John Marwood
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No idea Mr M. I was hoping you'd knowxx
I only watch Flog it
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New Birmingham to Manchester rail route
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I only watch Flog it
Glam
Mad Cat Woman
That some kinky porn channel?
John Marwood
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If you've taken enough Ket
Withnail
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Guilty, don't you think? Can't really square it any other way to my mind.
Any idea why the lodger wasn't called by either council?
John Marwood
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I'm ready to do my duty now having 'dodged' it twice
A three day double hander would be fine
Am I allowed to say it would be helpful to have a few hotties in the starting 11?
A three day double hander would be fine
Am I allowed to say it would be helpful to have a few hotties in the starting 11?
Withnail
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Pretty sure you're unlikely to be pressed into service to deliberate upon the happenings of 1843.
Twice? I have dodged it once - poor timing all round - but would also be bang up for it now. Though @citricsquid 's recent experience suggests it may be something of a let down.
Even more interesting to be given the responsibility to see someone swing - now we appear to be in the process of 'taking back control' by mob rule, perhaps this too will be back on the cards in the very near?
John Marwood
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£900,000 of your money to be spent on psychologists attending interviews with the 3 applicants to build HS2
John Marwood
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Hurrah!
Stafford to have a shiny new train that will take 20 minutes off the journey time to London
In 10 years...
Please check in to the station at least 30 minutes before departure
Stafford to have a shiny new train that will take 20 minutes off the journey time to London
In 10 years...
Please check in to the station at least 30 minutes before departure
tek-monkey
wanna see my snake?
Wormella
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In my head it's already called Stafford Parkway
stoofer34
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Stafford North to close!!!!!!!
The Department for Transport has begun the formal consultation procedure to close Norton Bridge station in Staffordshire.
The station has been served only by a replacement bus service since 2004, when the platforms were taken out of use to facilitate the West Coast route modernisation. DfT believes the new West Midlands rail franchise provides an opportunity to decide as to the station’s future, and is proposing the replacement bus be withdrawn and the station formally closes either when the franchises begins in October 2017 or at the timetable change in December of that year.
DfT says a formal assessment has shown that constructing a new station would likely cost £18 million and could only be served by a very limited train service, as the disused platforms are on the fast lines of the West Coast main line. It has also concluded that this move would generate very few new rail journeys and would have a negative net present value of £19.7 million. In contrast, the withdrawal of the current £40,000 per year subsidy provided for the replacement bus would yield a positive net present value of £0.9 million over a 60-year appraisal period. The bus is part-funded by Staffordshire County Council, which would review its provision if the DfT funding were withdrawn.
The station’s closure would need to be ratified by the Office of Rail and Road following the formal consultation, which runs until 3 February 2017.
"Quote Modern Railways"
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The Department for Transport has begun the formal consultation procedure to close Norton Bridge station in Staffordshire.
The station has been served only by a replacement bus service since 2004, when the platforms were taken out of use to facilitate the West Coast route modernisation. DfT believes the new West Midlands rail franchise provides an opportunity to decide as to the station’s future, and is proposing the replacement bus be withdrawn and the station formally closes either when the franchises begins in October 2017 or at the timetable change in December of that year.
DfT says a formal assessment has shown that constructing a new station would likely cost £18 million and could only be served by a very limited train service, as the disused platforms are on the fast lines of the West Coast main line. It has also concluded that this move would generate very few new rail journeys and would have a negative net present value of £19.7 million. In contrast, the withdrawal of the current £40,000 per year subsidy provided for the replacement bus would yield a positive net present value of £0.9 million over a 60-year appraisal period. The bus is part-funded by Staffordshire County Council, which would review its provision if the DfT funding were withdrawn.
The station’s closure would need to be ratified by the Office of Rail and Road following the formal consultation, which runs until 3 February 2017.
"Quote Modern Railways"
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proactive
Enjoying a drop of red.
How many people (who don't have cars to enable them to get to either Stafford or Stone) actually use it?
Surely that is a more pertinent issue than the fact that it might save £0.9m over sixty years.
Gramaisc
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Hardly anybody used it after it ceased to be a real station. Almost the first work that was done was to remove the old footbridge, which, whilst it could have remained in use, couldn't be replaced without being a new structure to a more modern standard, I suspect. Quite a few people weren't even aware that it was theoretically possible to use it as part of a 'rail' journey.
There will always be pressure to remove any small stations on main lines for the benefit of the overall figures.
I knew someone in Eccleshall who used it daily to commute to Crewe, after the change in service provision, he drove all the way instead.
Gramaisc
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£400,000,000 per mile is about £75,000 per foot....
Six grand an inch.
It better bloody work.
proactive
Enjoying a drop of red.
Or what? Are you under the mistaken belief that someone will actually be accountable when it goes TU?
Gramaisc
Forum O. G.
I am fully confident that it will work - in the sense of laundering tax money back to the 'people who should have it'.