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Belton.Very simple from me. I would be delighted not to go through this again and to move on to have sensible discussions based on facts and fair representation of what people say, rather than imputing motives (as you did in your "moving on" post when you say you decided not to answer me because you "realised what I was up to", whatever that meant).If that's where we end up then grand. Bring it on.
Bill, I thought the 40m for the North East was to upgrade an existing freight only line
Transport for the North's budget cut by 40% and £100m for 'oystercard' style combined ticketless system canelled.https://twitter.com/thomasforth/status/1349476325480914944
Another cracker yesterday. Investment in new rail lines trumpeted (by the BBC) as "Govt invests £800m to re-open lines closed by Beeching".Govt press release said it is part of their strategy to improve the lot of "left behind communities".Great! Loads of new rail for the post-industrial North!Err. No.The £800m is £40m for a new link from Newcastle to Ashington, and £760m for a new line from left-behind Oxford to left-behind Cambridge. Meanwhile, the electrification of the East Midlands Mainline which was "delayed" half a decade ago due to Austerity has dropped entirely off the agenda.I'm struggling to think of a single city of 500,000+ in the whole of Western Europe that doesn't have an electrified rail line, other than Sheffield.EDIT:It's ok folks. Network Rail "wants" to electrify the line.By 2050...https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.business-live.co.uk/regional-development/network-rail-wants-finally-electrify-18916958.amp
It looks like the tunnel was closed to passenger trains due to maintenance costs and frieght continued.The crew of the train pulling petrol wagons escaped the massive fire without injury, I'd like to know how they were persuaded to go back in to the tunnel and decouple the engine and the 3 tankers still on the rails and drive them out.''Although the Hope Valley line was recommended for closure in the Beeching Report, instead, the government decided to cease passenger services on the Woodhead line, allegedly due to the high cost of upgrading and modernising the route. In 1970, the last passenger services ran through the tunnel but the line continued to host freight trains. The last train passed through the tunnels in 1981 when the line was closed''https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodhead_TunnelOld video of tunnel firehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kffhEHIEi70Description of firehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summit_Tunnel_fire
Quote from: wilts rover on January 24, 2021, 03:32:25 pmTransport for the North's budget cut by 40% and £100m for 'oystercard' style combined ticketless system canelled.https://twitter.com/thomasforth/status/1349476325480914944Northern Workhouse.
Quote from: SydneyRover on January 24, 2021, 09:36:12 pmIt looks like the tunnel was closed to passenger trains due to maintenance costs and frieght continued.The crew of the train pulling petrol wagons escaped the massive fire without injury, I'd like to know how they were persuaded to go back in to the tunnel and decouple the engine and the 3 tankers still on the rails and drive them out.''Although the Hope Valley line was recommended for closure in the Beeching Report, instead, the government decided to cease passenger services on the Woodhead line, allegedly due to the high cost of upgrading and modernising the route. In 1970, the last passenger services ran through the tunnel but the line continued to host freight trains. The last train passed through the tunnels in 1981 when the line was closed''https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodhead_TunnelOld video of tunnel firehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kffhEHIEi70Description of firehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summit_Tunnel_fireI dont think summit tunnel was/is on the woodshed route Syd