Sitting in the front of a 197 along the route I’m glad it’s only 75! Any faster and I’d be out my seat! Before any line speed improvements are made, the route would benefit much more from more signal sections between Runcorn east and Chester. The route is getting quite busy and when the liverpools are back to full strength you can get held for quite some time waiting for the sections to clear.
As lovely as Helsby station and box is, it needs modernising to allow for more trains. But the same could be said about anywhere north of Southampton to be fair!
As lovely as Helsby station and box is, it needs modernising to allow for more trains. But the same could be said about anywhere north of Southampton to be fair!