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Title: 3rd rail to Exeter? Post by: bradshaw on March 17, 2018, 08:56:14 Today’s Dorset Echo has the following
Southern route to Heathrow AND a coast route HS1 to Exeter via Romsey, Salisbury and Crewkerne. It even mentions 3rd rail electrification. http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/16094016.boost-for-dorset-rail-travellers-as-two-multi-million-pound-rail-projects-unveiled/ In the 1840s similar schemes were put forward - Exeter Great Western for one. Title: Re: 3rd rail to Exeter? Post by: SandTEngineer on March 17, 2018, 09:42:35 ....mmm. It's getting periously close to 01 April...... ::) :P
Title: Re: 3rd rail to Exeter? Post by: Southernman on March 17, 2018, 10:06:20 Seriously????? Not a snowflakes chance!
http://www.eastsussexrail.org.uk/ Hasn't had any new items in over 4 years. Title: Re: 3rd rail to Exeter? Post by: paul7575 on March 17, 2018, 17:11:01 It's quite odd to suggest any form of a new south coast route that avoids Southampton, which must be the main traffic generator by far...
Paul Title: Re: 3rd rail to Exeter? Post by: grahame on March 17, 2018, 17:31:45 It's quite odd to suggest any form of a new south coast route that avoids Southampton, which must be the main traffic generator by far... Paul You do have a far quicker route from Fareham to Romsey via Eastleigh - the line along the coast and through Southmapton wriggles. Perhaps a chord at Eastleigh to allow trains to run via Botley and Southampton Airport and rather than wriggling into Central carry on to a terminus just ahead of the wriggle. You could call it "Southampton Terminus". The back out to Eastleigh and round via Chandlers Ford. Oh - wait - did you say it is not 1st April?? 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 |