| Reversals mid-line. Watch Battersby for Combe and Bere Alston? Posted by grahame at 10:16, 9th September 2025 |     |
From This is the Coast
Work will start in the first part of next year on the 7 million pounds worth of improvements on the line to enable extra train services to be put on between Whitby and Middlesbrough.
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There's going to be work at Battersby where as there's a sort of turnaround at the moment, and there's plans to improve that situation there. So it's straight through.
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There's going to be work at Battersby where as there's a sort of turnaround at the moment, and there's plans to improve that situation there. So it's straight through.
Just picking up on this story - unclear to me from what has made the press
My understanding is that trains *can* pass each other at Battersby ... (though looking at today's timetable, they are not doing so on a daily basis). If the proposal is to complete the triangle, ... a passing loop on it, or simply an ability to run services quicker? Resiting of the station?
Posting in our Cornwall board - possible lessons for the lines to Gunnislake and Looe?
| Re: Reversals mid-line. Watch Battersby for Combe and Bere Alston? Posted by Trowres at 12:47, 9th September 2025 | |
This article: https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/news/local-news/signalling-innovations-could-improve-esk-valley-railway-service/
suggests that various options for resignalling are being considered as a replacement for No-signalman-key-token.
Whitby is an attractive destination, but it is seriously harmed by summer traffic and parking issues. At the moment the railway is unable to offer much in the way of mitigation.
