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Originally Posted by IanCane
The Midland mainline electrification is undoubtedly welcome, but, how much use will the wires get?
At the moment at Peaktimes, I think, (someone corect me if i am wrong here) there are about 10 trains an hour south bound out of Sheffield. Of these, two an hour go to London, and can be electrically powered.
The rest, either go to Manchester, Nottingham,or the south west, none of which are on electrified routes.Very little freight will be electrically hauled as the "old road" is not to be electrified.
Wouldn't it be far better in the short term, to electrify from Sheffield down the old GC to the ECML, or across to Doncaster.
Ian
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Ian
you not far wrong per hour there are
there are usually 2 but sometimes 3 both ways Sheffield / London trains
then there are 2 Arriva Cross Country each way an hour (almost 30 minutes apart)
then there is a Northern Rail service Leeds / Nottingham one each way an hour
The last Passenger is the Norwich / Liverpool one service each way
then the Freight is confused as there are slots for RTC trains that rarely get used and there are some for GBRf Coal and Oil trains that don't get used too
but then there are some extra DBS / EWS services though not many usually Lt Engine workings towards Toton
Have got the timetables somewhere but not used them for a while as the weather doesn't help with the mobility scooter