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Title: Guess the subject and publication Post by: grahame on March 15, 2017, 13:03:51 Modern journalism sometimes simplifies stories to the extent they're no longer quite true. What line do you think this report applied to, and in which publication can it be found?
Quote The line closed in 1970 when more than 2,000 stations were shut down following a report by Dr Richard Beeching which recommended the closure of hundreds of branch lines. Title: Re: Guess the subject and publication Post by: Adelante_CCT on March 15, 2017, 15:06:35 Bourne End to High Wycombe
BFP (Happened to be reading it myself ::)) 100K for a consultation for a line that I really think will not go ahead. Too many obstacles such as industrial units that have been built on the existing alignment. Level crossings that would have to be built against NRs wishes such as the A4155, Treadaway hill and White Pitt Lane to name a few. The latter two being on extremely steep hills and would require major modifications to turn them into bridges/underpasses. I'll admit though that a large % of the route is currently footpath/farmland Title: Re: Guess the subject and publication Post by: ChrisB on March 15, 2017, 15:22:11 BFP?
Title: Re: Guess the subject and publication Post by: Adelante_CCT on March 15, 2017, 15:26:20 Sorry
Bucks Free Press http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/15157406.Railway_line_to_reopen____100k_study_to_provide__definitive_answer__to_train_plan/ Title: Re: Guess the subject and publication Post by: grahame on March 15, 2017, 16:02:52 Goodness that was solved quickly. Especially as it wasn't a Beeching Closure (and there weren't 2000 stations closed in 1970 either!)
Title: Re: Guess the subject and publication Post by: grahame on March 15, 2017, 16:04:31 So who wrote
Quote Two years on from the initial delay announced in 2015 and there is still no clear costings, no start date and no budget. There is a very real risk that it will not happen at all. Title: Re: Guess the subject and publication Post by: Oxonhutch on March 15, 2017, 16:24:09 100K for a consultation for a line that I really think will not go ahead. Too many obstacles such as industrial units that have been built on the existing alignment. Level crossings that would have to be built against NRs wishes such as the A4155, Treadaway hill and White Pitt Lane to name a few. The latter two being on extremely steep hills and would require major modifications to turn them into bridges/underpasses. Continuing for a mo on your part one: Reading between the lines, this is a study designed to prove that the route is not viable and forever lay it to rest. If obstacle-dodging light rail doesn't cut the mustard, a heavy rail blast-through is doomed (read "planned") for failure; IMHO. Comments to the Free Bucks article appear to echo the same - it's about housing on old railway land, not transport links. Title: Re: Guess the subject and publication Post by: Adelante_CCT on March 15, 2017, 17:26:50 Quote Continuing for a mo on your part one... Completely agree, just seems a waste of money, just simply say no line and that's that, spend the money on something more worthy.Quote So who wrote..."Two years on..." No idea, could probably relate to numerous projects though!Title: Re: Guess the subject and publication Post by: didcotdean on March 15, 2017, 17:28:52 Are they proposing to send Crossrail trains up it :)
Title: Re: Guess the subject and publication Post by: grahame on March 16, 2017, 18:49:42 100K for a consultation for a line that I really think will not go ahead. Too many obstacles such as industrial units that have been built on the existing alignment. Level crossings that would have to be built against NRs wishes such as the A4155, Treadaway hill and White Pitt Lane to name a few. The latter two being on extremely steep hills and would require major modifications to turn them into bridges/underpasses. Continuing for a mo on your part one: Reading between the lines, this is a study designed to prove that the route is not viable and forever lay it to rest. If obstacle-dodging light rail doesn't cut the mustard, a heavy rail blast-through is doomed (read "planned") for failure; IMHO. Comments to the Free Bucks article appear to echo the same - it's about housing on old railway land, not transport links. Here's the sort of problem ... not on the Bourne End to High Wycombe route, but another line in the Home Counties. (http://www.wellho.net/pix/stalbanslondonroad.jpg) This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |