Sentences with phrase «coast main line»

Test - running will start on the London - to - Edinburgh east coast main line in 2013, and the main fleet is said to start running on that line in 2015, with services on the Great Western main line from Paddington and local Thames valley services due to start in 2016.

Located on the Edinburgh branch of the West Coast Main Line, but is not served by inter-city services - these are provided via the Shotts Line.

The BBC's Transport correspondent Victoria Fritz answers your questions about the future of the East Coast Main Line.

And a detour via Leeds would add to journey times to Scotland, and Leeds and the NE would not too significantly faster than can be achieved on the current East Coast main Line.

The decision earlier this week by the Transport Secretary, Patrick McLoughlin, to scrap the West Coast Main Line contract has brought into question the overall integrity of the Department for Transport's decision - making process.

This includes # 350m for lengthening of platforms at London's Waterloo station; • Faster journeys and more train capacity from # 240m of improvements along the East Coast Main Line from north east England down through Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire to London; • The creation of a high - capacity «electric spine» running from Yorkshire and the West Midlands to South Coast ports.

«Is not the real reason why it takes so long for the west coast main line to recover from disruptive incidents the fact that when Labour created Network Rail, Ministers left it accountable to nobody — not to the regulator, not to the train operators and certainly not to the passenger?

Even with every conceivable measure to squeeze out more capacity, the West Coast Main Line will be bursting by 2020.

The document outlines services that will just not fit on the West Coast Main line today and explains why punctuality targets on over-stretched main lines will be unattainable.

Bercow delivered a long rebuke to Chris Grayling, accusing him of an «abuse» of parliament by failing to give Labour enough warning about his statement on the East Coast Main Line.

Being much involved in the railways, I see the need for extra capacity on the West Coast Main Line corridor, but not the need to go 400kph to get to Birmingham a few minutes earlier, when the faster speed technology is again not proven.

The new transport secretary, Patrick McLoughlin, announced shortly after midnight that the west coast main line franchise competition process was cancelled because of fundamental flaws — including the failure to allow for the effect of inflation on revenue.

Nothing symbolises the government's blind attachment to big business like the privatisation of the East Coast Main Line.

The abandoned west coast main line rail franchise could be followed by the scrapping of the Department for Transport's controversial planned high speed rail network linking London with Birmingham, its opponents are hoping.

There is a profound lack of confidence in the methodology which was applied from the outset and the example of the West Coast Main Line bid only gives substance to the suspicion that many had at the inception of this project.

This will see trains travel at high speed between Euston and Birmingham before running on from Birmingham on the existing West Coast Main Line.

On Feb. 23, 2007, at around 8:15 p.m., one of Virgin Trains» new Pendolino tilting trains jumped over a set of points in Cumbria in the northwest of England, on a remote part of the West Coast Main Line.

«There is great potential through the connections to the east and west coast main lines for cities other than Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds to benefit from HS2, but the challenges around realising these benefits must be tackled now to ensure these locations do not fall behind.

Not exact matches

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Try your luck at The Star Gold Coast or soak up the nightlife in one of the many piano bars, wine bars and clubs that line the main strip.

The main attraction however is the beaches and villages that line the Sunshine Coast

Set under the beautiful canopy of the tree - lined main street surrounded by cafes, boutiques and specialty shops and only two blocks from beautiful Bulcock Beach, the Caloundra Street Fair is a «must - do» event attracting Sunshine Coast locals and visitors.

Trains are not a common form of public transport in New Zealand; however there are three main train lines operated by KiwiRail: Auckland to Wellington (Northern Explorer), Picton to Christchurch (Coastal Pacific), and Christchurch to the West Coast (the TranzAlpine - considered one fo the most scenic rail journeys in the world).

Associated Events IMMA Talks & Public Programmes Curators Lunchtime Talk Series: Drop In, Meeting Point, Main Reception Friday 17 November, 1.15 - 2 pm Join Johanne Mullan, Programmer Collections, IMMA, for an insightful walkthrough of Coast - Lines.

Porous Plane and Coast - Lines are both open until 30 September 2018 in IMMA's Main Galleries.