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https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/south-yorkshire-exploring-possibilities-of-supertram-network-extension-12-04-2024/ As the article linked to above states, South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority are exploring possible extensions. Which ones would you go for? A few are mentioned in...

I didn't know that. I haven't used Eurostar in a while. (I'll be using it next month, though.) Thanks for the information. So essentially my idea would just be an extension of that.

I'm definitely not suggesting taking out the top-end wine bar, or anything on the platform level. I am suggesting taking out retail on the east side of the concourse at the lower level. This would help create the space for the conversion described above. I would also do the same on the north...

There would be a separate queue system, check in and security for these passengers, all of which would be on the south side of the passageway to KX. (Whether it be a different TOC, or a different class of ticket.)

This was suggested by zwk500 in the other thread. That's another way of splitting it, yes. Of course another thing that can adequately fit in a whole trainload of passengers is... a train! If they sorted out their operations and allowed people to get on the trains earlier, rather than penning...

I apologise if I wasn't clear, but I was intending on this area to be just to the south of that passageway to the entrance opposite KX. Essentially where the Eurostar ticket office is currently. The ticket office could move to one of the retail units on the other side of the main concourse...

I've suggested a possible way to convert most of the arrivals area at St Pancras into additional departure space in St Pancras International departure hall - one potential solution for overcrowding. With this being a completely separate departure hall to the existing used by Eurostar, this...

Hi. A few posters on the International board have talked about the lack of space in the existing international departure hall at St Pancras. I know I've seen it busy myself. Some people mentioned using the arrivals hall to somehow deal with departures aswell. Below is my suggestion of one way...

The tunnel takes trains 1km underground? That is VERY deep! Either there's a heck of a hill over that tunnel, or a heck of a gradient in it!

Apologies, Yorkslad. I didn't see that post. PS in general I agree that we need XC to have more stock, whether that be the Avanti sets, the EMT Meridians or something else. I'm just assuming for the moment (and the purposes of my response above) that they won't get it.

As a semi-regular user on a weekend (Thur/Fri Birmingham to Leeds and then Sun Leeds back to Brum), the real problems seem to be when a single four-car set turns up. If it's a double, then everyone's usually seated (if they want to be) with room to spare. This makes me wonder. Could a coach be...

That's 80% less than the £1B quoted earlier. I'll take that as a decent cost saving! :lol: So three stations on the Camp Hill Line in Birmingham are currently costing £61M (source: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/camp-hill-line-delays-everything-27216542.amp ) Taking the...

I would tend to agree with DynamicSpirit's bulleted list, including thinking that Brock and Hollins Lane are too rural. I'd disagree with putting Blackpool Road Preston on the WCML, but consider a Blackpool Road Station on the line to Blackpool (which is only 900 metres to the west at this...

Based on your comment, I had a look at Moseley Tunnel on Google Earth. (I say that, as things may have changed since Google did it's thing.) Apart from a bit of wasteland and a shop, the tunnel only seems to be supporting St Mary's Row and maybe a sliver of Oxford Road. Most of that tunnel could...

I do wonder, now that the tram has been extended past Rotherham, whether it would be an easy job to extend it a touch further to serve Thrybergh and Dalton. I realise that they are not the biggest of places, but most of the infrastructure will be in place, and not seeing much use.

Would that allow for conversion to 25kv then? (Forgive me - I don't know too much about the elastic trickery.)

Like most on here, I think that the S-E Bowling curve isn't the best of ideas. We don't need the Calderdale line as a fast alternative to the transpennine route through Huddersfield. That said, a bit of four-tracking on the existing alignments between Bradford Interchange and Leeds would open...

Personally, I think that would add complication (and possibly time) to the system, as the driver would have to open doors on one side (disembarking) and then the other (boarding). The same with the conductor closing doors.

It's been a while since I've used these platforms. Which ends are those? (Edit: I think you edited your post and added it while I was typing!)

Hi all,. Firstly, apologies if someone has suggested this before. I haven't seen it mentioned on this board, but I could easily have missed it. I have seen a number of people complaining about the heavily overcrowding on P13 and P14 at Manchester Piccadilly. It is often mentioned that there is...