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12 Dec 2019, 2:29 pm #6
(09 Dec 2019, 9:51 pm)Andreos1 Digging up an old thread based purely on discussion in the SNE thread regarding the TVCA DRT scheme. 

I wonder if re-opening the Boulby line as far as Loftus would allow the DRT to reach its potential.

Appreciate it is an expensive way of allowing it to reach its potential, but I do think it would help in not only reinvigorating East Cleveland and also assist with the pressures on the A174.
The new(ish) housing in Skelton and the plans for housing across East Cleveland, along with the retail developments in Skelton would suggest that the existing road infrastructure is going to struggle in years to come. It can be pretty bad as it stands.

New stations would be built in a Parkway style, with parking and interchange facilities available for both commercial services and the DRT scheme. 

* Skelton (near the roundabout at the top of Saltburn Lane/A174).
* to the south of Pheasants Fields Lane at Skelton Ind Est. 
* to the west of East Cleveland Hospital. 
* between Liverton Mines and Loftus. 

Obviously there would need to be improvements made to track and signalling and the Boulby stuff would need to be taken in to account too. 

Without looking at RTT, I'd not know how long the trip between Saltburn and Loftus would be, but I'd imagine 30mins approx. 
This, coupled with the existing journey time between Saltburn and Boro, should make the trip faster than the bus and has the potential to make it cheaper than the car - when parking is taken in to account in Middlesbrough Town centre as an example.
Would be nice to see the railway extended to Whitby from Cleveland...


S830OFT
12 Dec 2019, 2:29 pm #6

(09 Dec 2019, 9:51 pm)Andreos1 Digging up an old thread based purely on discussion in the SNE thread regarding the TVCA DRT scheme. 

I wonder if re-opening the Boulby line as far as Loftus would allow the DRT to reach its potential.

Appreciate it is an expensive way of allowing it to reach its potential, but I do think it would help in not only reinvigorating East Cleveland and also assist with the pressures on the A174.
The new(ish) housing in Skelton and the plans for housing across East Cleveland, along with the retail developments in Skelton would suggest that the existing road infrastructure is going to struggle in years to come. It can be pretty bad as it stands.

New stations would be built in a Parkway style, with parking and interchange facilities available for both commercial services and the DRT scheme. 

* Skelton (near the roundabout at the top of Saltburn Lane/A174).
* to the south of Pheasants Fields Lane at Skelton Ind Est. 
* to the west of East Cleveland Hospital. 
* between Liverton Mines and Loftus. 

Obviously there would need to be improvements made to track and signalling and the Boulby stuff would need to be taken in to account too. 

Without looking at RTT, I'd not know how long the trip between Saltburn and Loftus would be, but I'd imagine 30mins approx. 
This, coupled with the existing journey time between Saltburn and Boro, should make the trip faster than the bus and has the potential to make it cheaper than the car - when parking is taken in to account in Middlesbrough Town centre as an example.
Would be nice to see the railway extended to Whitby from Cleveland...



 
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Railway suggestions - by Andreos1 - 20 Aug 2015, 12:57 pm
RE: Railway suggestions - by MurdnunoC - 20 Aug 2015, 1:58 pm
RE: Railway suggestions - by Andreos1 - 23 Aug 2015, 9:55 pm
RE: Railway suggestions - by MrFozz - 17 Sep 2015, 9:53 pm
RE: Railway suggestions - by Andreos1 - 09 Dec 2019, 9:51 pm
RE: Railway suggestions - by S830OFT - 12 Dec 2019, 2:29 pm
RE: Railway suggestions - by Andreos1 - 28 Feb 2020, 5:33 pm
RE: Railway suggestions - by Andreos1 - 13 Oct 2020, 8:00 pm
RE: Railway suggestions - by Unber43 - 26 Oct 2023, 9:22 pm
RE: Railway suggestions - by Storx - 26 Oct 2023, 9:39 pm
RE: Railway suggestions - by Unber43 - 26 Oct 2023, 10:04 pm
RE: Railway suggestions - by Andreos1 - 27 Oct 2023, 6:45 am
RE: Railway suggestions - by Storx - 27 Oct 2023, 7:26 pm
RE: Railway suggestions - by Unber43 - 27 Oct 2023, 7:33 pm
RE: Railway suggestions - by Storx - 27 Oct 2023, 8:36 pm
RE: Railway suggestions - by Andreos1 - 27 Oct 2023, 9:09 pm
RE: Railway suggestions - by Storx - 27 Oct 2023, 10:44 pm
RE: Railway suggestions - by F114TML - 27 Oct 2023, 8:51 am
RE: Railway suggestions - by deanmachine - 27 Oct 2023, 2:06 pm
RE: Railway suggestions - by markydh - 27 Oct 2023, 3:36 pm
RE: Railway suggestions - by Unber43 - 27 Oct 2023, 3:55 pm
RE: Railway suggestions - by markydh - 27 Oct 2023, 10:16 pm
RE: Railway suggestions - by deanmachine - 27 Oct 2023, 10:20 pm
RE: Railway suggestions - by markydh - 27 Oct 2023, 10:26 pm
RE: Railway suggestions - by Unber43 - 28 Oct 2023, 12:23 am
RE: Railway suggestions - by Jimmi - 28 Oct 2023, 12:44 am
RE: Railway suggestions - by markydh - 28 Oct 2023, 3:08 am