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While railway control centres might well be very secure and robust, the majority of the railway is not (and given its sheer size, probably can't be). As evidenced by frequent trespass, graffiti, cable theft, etc, it's not hard for people to cause mischief if they want to. I think the most...

Indeed, for myself (and I presume lots of other people hailing from North of Birmingham who would change at New Street) train travel to Bristol etc. can't compete with driving on travel time outside the peaks as it is. More stops would only make the train less competitive. In addition, extra...

That is ridiculous if true... I'd wager it probably increases risk overall due to the potential for the security guard to be involved in a car crash on his way to/from the station!

Yes, I'm not aware of any official announcements about using the line for NPR/HS3, but it would seem like quite a good option, and would fit in with the recently announced passive provision for a junction off the main HS2 route. If they did end up using the line I imagine quite a lot of it...

I have wondered in the past whether an approach like this could help increase capacity. Especially with potential future moving block systems - you could timetable the trains so that normally they would only use regen, but in an emergency they could pull up very quickly, reducing the required...

I quite agree - I might be biased as I live in Warrington, but I think it would make a lot of sense to put Warrington on the NPR/HS2 network. I just hope the planners see it that way and give it a proper town centre station, as Warrington hasn't always been mentioned as a NPR stop in some of the...

I saw various news reports at the time, but I'd always been under the impression Liverpool wasn't getting a link... I think I must have missed the short window of time when a Liverpool link had actually been agreed! It is an interesting location they're suggesting for a connection to Liverpool...

This is exactly the sort of 'why not just...' sentiment based on a massive lack of understanding which I worry may be directed at both Network Rail and HS2 should certain politicians get into power. Sadly I imagine that many of the politicians that come out with things like this are actually...

The Taxpayers' Alliance is actually a very right wing think tank that is generally against all government expenditure, so I'm more surprised that they haven't just proposed cancelling it completely! Some of these are quite major changes (e.g. Not going via Euston) which I'd think would...

I agree with the other two posters actually - only used it a few times but Stockport was actually quite nice to use as a passenger as far as I remember (although I've never been in the peak so not sure how busy it gets). There's a fairly modern building, and pleasant-enough outdoor space near...

I feel like all major stations have their pros and cons so might change my v mind about this, but my two contenders would be : Leeds - very busy for the size of circulation space and years ago my sister was pulled out of the queue to buy tickets in the station (having got off a train from a...

I think now they've actually started building the negative headlines around the cost of winding it all up and putting all spending to date on a bonfire will put the government off cancelling it fully. However given the negative press it is still receiving currently I wouldn't be surprised if...

Perhaps it will lose some passengers, as Warrington West looks like a 10 minute walk from Sankey for Penketh, which might swing the balance. However, Warrington West will still be in a residential area so it will just put a station within walking distance for a different group of people...

Also for anyone interested the Warrington guardian put up a few more pictures recently: https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/17400040.new-aerial-shots-reveal-warrington-west-station-development/ Looks like there is still a fair bit to do, but progress definitely being made :).

My experience is mainly based on commuting within Bristol last year. The while experience was rather frustrating. If traffic wasn't so awful or if busses were faster I would have switched to driving or taking the bus after my first week. Delays and cancellations were common - sometimes the...

I quite agree with OP here - to me it seems mad that there are 2 car services which have to leave people behind due to overcrowding. It's almost as though they're trying to artificially discourage ridership on some services. Something like what's happened on Greater Anglia is what the Northern...

Personally I'm still very ambivalent - I like the idea of hs2, but I couldn't hand on heart say I believed it was going to be worth spending the humungous amount of money it will cost. I'd break the reasons down into 6 categories: 1. HS2 keeps shooting themselves in the foot - there have been...

In terms of cost per km to convert though (considering platforms, the odd small bridge and signal to close to the tracks etc) I reckon the Far North Line might be a good contender! Just think, we could run high capacity double deck trains from Inverness to wick :p

I quite agree... It seems to me that the only way to achieve the extraordinarily ambitious cost targets and stated capacities are to ignore all technical, operational, regulatory, safety, and political considerations. I tend to think that between one and two orders of magnitude more expensive...

Oh dear :D. I did enjoy it at the time though... I wonder how many people they talked to for the 'final countdown' (season 2) already had an inkling things might not be going quite according to plan even as they gushed about the artistic station design. I suspect a lot of media Crossrail has...