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  1. lancastrian

    Could the TransPennine route be further improved by introducing a 4-track section between Manchester and Huddersfield?

    A rather simple and possibly a naive question. I recently passed through HUddersfield going to and from York. I noticed that as you approached the tunnels from Manchester, that there seemed to be space for the four tracking to be continued for about a mile west of the station through the...
  2. lancastrian

    Could the Transpennine Route Upgrade have more quad track?

    Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/transpennine-route-upgrade-and-electrification-updates-cp6.88054/page-236#post-6361730 I was just watching a YouTube video, that was referenced earlier in the thread. The driver who made it and downloaded it mentioned that the two...
  3. lancastrian

    Proposed Wrexham North Station

    While reading the August copy of Modern Railway's, the article "New Services from Chester. (Pages 49 - 51). I noticed on the map on page 50 that it showed 4 proposed stations. These were 'Queensferry' on the North Wales line, 'Deeside Industrial Park' (such a snappy name) on the Borderlands line...
  4. lancastrian

    Why no longer Third Rail Electrification?

    If there is already a thread about this, I am sorry to ask the question again. My question is basically simple, why can we not extend the 3rd Rail systems on the Southern Region and Merseyrail? Neither will be massive extensions just fill in sections. Also it would not require massive...
  5. lancastrian

    Honeybourne Station.

    Today I was using Honeybourne Station. It was great to see it with the second platform restored and looking good with the double track restored, but as I looked at it, a couple of questions came to my mind. First of all, the platform lengths. The old platform, No. 1 is only about 3 car...
  6. lancastrian

    Future Electrification Schemes

    Did any one notice the list in issue 672 of Rail. It lists the following future electrification schemes: Midland Main Line: Bedford to Sheffield via Derby. Sheffield to Doncaster & Moorthorpe (for Leeds). Manchester to Leeds & Colton Junction (for York) and Hull. including Manchester...
  7. lancastrian

    Valley Lines Electrification and Upgrade.

    Did anyone see the article on page 6, of the May issue of Modern Railways. This is concerning upgrading the capacity in the Cardiff area. It talks about new/reinstated platforms at Cardiff Central and at Queen Street. All excelent to read about, but it say that there will be further improvements...
  8. lancastrian

    Limited Governement Thinking.

    I was reading in the Jan 2011 issue of Modern railways. There was an excellent article about the Ebbw Vale line. They were talking about what plans that were being considered for the next few years. Amongst these was the extension of the dynamic loop northwards from Cross Keys to Aberbeeg, to...

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