I recently travelled by rail into Sheffield from the South, the first time in at least 30 years, and noticed how development has encroached quite close to the running lines at Millhouses, where there used to be four tracks, ie two Hope Valley and two for Chesterfield etc.
Does any kind soul know if Network Rail have enough land at that "squeeze point" to put in another track if capacity concerns between Sheffield and Dore were to require such an investment?
As an aside, I was struck by how the trackside landscape has changed in the Heeley area, what was once mainly industrial and engineering concerns have been largely swept away and the area occupied by "leisure" facilities and the like. Do we make anything anymore?
Sign of the times I suppose.
Does any kind soul know if Network Rail have enough land at that "squeeze point" to put in another track if capacity concerns between Sheffield and Dore were to require such an investment?
As an aside, I was struck by how the trackside landscape has changed in the Heeley area, what was once mainly industrial and engineering concerns have been largely swept away and the area occupied by "leisure" facilities and the like. Do we make anything anymore?
Sign of the times I suppose.