berwicksfinest
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Surely first a look at why freight (specifically our stone traffic) as soon as we leave Peterborough we are restricted to 40 mph. This would tie up pathing time.
Manea to Ely does have considerable sections so possibly shortening the sections could increase capacity BUT increase it for what ??
EMR currently hourly -- Any more your looking at increasing the bottle neck around Manchester
XC currently hourly -- Not sure Birmingham New Street can handle any more Platforms to be occupied in turning round, certainly Cambridge hasn't got a huge spare capacity
GA Currently 2 hourly -- Again Ipswich lacks Capacity so does platfom 6 - 7 at Peterborough for turnarounds
You can splash the cash at Ely and make it a super fast merger that delays nothing !! However I fear your just pushing the problem elsewhere
Manea to Ely does have considerable sections so possibly shortening the sections could increase capacity BUT increase it for what ??
EMR currently hourly -- Any more your looking at increasing the bottle neck around Manchester
XC currently hourly -- Not sure Birmingham New Street can handle any more Platforms to be occupied in turning round, certainly Cambridge hasn't got a huge spare capacity
GA Currently 2 hourly -- Again Ipswich lacks Capacity so does platfom 6 - 7 at Peterborough for turnarounds
You can splash the cash at Ely and make it a super fast merger that delays nothing !! However I fear your just pushing the problem elsewhere