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Absolutely. No mention in her speech of rail investment, or of the climate change priorities.The last thing anyone needs in the long run is spending more money on roads
Absolutely. No mention in her speech of rail investment, or of the climate change priorities.The last thing anyone needs in the long run is spending more money on roads
Our Prime Minister, according to many that have heard her voice. It grates a little.Who is Lisp Truss ?
Just trying to say something that sounds good to get more support.Absolutely. No mention in her speech of rail investment, or of the climate change priorities.
You would do, he gave you some work As someone making railway announcements all day every day I'd love to know just which ones he actually binned on the back of his self promoting rambling, because I've received precisely no updated instructions.I do very much like Mr Shapps a lot unlike many of you, but it is good as confirmed that he’s on his way out.
I just hope Lisp Truss has the common sense to choose someone who will actively take an interest in improving our railways, and hopefully signs off refurbishments and new stock when they’re badly needed.
So did Northern and Ive nothing nice to say about them.You would do, he gave you some work
They’ll need to alter the way in which rosters and rotas are determined then, and rely less on the goodwill of drivers to work overtime.The question for me is, will they get the trains running.
It's all well and good having these big aspirational projects for the future, but it's pointless if the bread and butter network is allowed to grind to a halt.
They’ll need to alter the way in which rosters and rotas are determined then, and rely less on the goodwill of drivers to work overtime.
Au revoir Shapps, hopefully we get someone who has a clue of what to do because it's been carnage.
Heard Thérèse Coffey is to be health minister, really not sure on that one!
I'm not sure why some seem to think that intervening in the current rail disputes is a priority for this government. Especially since Mike Lynch has made it clear that his primary purpose is to oust the government rather than necessarily improve matters for his members. Now that WFH blunts the impact of strikes I really don't think there's nearly as much pressure to resolve it. If anything , the tories might think there's some (electoral) advantage in it dragging on.
Unless it's to fix potholes.The last thing anyone needs in the long run is spending more money on roads
There's a place for them, but public transport of all forms and cycle/walking provisions would be much better.That rather depends if you think electric vehicles are a solution for de-carbonising. If the railway continues with the sort of limp efforts it has made so far at extortionate cost, then the attraction of new roads with low/no carbon vehicles is obvious.
Has the new PM been seen on a train, or on a cycle?
The chances of mistaking her for Marianne Faithfull are zero - wonder if she thought Mick Jagger was a Tory member (wouldn't surprise me) and seeing it might sway his vote, rather than making him puke.
I suspect that there could be a rebranding of the projects so that later parts of HS2 become part of NPR (or whatever it is called this week) though any major downgrading would be very worrying.
I seem to recall she was one of the political voices behind the "Norwich in 90" campaign. But I suspect it was just a convenient "good publicity" thing rather than a genuine support for rail.not since she has been PM, but I’ve certainly seen her on a train. Indeed I put her on one many years ago.
I would rather see all aspects of HS2 downgraded (or even scrapped completely) if it meant the money could be invested in improving the existing railway.
I think four-tracking both Piccadilly-Bolton (including Castlefield corridor) and the Stour Valley line Wolves-New Street, to give a couple of examples, would be a better use of money than any aspects of HS2.
I think four-tracking both Piccadilly-Bolton (including Castlefield corridor) and the Stour Valley line Wolves-New Street, to give a couple of examples, would be a better use of money than any aspects of HS2.
I seem to recall she was one of the political voices behind the "Norwich in 90" campaign. But I suspect it was just a convenient "good publicity" thing rather than a genuine support for rail.
Well Kemi Badenoch has replaced Anne-Marie Trevelyan as International Trade Secretary so AMT was being tipped for Transport so I suspect she will want a reset to make her mark.I wonder if Great British Railways will keep its grandiose name or what other changes will happen?
File 13, no doubt?I think that letter was filed appropriately.
It is difficult to see anything he achieved that is positive. He gave GTR a hard time before he became transport minister. it was as if he didn’t use rail (in particular on a Saturday).I do very much like Mr Shapps a lot unlike many of you, but it is good as confirmed that he’s on his way out.
I just hope Lisp Truss has the common sense to choose someone who will actively take an interest in improving our railways, and hopefully signs off refurbishments and new stock when they’re badly needed.
Onward connections. Having a high speed rail in Manchester means more people would travel to Manchester and catch a high speed train to London. A main high speed rail station will naturally be the connection hub of other trains. The problem with the Castlefield bottleneck is that it has already reached its capacity and commuter trains are already compromised to give way to fast trains for Manchester from the west and the north. There are so many suburb national rail stations that are being underserved around Manchester, not to mention that other centrally located stations such as Deansgate and Salford cannot be fully utilised because there is no passing loop and the line is at its maximum capacity. Also the current Manchester - Leeds services usually stop at Manchester Victoria and will not run through Piccadilly. Allow them to connect with HS2 is just wasting the capacity in both Piccadilly and Victoria stations.I'm not clear what Castlefield has to do with HS2. It operates into a separate station at Picc and doesn't go near Castlefield. 2B West's main purpose is to relieve the local lines south of Manchester to allow for improved local services, e.g. a Merseyrail style service at Levenshulme/Heaton Chapel and on to Hazel Grove, a possible later new Longsight station and reinstatment of services via Denton.