-aligning the sub surface lines so they actually pass under the main station.
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    HS2 London Terminus

    How will Euston Square be integrated with the mainline station?
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    Metropolitan Line Extension (MLX/Croxley Rail Link)

    Does anyone know if the north curve from the Chiltern main line to the Met Watford branch is currently used by anything?
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    Metropolitan Line Extension (MLX/Croxley Rail Link)

    The only way this project will alleviate congestion on east west routes into Watford is if an additional shuttle ran to Rickmansworth which just isn't possible without laying an extra track west of the disused curve and adding a bay platform at Rickmansworth also then you're looking at costs...
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    Metropolitan Line Extension (MLX/Croxley Rail Link)

    Why is it a shame? This whole project seems like very poor value and I'd even go as far as to call it a waste since it's only benefit is very local, no one will take a round trip via Moor Park on the Met line to commute into London when there are fast LM services and 4 Overgrounds per hour that...

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