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There was a plan for NPR (and perhaps anything else 140 mph capable) to use the HS2 line to bypass Garforth to Church Fenton on the way to York, joining just after the proposed station at Thorpe Park. Speaking of which, is that what the isolated safeguarded section is in map SG-02-248-L1 in the...

I recall Network Rail offered several options, each balancing electrification costs and benefits with other works for capacity, reliability, speed etc. Does this announcement mean that the government has changed its mind to pick the one with full electrification for more than £2.9 billion, or...

Those looking for the glossy brochure will find it in the design and access statement. Part 1: (intro and external stuff) http://planningregister.opdc.london.gov.uk/swift/MediaTemp/9397-1396789481.pdf Part 2: (internal design)...

Platform Zero is for local trains. HS2 changed its initial plans, bringing the HS2 terminating platforms further north to meet platform 16 just next to the new southern entrance, so there will be one big Leeds station incorporating HS2 platforms perpendicular to everything else.

Can I ask a few genuine questions? I'm seeking information, not proposing that HS2 is/isn't stupid (though I personally think it's a good thing). For the purposes of avoiding a rehash of most of the past three thousand posts, I'd like to discuss this with the assumption that HS2 phases 1, 2a and...

Minor correction - they shifted the Leeds HS2 terminus north a bit to adjoin the existing station, so it's not going to be treated as a separate station now. It'll just be Leeds (or possibly Leeds City Station, but probably not Yorkshire Hub). Thorpe Park may be separate from Leeds East...

Suppose it was four tracked from the eastern end of the viaduct east from Leeds (Marsh Lane junction) through to just past Thorpe Park and the M1, and then York expresses could take the HS2 link to the ECML. Would the remaining local, semi-fast, Hull and freight traffic be sufficient to warrant...

There's a certain logic to having tilting classic compatibles and non - tilting but wider captive trains.

I wonder what transparent material they'll actually use? Hopefully something safer and more resilient than plate glass! I also wonder if this new roof will be replaced when the station is rebuilt for HS2, or if they'll try to incorporate it into the design.

The TransPennine Route Upgrade is one programme with a £2.9 billion budget covering improvements both east and west of Leeds. However, the contracts to actually build it have been awarded to two separate groups of companies, one for the work west of Leeds (the subject of the recent webinar and...

Thanks for that, I watched too but you've saved me summarising! One interesting point was that it's possible with all the possible upgrades to get Manchester - Leeds down to 39.5 minutes, but they settled on 42 (67 to York) as a better balance of spending the budget between speed, capacity and...

Was that observing a 125 mph speed limit, or a test run including stretches of 140 mph running? (Sorry for prolonging the off-topic diversion!)

Thanks for the webinar link! Is there any way to access a video or summary of the PWI session? Is anyone here going? Edit - the PWI talk on TRU has been postponed: "Change to paper & speaker - The Trans-Pennine Route Upgrade paper will be re-scheduled for later in the year. Please accept our...

I doubt they could get the land bought quickly enough, plus HS2 phase 2 hasn't been through parliament yet and the experts and machinery may be busy with HS2 phase 1. Besides, it's easier to get that bit paid for nationally by HS2 than to try to fit it into the 3bn (and not a penny more no...

Just returning to Leeds - York and the 12-mile gap mentioned in the Guardian article... that wouldn't be the distance from the M1 bridge to Colton Junction, by any chance? If fast trains from Leeds to York will pick up the HS2 bypass (from south of Leeds to Colton Junction for trains to York and...

What would prevent supercapacitors being used to take the sudden influx of energy and trickle it out to the batteries (or skip the batteries and run systems directly off the supercapacitors)?

I think there are plans for another platform alongside platform 1, but I don't expect anything major to happen before the station redesign for HS2 is firmed up. They won't want to do anything big that may then need changing for HS2 (or NPR).

Welcome to the forum! Your English is perfectly clear, thanks for making the effort! I was hoping someone more knowledgeable would reply, but my best guess as to why inner frame bogies were not used in the driving cars is that it proved cheaper and easier to maintain if all the bogies followed...

Static monitoring devices attached to fixed structures can monitor even when a train's three miles away round a bend. Might actually get enough warning to stop in time!

To those arguing about the hearing abilities of blind people, which do you think is the best option? Only cater for blind people with good hearing, or cater for them as well as blind people with poor hearing? There will be those for whom *reasonably loud* door opening and closing alarms will be...