There has been a recent announcement of Keswick has rejoined the national railway network by gaining a ‘virtual railway station’, this essentially meaning Keswick Bus Station being treated as a non-rail connected railway station called ‘Keswick Bus’ on Avanti West Coasts website, allowing the rail company to sell a through ticket, but the journey beingContinue reading “Opinion: Virtual Railway Stations to expand the rail network’s reach?”
Category Archives: Buses
The X18 – The Connecting bus between (nearly) all the railway stations on the Northumberland Coast?
At time of writing (October 2023), the X18 is a long-distance bus connecting Newcastle Upon Tyne to Berwick Upon Tweed, broadly paralleling the East Coast Main Line (ECML) throughout its trip – but could a few modest changes to the route make it a much better intermodal choice (bus + rail)? The existing timetable showsContinue reading “The X18 – The Connecting bus between (nearly) all the railway stations on the Northumberland Coast?”
#MorpethBay
To try and illustrate the concept of the Morpeth Bay idea facilitating a possible Morpeth – Bedlington & beyond rail service, a chalk sketch of my idea can be seen above. In brief; Services between Morpeth and Bedlington (& beyond) would be independent of East Coast Mainline (ECML) services; allowing greater potential flexibility, and resilienceContinue reading “#MorpethBay”
Thoughts on the Morpeth – Choppington – Bedlington Line & Beyond
The recent visit of a DMU (158 816) working a Newcastle – Bedlington – Morpeth – Newcastle diagram (train route) on 25.11.20 brought into focus the Morpeth Branch; the line linking Bedlington and Morpeth and how could this line see the return of passenger rail services. Please note: All of the following is strictly myContinue reading “Thoughts on the Morpeth – Choppington – Bedlington Line & Beyond”
The eHighway Opportunity
To decarbonise road transport and especially that of road freight, Siemens has been developing the eHighway; overhead electrification at 670v DC using pantographs to power HGV’s along routes such as motorways. This link from Business Insider gives quite a lot of detail into the scheme. The trucks themselves are hybrids, able to operate both onContinue reading “The eHighway Opportunity”
Ryan Hogg 