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    St Andrews Transport Study - rail link option

    That was an alternative to closing an existing line. These folk plan on building a whole new line - just the land buying and legals will make the accountants eyes water. This plan is just a combo of trainophilia and busophobia
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    Raising speed limit on A roads for PCVs.

    It amazes me how some (normally older) drivers do a constant 40mph, wherever. Though it entertained me greatly when such a driver who had held me up for the last few miles of 60 limit carried on into the 30 limit and was so dozy they didn't notice the copper in high viz pointing a speed gun and...
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    Rail Reform Bill published

    Its just not true - to do their job the bean counters also need to know the value of everything ; you can't do budgeting without knowing that. Its just a slur from those who put higher values (usually with no workings) on the non cash benefits (often their hobbies - hear it a lot from the arts...
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    Three potential new stations in Liverpool City Region

    I assume the new one would be a P&R on that line by the A558 and science park. But there is no local service so would the operators through there want another stop added, unless they think it will add a lot of Runcorn P&R traffic to Manchester (do they have the spare seats for that and do LCR...
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    GW 769s to Scotrail?

    So in reality they would be a temporary measure that ran until they fall apart?
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    St Andrews Transport Study - rail link option

    On street running is far too expensive for small towns, and is just a slower less flexible bus. The economics for this must suck - how much more can you charge for an Edinburgh-St Andrews ticket over an Edinburgh-St Leuchars one? And loads of the passengers will be on student discounts, and...
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    'Higher Speed' Lines by bypassing slow sections with new track

    Or subsidise traction electricity for freight, operator agnostic.
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    Three potential new stations in Liverpool City Region

    Woodchurch and Carr Mill make sense, but what's going to serve Daresbury?
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    Swanage Railway to go cashless

    So you get mugged they can steal all your stuff at home as well as from your pockets!
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    London Road crossing, Bicester

    Easy solution - bridge with vehicle lifts either side, or maybe escalators :D
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    'Higher Speed' Lines by bypassing slow sections with new track

    Then create a mechanism! My idea is to use it to take freight off the main route, with a chord toward Tyne Dock, and an intermodal terminal near the A184/A194 junction, and a siding into Nissan. Maybe a local/Metro service too, looping back to the Team Valley. My crayons/need for neatness...
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    Raising speed limit on A roads for PCVs.

    Sorry to hear about your friend. You basically just described a benefit v cost analysis. AIUI these aren’t done for speed limit reductions - some campaigners just decide slower is safer and insist on an arbitrary blanket speed reduction. My commute became more and more miserable as the county...
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    St Andrews Transport Study - rail link option

    I thought the heavy rail cost looked optimistic for a reopening Then I looked at the map and I realised it was not using the old route but ploughing an entirely new railway through. Then I looked at the contours…. Is there the capacity for this service to go into Edinburgh anyway? What’s wrong...
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    Rail Reform Bill published

    I generally ignore the views of people/articles which use the utterly inane phrase ‘cost of everything and the value of nothing’. They usually have a big box of crayons and don’t want economics interfering with their fantasies.
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    Stations rebranded to Great British Railways design / Rail Alphabet 2

    Maybe it’s because their new format is so bland that they need to make it clear which signs are railway ones.
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    Throughput at gatelines with phone tickets compared to smart cards

    It’s less of an issue because you can put a ticket in a more convenient pocket, and carry it really easily (even in your teeth). You can also dip a hand in and know you have the ticket in your pocket and it’s ready to use the moment you take it out and barely needs looking at to get it right for...
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    Why aren't the FLIRTs more nationally widespread?

    Stadler don’t have an assembly plant in the UK. Any hint of them getting a sizeable order at the moment will have competitors briefing the press and holding a gun to the head of their UK assembly plant. Politically awkward to say the least - remember Thameslink…. A convenient scenario would be...
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    Raising speed limit on A roads for PCVs.

    That’s extreme! The rural roads are how residents and businesses get around. Time is money……
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    SWR to withdraw public access to Guildford Station Footbridge

    Pretty sure that there is no provision for a public footbridge in the new station they are building. From what I remember of looking at the plans weeks ago the ‘Great Wall of Guildford’ has blocked that opportunity off.
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    Why isn't the Elizabeth Line Core Driverless? (Ditto HS2)

    A RTS button that signalling can see isn’t new is it? Cheaper than drivers, can start work the moment they arrive, no route training, better safer worker environment, as they are watching the platform their job overlaps with existing jobs so fewer people needed overall.

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