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Oxford to Cambridge rail route.
tim... wrote:
"Roland Perry" wrote in message ... In message , at 16:51:10 on Mon, 12 Dec 2016, tim... remarked: "Roland Perry" wrote in message ... In message , at 14:33:50 on Mon, 12 Dec 2016, tim... remarked: I remain convinced that there is little demand for significant local journeys on the route and no strategic need for the Eastern Did you mean "Central section"? The Eastern section (Cambridge to Norwich) already exists. From anywhere on (or beyond) the Eastern section to anywhere else at all, that can't already by done by a sensible alternative. There is obvious potential for Oxford and Aylesbury to MK services and as there are already established customers for the local stations west of Bedford opening up more destinations for these travelers could be advantageous. But East of Bedford it's a complete white elephant. East of Bedford is still part of the Central section. but it is the complete new build part, albeit on a closed track bed, No it's not. so which part of Bedford (St John's) to Sandy has track in situ then Are you completely incapable of looking at the plans for yourself? As I was just discussing the route's potential as a useful "profitable" service, I didn't really see it necessary. All that was relevant here was that the route was new build and not simply a restoration of a passenger service on a freight line, and therefore zillions of times more expensive to build. It was you who started nit-picking about whether the route was on long-closed track bed or a completely new route, but that's irrelevant to my point. And how come suddenly "closed track bed" turns into "track in situ". you claimed that it wasn't a closed track I naturally assumed that you thought it a currently open (in part) track and therefore has to meet new higher standards at road intersections (if there are any) So would a track on either a closed track bed The point is that West of Bletchley is not "closed" - technically anyway. I thought we were discussing east of Bedford. I am explaining my terminology: Eastern section and Western section The Western section is the part West of Bletchley that is an in situ freight line Really? When did a train of any description last run between Bletchley and Calvert? It's been disused for years, and allegedly some of the track has been nicked. |
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