Hi all
For a while now I have wondered about the possibility of electrifying the snow hill lines and cascading 172s, due to its high frequency of 6 tph. There are two ways I have thought of doing this:
Option 1) electrify worcester-leamington/stratford, the stourbridge line and absorb chilterns leamington-birmingham. Order a batch of emus for the service.
Option 2) electrify kiddy-leamington but not stratford and order bimodes for worcester-stratford services. Stourbridge branch electrified and order a ppm emu, same as option 1.
This would release many 172s but the big question is where should they go? I expect lm would want to keep a few for coventry-nuneaton and bedford-bletchley. However they should help retire the remaining pacers and maybe some other older dmus. My thoughts was to go to fgw and operate weymouth-bristol or northern rail as two possibilities. The 139s would be good to operate liskeard-looe. Any other ideas?
After I have feedback from here I am considering starting a number 10 petition to try and push through what could be a valuable project.
Thank you for your time.
For a while now I have wondered about the possibility of electrifying the snow hill lines and cascading 172s, due to its high frequency of 6 tph. There are two ways I have thought of doing this:
Option 1) electrify worcester-leamington/stratford, the stourbridge line and absorb chilterns leamington-birmingham. Order a batch of emus for the service.
Option 2) electrify kiddy-leamington but not stratford and order bimodes for worcester-stratford services. Stourbridge branch electrified and order a ppm emu, same as option 1.
This would release many 172s but the big question is where should they go? I expect lm would want to keep a few for coventry-nuneaton and bedford-bletchley. However they should help retire the remaining pacers and maybe some other older dmus. My thoughts was to go to fgw and operate weymouth-bristol or northern rail as two possibilities. The 139s would be good to operate liskeard-looe. Any other ideas?
After I have feedback from here I am considering starting a number 10 petition to try and push through what could be a valuable project.
Thank you for your time.