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Andreos1



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29 Oct 2013, 2:18 pm #6
(29 Oct 2013, 2:05 pm)Adam There was a piece on the lunchtime Look North news about punctuality on the line. There's a bigger report on the 6:30 news if anyone's interested.

Amyway, it said that the three biggest delays this year were caused because of the actual line and the overhead wires. They interviewed a bloke from Network Rail and he said that the line is "worn" and "old", so it makes you wonder if its more beneficial to significantly upgrade the ECML and WCML instead of wasting goodness knows how many billions of pounds on HS2.

When the ECML was electrified in the late 80's, it was done on the cheap.
20 years on, it regularly fails.

Whether HS2 comes along or not, there needs to be a massive investment into the ECML, just to keep it going.

'Illegitimis non carborundum'
Andreos1
29 Oct 2013, 2:18 pm #6

(29 Oct 2013, 2:05 pm)Adam There was a piece on the lunchtime Look North news about punctuality on the line. There's a bigger report on the 6:30 news if anyone's interested.

Amyway, it said that the three biggest delays this year were caused because of the actual line and the overhead wires. They interviewed a bloke from Network Rail and he said that the line is "worn" and "old", so it makes you wonder if its more beneficial to significantly upgrade the ECML and WCML instead of wasting goodness knows how many billions of pounds on HS2.

When the ECML was electrified in the late 80's, it was done on the cheap.
20 years on, it regularly fails.

Whether HS2 comes along or not, there needs to be a massive investment into the ECML, just to keep it going.


'Illegitimis non carborundum'

 
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East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 09 May 2013, 4:09 pm
RE: ecml - by Adrian - 09 May 2013, 6:44 pm
RE: ecml - by Andreos1 - 02 Jun 2013, 9:58 am
RE: ecml - by Andreos1 - 20 Sep 2013, 6:51 pm
RE: ecml - by Adam - 29 Oct 2013, 2:05 pm
RE: ecml - by Andreos1 - 29 Oct 2013, 2:18 pm
RE: ecml - by Adrian - 29 Oct 2013, 5:34 pm
RE: ecml - by Rapidsnap - 13 Nov 2013, 10:00 pm
RE: ecml - by MrFozz - 14 Nov 2013, 9:16 am
RE: ecml - by Andreos1 - 14 Nov 2013, 12:39 pm
RE: ecml - by MrFozz - 14 Nov 2013, 3:38 pm
RE: ecml - by Andreos1 - 14 Nov 2013, 7:04 pm
RE: ecml - by Andreos1 - 13 Nov 2013, 6:57 pm
Re: RE: ecml - by Adrian - 14 Nov 2013, 2:38 pm
RE: ecml - by Andreos1 - 25 Aug 2015, 12:04 pm
RE: ecml - by Andreos1 - 12 May 2016, 7:57 am
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 01 Jun 2016, 3:42 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by northern156 - 01 Jun 2016, 4:15 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Adrian - 01 Jun 2016, 5:14 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by citaro5284 - 01 Jun 2016, 5:26 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by S813 FVK - 01 Jun 2016, 6:40 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by 8222 - 01 Jun 2016, 7:29 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by South Tyne Lad - 01 Jun 2016, 7:33 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by S813 FVK - 02 Jun 2016, 12:22 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Malarkey - 06 Jun 2016, 7:49 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by citaro5284 - 06 Jun 2016, 7:57 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Malarkey - 06 Jun 2016, 8:12 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Bus_User - 06 Jun 2016, 11:48 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by northern156 - 07 Jun 2016, 3:17 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 07 Jun 2016, 4:52 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by 8222 - 06 Jun 2016, 4:11 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by South Tyne Lad - 06 Jun 2016, 4:32 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Jimmi - 07 Jun 2016, 3:38 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by NK53 TKT - 07 Jun 2016, 3:45 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 07 Jun 2016, 3:47 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by NK53 TKT - 07 Jun 2016, 3:53 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by 8222 - 06 Sep 2016, 8:25 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 07 Nov 2016, 2:59 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 13 Dec 2016, 10:06 am
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 20 Dec 2016, 8:41 am
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 19 Jan 2017, 7:46 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 24 Jan 2017, 6:10 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Malarkey - 02 Mar 2017, 8:12 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Stuartphin1639 - 18 Mar 2017, 11:24 am
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Thomas43299 - 19 Mar 2017, 5:05 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by BusLoverMum - 19 Mar 2017, 8:10 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 21 Mar 2017, 1:11 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 16 Apr 2017, 6:29 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 21 Apr 2017, 7:25 am
RE: East Coast Main Line - by 8222 - 06 Aug 2017, 7:58 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 10 Aug 2017, 9:27 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by 8222 - 11 Aug 2017, 11:47 am
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 11 Aug 2017, 12:07 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by 8222 - 15 Aug 2017, 5:47 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 28 Nov 2017, 9:33 am
East Coast Main Line - by Thomas43299 - 28 Nov 2017, 7:07 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 23 Sep 2018, 4:02 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 15 Feb 2019, 5:02 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Malarkey - 21 Mar 2019, 8:17 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by citaro5284 - 21 Mar 2019, 8:21 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Malarkey - 21 Mar 2019, 8:28 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 21 Mar 2019, 8:34 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Malarkey - 21 Mar 2019, 8:52 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Malarkey - 16 Apr 2019, 12:58 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 04 Jun 2019, 4:47 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by 8222 - 08 Aug 2019, 11:28 am
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 09 Oct 2019, 1:49 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by pbjd - 09 Oct 2019, 3:18 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 05 Jul 2020, 4:07 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 28 Feb 2021, 10:35 am
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 12 Jun 2021, 10:44 am
RE: East Coast Main Line - by citaro5284 - 12 Jun 2021, 10:52 am
RE: East Coast Main Line - by busmanT - 12 Jun 2021, 12:47 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by citaro5284 - 12 Jun 2021, 1:46 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 12 Jun 2021, 2:11 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by pbjd - 12 Jun 2021, 4:08 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by IRHardy - 12 Sep 2021, 7:25 am
RE: East Coast Main Line - by 54APhotography - 12 Sep 2021, 7:28 am
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Rob44 - 12 Jun 2021, 2:10 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by citaro5284 - 07 Sep 2021, 5:38 am
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 17 Dec 2021, 12:27 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Adrian - 17 Dec 2021, 1:22 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 17 Dec 2021, 1:44 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by 54APhotography - 17 Dec 2021, 2:29 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Storx - 17 Dec 2021, 6:49 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by 54APhotography - 17 Dec 2021, 6:54 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 19 Jun 2022, 9:30 am
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Adrian - 19 Jun 2022, 11:37 am
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 19 Jun 2022, 11:42 am
RE: East Coast Main Line - by omnicity4659 - 19 Jun 2022, 11:43 am
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 19 Jun 2022, 11:47 am
RE: East Coast Main Line - by omnicity4659 - 19 Jun 2022, 11:51 am
RE: East Coast Main Line - by busmanT - 20 Jun 2022, 11:23 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by User2613 - 21 Jun 2022, 8:18 am
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 16 Apr 2024, 12:18 pm
First Group ECML Approval - by South Tyne Lad - 12 May 2016, 3:39 pm