Comments on: No way to run a railway

By: NRT

NRT — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:48:19 +0000

Maybe I ought to give them credit for keeping it to the weekends, but engineering work meant Lancaster had no rail comnnection at the weekends for about eleven months of 2005. There were replacement buses, but that’s no use when one wishes to travel with a bike.

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 19:00:06 +0000

Yes, you do

What annoys me about the Stockport-Crewe resignalling is that the line was closed for five months a year ago for track relaying. (why did it take a whole five months to replace 25 miles of double track? Don’t ask me)

I think the HSE (Our equivalent of OSHA) has a lot to answer for here.

By: Stephen Karlson

Stephen Karlson — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 18:38:57 +0000

Am I going to have to write a post for benefit of my British and Continental readers on the intricacies of a Form B track permit? The Union Pacific managed to remove several redundant signals no longer required for interlockings as well as to demolish three signal gantries under traffic. (They also renew the main line one track at a time, with the trains fleeted so as to reduce waiting time.)