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  1. Halish Railway

    Transpennine Route Upgrade and Electrification updates

    I seem to remember some OHLE-specific piles being drilled at White Rose a while back, with the structure installed at a later date.
  2. Halish Railway

    East Coast Timetable Dec 24

    I'd say that adding an additional Newcastle service is pretty necessary given how impressive Edinburgh/Newcastle to London loadings have been post-Covid, so an additional service starting from Newcastle will alleviate some of the crowding. If AP tickets for these services are reasonably priced...
  3. Halish Railway

    Kids pulling open air powered sliding doors and what protection (if any) there is to stop this

    I remember someone from the school I used to go to had the bright idea to try and pull the doors of a Class 321 open when it was on the move which triggered an emergency stop.
  4. Halish Railway

    Norwich - Cambridge - Stansted future ideas

    I would imagine that should the existing service be supplemented it would initially begin as a Norwich to Cambridge service, leaving the opportunity available to be extended to run along the EWR route.
  5. Halish Railway

    Bristol - Manchester service

    IIRC back in the locomotive hauled days Cross City trains ran every 15 minutes compared to every 10 minutes as was the case up until the pandemic.
  6. Halish Railway

    Bristol - Manchester service

    But going the other way they go via the Camp Hill line. The pathing of the Hereford to Birmingham service heading towards Birmingham is a bit different than going the other way as it is flighted immediately behind the Plymouth to Edinburgh services from Stoke Works Junction, so doesn't get in...
  7. Halish Railway

    Bristol - Manchester service

    I think a more important factor for Bristol-bound trains as accommodating the Hereford service. When the Cross City line ran every ten minutes, the southbound departure times from New Street were 03, 15, 23, 33, 43 and 53 minutes past the hour. The out of pattern 15 minutes past the hour is...
  8. Halish Railway

    Class 221 for Grand Central

    Out of place would be a better description. From what I gather various vehicles are in the wrong sets, hence the numbering of the vehicles in question don't match those of the rest of the consist. I believe this is due to varying levels of corrosion and malfunctioning amongst the vehicles in...
  9. Halish Railway

    Cross Country overcrowding - shortage of rolling stock

    It doesn't help that a lot of services by other operators on sections of track shared with Cross Country either haven't come to fruition of have just disappeared. Specifically the additional Northern service between Chesterfield and Leeds via Wakefield Westgate (starting at Nottingham and...
  10. Halish Railway

    Transpennine Route Upgrade and Electrification updates

    Partly to do with the access for all scheme as well, it’s just convenient that the replacement of a bridge that wasn’t universally accessible coincided with the electrification of the line it crossed.
  11. Halish Railway

    Lincoln-Sheffield/Leeds line rolling stock question

    Hopefully along with the creation of an additional track between platform 17 and Leeds West Jn to completely separate the two traffic flows.
  12. Halish Railway

    Lincoln-Sheffield/Leeds line rolling stock question

    On Sundays Northern services from Lincoln run to Huddersfield or to Sheffield before working a service to Huddersfield, therefore they use a 150/0 which is the rolling stock that is most well suited to the Penistone line as 60m (the length of a 150/0) is the longest a train on that route can be...
  13. Halish Railway

    West Midlands Class 323 - the final countdown

    I believe 7 - To the best of my knowledge there are already nine 331/0s in Yorkshire and 16 will be required to work six carriage trains on Leeds to Skipton and Ilkley services.
  14. Halish Railway

    Great Northern Fleet Tender

    Aren’t the 5 carriage 377s different enough from the first generation 375s/377s that a conversion course would be required for any staff that would work them? Also the 5 carriage 377s were fairly specifically ordered to be provide an uplift over an 8 carriage formation whilst being able to...
  15. Halish Railway

    Northern unit reallocation

    The allocations are a bit messed up at the moment on account of the Ilkley to Bradford services not running due to a Landslide. Normally the 331s should be confined to the Leeds to Doncaster and Bradford Forster Square services and Bradford Forster Square to Ilkley and Skipton services, with...
  16. Halish Railway

    Northern unit reallocation

    The four carriage 331s were sent across the Pennines to see off the 319s.
  17. Halish Railway

    Proposals for three new West Midlands railway stations to be developed

    Ex-EMR Class 222s displacing 170s from Nottingham to Birmingham and Cardiff services is an option that has been discussed in previous Midland Rail Hub literature, although I could see 68/Mk5s working on the aforementioned services.
  18. Halish Railway

    'Higher Speed' Lines by bypassing slow sections with new track

    I find it ironic that HS2 - The nuclear option for overcoming the problem all the problems discussed by the OP planned to end the 'Golbourne Link' just south of Wigan, creating conflicts with Liverpool to Blackpool and Scotland services at Springs Branch Jn, using paths for Anglo-Scottish...
  19. Halish Railway

    EMR Class 170 updates

    The Class 170/5s are fitted with the dreadful Lazzerini seats as ordered by Central Trains and Midland Mainline, whereas the other subclasses have the much more well designed Chapman seats as ordered by Southern and Scotrail. The aesthetics and comfort of the Chapman and modified Fisa Lean...

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