Hi A side effect of the resignalling was that as all the old places disappeared (signal boxes and signals) so did the reference for names, and the "younger"...
Thanks Peter, Neil and Malcolm, As promised Pt 3, giving details of North Erewash stage 1b (Coney Green to Tapton inc.) due for completion next month plus a...
... Trent East Jn (Christmas 2009). Thanks again Ralph. Looks like the layout will be similar to what it was in 1969 when power signalling was originally...
I have one question regarding the resignalling. Why is the Pye Bridge to Kirkby line being retained as a double track route? It hardly carries any trains and...
hi  the re-signalling as I understand it, for budgetary reasons had to be done on "like for like" basis in order to go on the books as ware and tare...
Hi  Has anyone got details or ideas as to what the new Leeds to nottingham service will be, times wise etc, first, last & frequency??  Alex ... From: John...
I don't think that DCC's long term objectives include a station at Ilkeston North, as this was on the GNR - both the line and the station site have long since...
  Info on a re-opened station at Ilkeston.  the Ilkeston North quote, wasn't a reference to the GNR, rather it's geographical location to Ikeston on the...
Thanks for the reports. Their contents reflect my main point though: that we seem to be no nearer achieving a station in Ilkeston as we were almost 40 years...
Hi  it is rather poor,  thing is though, the erewash services are slightly strange for Alfreton and Langley mill are effectively served by what are more...
Interesting that Farnborough still has three railway stations - must be the most comparable with Ilkeston in terms of size, minor manufacturing town etc. - but...
... be the most comparable with Ilkeston in terms of size, minor manufacturing town etc. - but then it is down south! John Earl Being within easy commuting...
For once, I'm not convinced by the 'London commuter' argument Peter. Take for example the line from Nottingham to Grantham / Lincoln: several stations in very...
Gary Two things happened to get stations closed - one was of course lack of use, the other was how determined the Local Management was to divest itself of the...
Also interesting that tiny villages to the east of Nottingham still have stations, but large towns to the west don't. It is scandalous that no station has been...
Earlier this month John Jarman said he was puzzled why the Pye Bridge to Kirkby line hasn't been singled as it carries so little traffic. I was interested to...
Rail Magazine has compiled a chart comparing travel by Eurostar from cities in Great Britain in the first six months of 2008 with the same period in 2007. All...
Hi, Â well I can say from experience, (signaller at Pinxton 2005-2007) Â VERY VERY VERY VERY little traffic ran over the branch, Â My record for a day was...
Hi Not really Derbyshire related (my apologies) but related to the topic, Korea has invested heavily in TGV technology and now almost every 2nd train...
Alex - That was your first shift if I recall! The traffic fizzled out with a change in the coal contracts and happened virtually overnight. Ratcliffe Rugeley...
This is a fairly meaningless figure taken on its own Ralph. For example, Derby might be starting from a very low base compared to comparable cities. We really...
... I guess the point is that St Pancras is bound to be more convenient for residents of the East Midlands and north, so it should hardly be a surprise if...
IÂ think Nick, I might have mentioned before that I only ever had 6 and yes that was my first shift, my apologies, Â you've probably got older TRB's from the...
Peartree, as well, although "I think" only one train stops there??  Willington - very small and then there are those tiny stations out on the Lincoln line...
Hi  sad I know, but whilst on holiday my partner brought her laptop so I started to write away, having thought that the following:  Derbyshire Railways...
in 1973 when alfreton was opened there was a clot of financial assistance from local councils to get it open, and there were over half a dozen different names...
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