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But there's a bit of a difference between a couple of 130 metre Class 800s services a day and an hourly 200m HS train. I completely back the former, I think the latter is a bit mad and massively overkill for what the line needs. Why the need for a direct train? Why not a regular connecting 4...

Not sure to be honest. I was working on the stations on the CLC line a year or so ago, and staff member told me there'd been people surveying that line for electrification. I know the Rochdale like is at a similar level of development.

Surely a light rail service would be best for a Keswick reopening too. The reasons for heavy rail don't really exist. Its not going to have linespeeds much quicker than 60mph. Its unlikely to be an attractive route for freight. There's unlikely to be through running and there not really a nearby...

That's part of the problem. I love the place I was born and its difficult to argue that it doesn't need better infrastructure and rail services but a direct HS rail service is crazy. Presumably it would be operated by 186mph 200m units. This is for a line that had a 2 hourly Class 153 five years...

At the same time being able to work from home makes commuting easier to London from more isolated places like Burnley (and the surronding area) and it has grown the leisure market. Open Acess Operators are doing remarkably well at the moment in terms of passenger numbers so if anything the...

The Blackburn and East Lancs has to be the largest urban area without a direct service to London. Population is a big determinant of demand. Sure the economy is fairly week but improved rail services are a way of growing that economy. Its not like I'm suggesting it deserves multiple trains pet...

Based on East Lancs population size and the advantage trains have on journeys have to London, there'd clearly be a market to London. Why would it be slower than via Preston? Burnley to Preston is 35 minutes. Add a 15 minute change at Preston and then 22 minute journey time to Warrington Bank...

It's a definite improvement on no direct services to Manchester for East Lancs but its still poor for such a large urban area. Accrington and Burnley could easily be commuter towns for Manchester but the current journey times and low frequency limit that potential. Moving towards a half hourly...

People from Burnley and Accrington to Manchester and London. A population of over 200k with very poor rail services to both Manchester and London. Even for Blackburn to London, the attraction of direct services would generate passengers. Journey times from Blackburn to Manchester would be...

There's no way HSUK costs £50bn. HS2 is half built and HSUK is lines on a map. HSUK has morphed into something that would cost trillions at this point. It also relies on a lot of interaction with the existing rail network which would need long and disruptive upgrades. It seems very similar to...

If there's capacity for an extension and the battery range issue can be sorted, I think an extension to Blackburn calling at Burnley and Accrington only would be popular. I've travelled up to Accrington from Manchester a few times recently. The northern service is essentially a stopping train...

Unless somebody builds some platforms, neither of them will be stopping. Salford Central only has platforms on lines towards Salford Crescent.

Data is from YouGov Polls covering the following question: https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/trackers/support-for-high-speed-rail-hs2 The last polls shows that 28% of over 65s are strongly opposed to HS2, with only 5% strongly in favour. In comparison only 11% of 25-49 are strongly...

HS2 is particularly unpopular with over 65s and they are far more likely to vote so I don't see a way for HS2. I suppose people that age start to travel less in general, probably won't see much benefit in their lifetime, and are more conservative/nostalgic. Its more popular in younger...

But it's not paying the multiple fares that is the issue. Its the fact that travelling via the city centre will almost always be more expensive than travelling via East Didsbury would be. The only way to solve that issue would be a flat fare system which isn't being considered and rightly so in...

I'm not trying to make it look worse. As i say its an honest mistake that I forgot those tickets existed. The thing is I don't own a car, I use rail regularly and my jobs in transport, yet I managed to forgot those tickets. The general public won't know about tickets that don't appear on journey...

Yes I'm sure most do. The general public won't though. It shows how badly the fare system needs reforming in this country. 1715445038 I was rounding.

To be honest I forgot you could buy through rail Metrolink tickets but as you say its in the opposite direction. That would impact the Stockport cost but my point stands that it's still significantly more expensive than a Metrolink link fare would be. I'd also question how aware the general...

Yes any multi modal journey is awful for price currently. My partner sometimes gets the train from Old Trafford to Birchwood and it costs £15. It definitely needs sorting out. When it is improved, it will lead to increases in demand. I think there's valid questions whether the Stockport rail...

It's £7.70 from Stockport to Piccadilly and £4.30 for anytime Metrolink Zone 1-2 fare. £13 was a typo. Its £12. As far as I'm aware, joint Metrolink and rail tickets are off-peak only unless things have changed over the past couple of years.