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    TPE Future Network

    With TPE potentially ordering 29 new trains, what north trans pennine network be developed that purely operates with the 29 trains alone? For example: Liverpool - Newcastle Liverpool - York Manchester Airport - Hull Manchester Airport - Middlesbrough Manchester Piccadilly - Huddersfield...
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    29 new trains for Transpennine Express ?

    Could CAF do a 6-car variant of a 397 with doors at thirds, with bi-mode (or tri-mode) capability?
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    29 new trains for Transpennine Express ?

    What type of train do people think the order will become? A double 6-car 185 seats 338 passengers and a 5-car 802 seats 342 passengers. A 5-car 397 seats 288 passengers, so if a variant from CAF came along, it would need to be at least a 6-car train to match capacity. What about door...
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    HS2 Manchester leg scrapped: what should happen now?

    If we assume the Birmingham services are all 200m units and they (as well as the Manchesters) are on a 3 tph frequency. Additionally there are 2 Liverpool and a Glasgow on a 2 tph and 1 tph frequency respectively. Could the 6 platforms at OOC be split in to A and B sections, could the station...
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    RMT Strike affecting London Underground services from 23rd to 28th July; ASLEF Strike action on 26th and 28th July. (Strike now suspended)

    Hi. For the layperson, can anyone give a clue as to what “little or no service” means in the context of “little”? That implies there will be some services running on LU on the Tuesday and Thursday, but how little is little?
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    If you could make just one infrastructure improvement in Manchester…

    What one infrastructure improvement would singularly do the most to increase capacity through Manchester? What would you recommend and why? Rules of engagement: Knocking down the arena and building a larger Victoria is not allowed. Four tracking Castlefield is also not permitted. It must be...
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    NPR will it ever happen?

    If NPR was to have a spur/link built to enable a destination other than Leeds to head to Manchester, would it not be more economically advantageous to prioritise the Hope Valley line to enable Sheffield-Manchester-Liverpool services to access NPR east of Manchester via Guide Bridge, rather than...
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    Class 185 future

    How many more years should* the 185s have left in service before being scrapped? Is it not better to leave them with TPE until that point? *by ’should’, I mean the optimal point at which to replace them, rather than running them for decades with various engine replacements and refurbs like the...
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    Salford Central Improvements

    Thanks very much.
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    Salford Central Improvements

    Does anyone have a summary or a link that details all the infrastructure proposals that are coming under the Manchester Recovery Taskforce, that they could share please?
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    Javelins and the like

    This is why I think NPR services and the Birmingham-Nottingham shuttle will be similar. If that happens on the HS2 network it would rightly be called a waste of capacity.
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    Javelins and the like

    Designed with commuters in mind, rather than long distance travellers. No first class, no buffet/refreshments, basic interior, room for standing, etc. Thanks. They look like interesting units. Basically I was wondering if the Javelins were a one-off or if similar were in operation elsewhere...
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    Javelins and the like

    Are there any other examples of high speed trains in the world that are like the Javelin trains? Commuter layout, doors at thirds, minimum 140mph.
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    Where could a UK-wide High-speed network go?

    I think in order to provide a London-Manchester-Leeds service, the Liverpool-Leeds services would need to be binned off from NPR/HS2 and continue as 2 tph via Victoria. Given infrastructure limitations (no 400m platforms are being constructed in Yorkshire) and the HS2 demand firecast for...
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    Where could a UK-wide High-speed network go?

    But there is a question about whether London-Leeds via Manchester or indeed London-Newcastle via Leeds & Manchester is the most optimal scenario. The London-Manchester market is the biggest intercity market in the country and is expected to fill three 400m trains per hour, with the option of a...
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    Where could a UK-wide High-speed network go?

    The existing line between Manchester, Huddersfield and Leeds is being upgraded, but upgrades alone won’t deliver what is needed, which is why we have NPR too, and Manchester-Leeds direct needs to be aiming to be roughly a 30 minute journey. Considering future extensions of high speed rail, I...
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    Greater Manchester has "ambitions" for devolution of some local rail services from 2025

    I regularly use the lines through Cheadle Hulme, and I’ve not once seen fares as cheap as the the Hall-I-th-wood fare (apart from when Northern have done their £1 sale, but thats a one-off). Would be great to see though!
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    How could devolution of Greater Manchester rail services be carried out?

    I It is two systems. The first 8 stops from Reading on the Elizabeth Line are not on the TfL fare structure and fir them it is just like any National Rail service.
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    Could other UK cities devolve their rail services in the same manner as Manchester?

    Liverpool already has its main heavy rail routes under local control, and Newcastle converted its main routes to the T&W Metro. The West Midlands is one that could follow in the footsteps of Manchester, as it was also promised greater devolution powers like Manchester was. The City Line and...
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    Greater Manchester has "ambitions" for devolution of some local rail services from 2025

    Precisely my point, so I’m not sure why I was being told I was incorrect earlier, as if the £1.15 single and £2.30 return fare with railcards is comparable to the £7.10 metrolink peak fare, when they are not at all. People seem to be making apple and pear arguments to suit their point of view.

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