Iliketrains123
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The Class 484 trains will be retired long before we ever think about replacing third rail.
Portable fusion drives will be providing almost unlimited energy on demand before we make a concerted effort to get rid of third rail.The Class 484 trains will be retired long before we ever think about replacing third rail.
Please bear in mind you’re replying to a post from Jan 2020, what is obvious today wasn’t back then…They will be trucked all the way from Eastleigh to Sandown where they will re-rail it there then it will go to Ryde St Johns from there
I think your job designing the Supa-dupa hyper nuclear grid looks more of a challenge tbhI tried to get a PhD doing this sort of thing, unfortunately I missed my 2.1 so lost the place and had to do another masters degree!
Pity, that looked like a fun project.
How well is that proposed line already covered by Southern Vectis buses and what frequency do they operate?There does seem to be a push to get a rail link into Newport, potentially Riverside area, although not necessarily on its previous route. 3rd rail will be out of the equation on the IOWSR. The two existing railways could work well together if the mainline stock was battery, diesel or some other power. Potentially in the mix if any extensions come to light in the next 10-20 years
What does that matter? Who would want to pay an expensive Vectis fare to be thrown about in a bus for half an hour if there were a rail alternative?How well is that proposed line already covered by Southern Vectis buses and what frequency do they operate?
Neither is the comment to which I answered concerning a speculative line into Newport.....You are right, I should NOT have answered that posting, but just to have pressed the "report button"What does that matter? Who would want to pay an expensive Vectis fare to be thrown about in a bus for half an hour if there were a rail alternative?
But this is taking the thread in a speculative direction, nothing to do with the current upgrade...
Yes, additional work on stations making use of the increased time available was announced by SWR some months ago - post #447 refers.As there will be no services for a while, is additional work being carried out e.g painting stations and work on the pier
I thought normal users won’t be expected to be using the PRM crossing. It will be behind locked gates and only opened on request to the signaller.
But where did I see that detail?
I’ll have a search tomorrow. Might be on the planning portal but I can’t get in at the moment…First I've heard of that, it's a public footpath?
Or the design for the temporary structure was completed and approved before the delays were known, and it's easier to build it as designed than it is to re-plan?Contractors are currently building a towering temporary footbridge at Brading while the original is refurbished - hard to understand given the PRM-compliant crossing at the other end of the platforms, and with the 484s delayed it may not see any use regardless.
Or the design for the temporary structure was completed and approved before the delays were known, and it's easier to build it as designed than it is to re-plan?
I've got no idea about whether or not the need for it exists - I'm assuming it's been part of the works plan for some time now.What needs re-planning? There's no obvious need for a temporary bridge and I'm not sure there ever was given the foot crossing - they'll even have bi-di running through Platform 1.
I've got no idea about whether or not the need for it exists - I'm assuming it's been part of the works plan for some time now.
Ah, but it is only taxpayers’/passengers’ money that is being usefully used, i.e. shovelled from the public purse into the pockets of a private company. The days when a state enterprise would have to at least try to make an effort to use its money prudently are long gone now the recipient of the largesse is likely to be an entrepreneurial buccaneer.How expenditure on a temporary bridge can possibly be justified is beyond me, even if they believe trains will be back running before the refurbished original is back.
Found it, it’s mentioned at about 49m 20s onwards, during the Q&A at the end of the youtube presentation you linked a few posts back (764). He is basically asked how they managed to get away with a foot crossing. He also explains about the temporary bridge.First I've heard of that, it's a public footpath?
Found it, it’s mentioned at about 49m 20s onwards, during the Q&A at the end of the youtube presentation you linked a few posts back (764). He is basically asked how they managed to get away with a foot crossing. He also explains about the temporary bridge.
I hadn’t actually realised it’s a footpath crossing as well. Apparently the original plan was to close it and use another crossing further down the line, but they changed the plans? Maybe the signallers will monitor footpath users as well, which raises the obvious question about the period overnight...Thanks, I missed that - is that normal (or practical) for a reasonably well used public footpath though?