backontrack
Established Member
There seems to be a lot of debate on this forum about whether or not a reopening/opening is viable. Altnabreac's famed Golden Rules go some way for covering that, but it does seem that there's a lot of squabbling about this due to the wide differences in opinion.
Personally, I think that these openings/reopenings have the best business cases (in order of importance):
-HS3 (York/Hull-Leeds-Bradford-Manchester-Liverpool and Sheffield-Manchester via Woodhead)
-A new main line from Edinburgh to Perth (serving Halbeath and Kinross, and with local services stopping at Kelty and Bridge of Earn/Oudenard too)
-Glasgow Crossrail
-Levenmouth
-Fleetwood
-Ashington
-Portishead
-Bridge of Weir/Kilmacolm
-Hawick (via Melrose)
-Penicuik (possibly Peebles, though more unlikely)
-Middlewich
-Caernarfon
-Hirwaun
-Abertillery
-Stocksbridge
-Kincardine
-Grangemouth
-Skelmersdale
Personally, I think that these openings/reopenings have the best business cases (in order of importance):
-HS3 (York/Hull-Leeds-Bradford-Manchester-Liverpool and Sheffield-Manchester via Woodhead)
-A new main line from Edinburgh to Perth (serving Halbeath and Kinross, and with local services stopping at Kelty and Bridge of Earn/Oudenard too)
-Glasgow Crossrail
-Levenmouth
-Fleetwood
-Ashington
-Portishead
-Bridge of Weir/Kilmacolm
-Hawick (via Melrose)
-Penicuik (possibly Peebles, though more unlikely)
-Middlewich
-Caernarfon
-Hirwaun
-Abertillery
-Stocksbridge
-Kincardine
-Grangemouth
-Skelmersdale
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