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    Proposal for TPE to serve Saltburn (Now only Redcar Central)

    I think it might be to improve reliability by reducing congestion and delays at Middlesbrough (a more heavily used station) upwards instead towards Redcar Central (a lowly used station) for extra room available for turnarounds to restart service back towards Manchester. I doubt Redcar Central...
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    Transpennine Express December 2019 Proposals

    My thinking behind the plan to drop the Dewsbury stop from the Hull service and transfer it to to the Newcastle service is probably due to decreasing delays and customer dissatisfaction possibly. The present Dewsbury stopping Hull service is scheduled to call before the passing express...
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    Northern Station Improvements & New Ticket Machines

    ah okay, didn't realise that was the plan. Although 6 cars for the local Leeds to Huddersfield stopper seems a bit excessive unless it is for future projections especially with the council's plan for "Dewsbury Riverside Housing plan." + for more timetabled slots/ calls. Has it been fully...
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    Northern Station Improvements & New Ticket Machines

    i believe that the platform extensions at ravensthorpe and at mirfield were largely due to the newer longer trains, most likely by Transpennine Express or could possibly be with the new Northern class 195's, so they may open the new section when those trains come into the new timetable system...
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    Railways that are now roads

    Not necessarily an entirely railway line itself, but the old Dewsbury Central Station (GNR) with the railway line running across the bridge was converted from the railway line to a newly built ring road (Dewsbury Ring Road) in the 70's. The facade of the station still exists, albeit the station...

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