Member, Peter Kolker, tells us about an upcoming meeting in Goostrey seeking views on a topic which is open for general consultation, namely the High Speed Rail (HS2) project. There may also be a discussion on rail transport generally. This is a Congleton Constituency Conservative Party Forum (CPF) meeting. We are assured that the CPF [...]
I represented MCRUA at one of the ICWC repalcement franchise consultation meetings. Here are the notes from the meetings. InterCity WestCoast Consultation meetings – notes. For your interest ….
We’ve been a bit (a lot!) slow in the UK in following the cycling examples set by a number of our northern European neighbours – Sweden, Belgium and Holland come to mind. But now, the new impressive cycle point at Leeds is about to open. Elsewhere in the UK, there are variations on the cycle [...]
The Railway all over Britain seems to struggle to effectively communicate with passengers when planned replacement buses are running. We know that a few years ago, ATOC (the Association of Train Operating Companies) set up a working group to come up with a solution to this problem. I was interviewed as part of the research. [...]
According to the BBC News website, UK train and bus operator Arriva has agreed to be taken over by Germany’s Deutsche Bahn in a deal worth £1.59bn. Shareholders will now be asked to give their approval. It’s a strange privatised railway in this country. Chiltern Railways, Wrexham & Shropshire, Cross Country and the Welsh franchise, [...]
Most readers will be aware of our tram/train blog and our question – “Why are we waiting?” Here’s the link. MCRUA member, Jim Harkins, FCILT, is Managing Director of consultancy Light Rail (UK) Limited. In January, Jim gave a presentation at Macclesfield Town Hall entitled “The Case for and Applications of TramTrain (a low cost, [...]
Last November, following a dinner I was invited to at which Lord Adonis was the speaker, I put together a post speculating on when we were likely to get some more and newer trains. I was invited to attend Northern’s meeting for Stakeholders last Tuesday. They were able to give us an update on how [...]
The outline of the proposed route for “High Speed 2″, the TGV-style line proposed to the West Midlands and then northwards, was announced today. According to a press release, Lord Adonis said: “I am today publishing HS2 Ltd’s report together with the Government’s proposed high speed rail strategy, which is based on HS2 Ltd’s analysis. [...]
Network Rail today announced their proposals following the completion of “The Manchester Hub” study into providing faster, more frequent and more reliable journeys right the way across northern England. The study was established at the request of the then minister, following detailed work carried out by The Northern Way, the association of Regional Development Agencies [...]
Many of you are aware that one of the biggest problems underlying reliability that the railway is having to cope with these days is metal thieves stealing signalling cables. Here’s an article published recently by our friends in The Middlewich Guardian. If you spot anything suspicious on the railway, ring British Transport Police on 0800 [...]
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