Clive
Wondering makes a very good point about capacity on the Dawlish line. Not only do stopping trains get delayed by expresses but this also happens vica versa. Both lines are needed to truely solve capacity issues. Dawlish could then also have a more regular and reliable service, ditto Torby. (N.B. The new line would alway carry the expresses.) Both lines is best but if unaffordable (it was ...
All sounds very David and Ruth Archer and Justin Elliot's 'Route B'. Fact can be stranger than fiction. Listening to the interviews again, the Weekes sound like very decent people. Goode just came across as a bully. If I am forced to aquire the land by compulsory purchase, then it is because you made me do it.
To Plymouth 30minutes less, but even more importantly, reliably so. Plus quite possibly an hour off Penzance. Again, not 'moving the line' but an additional line. If properly defending the existing line can be done at a fraction of the cost then good, no probems with that. An additional line only saves 5mins so not bothered, as the real time saving to Plymouth (not forgetting Cornwall) is ...
QED, think long term.
And there you have it, 'the Plymouth Mob'. Beggar thy neighbour. Here we go again united you stand, divided you fall, and no proper solution will ever happen that way . I am not talking about or backing silly press reporting. I am taking a strategic long term view for the region as a whole. With infighting between regions and towns it is no wonder you still have a 'mainline' between Exeter ...
Lynne, the 'good fairy' worked her magic overnight. At 5.55am this morning on the Radio 4 Farming programme, there were interviews with Richard Weekes, Wife, Offspring and John Goode (Teignbridge Council). In summary, to counterbalance the 1200 new homes in Dawlish there has to be a 'Green Buffer zone protected in perpetuity between Dawlish and the Warren'. Richard stated that he would lose ...
So we are 'painting the roses red' again and the winter weather has only just started. Can we please stop playing beggar thy neighbour. The plain fact of the matter is that short of building up the beach with enough defences to push the shoreline well away from the wall this line is not fit for purpose as a 21st century mainline, nor is it able to be electrified. Please also note my careful ...
A promising sign. However, for the sake of the west country as a whole, it would be helpful if other threads didn't keep beggaring one town against another with phrases like, 'the Plymouth mob'. There is a fantastic window of opportunity to get some game changing improvements to Devon and Cornwall transport links. Just go for it TOGETHER before the waters close over after the election and ...
Excellent 'straw poll' survey there Lynne. Am sure this uptake of buses is not at all uncommon where there are free pases. Totally agree that the NHS savings are well worth it.
When mass hysteria like this becomes common place ..... it is only a matter of time before .....
