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Which is daft IIRC; The UK is on an island, around which tidal flow is constant and predictable (and in some places with quite a tidal range). I suppose that "environmental issues" and cost have scuppered most of the proposals brought forward. On the latter, those that run our country seem to know the price of everything and the vaalue of nothing. Sorry for the diversion, but isn't power generation fundamental to running an electrified railway?

That's the rules in the UK for publically quoted companies at any rate. It is theur fiduciary duty to do so

To get the required depth of girder, they may have been plates with steel angles rivetted to the upper and lower edges; that would give something for the top and bottom plates to be attached to.

Also, The Kings Head on the other side of the station steps. Further along towards Manchester, over the road from Greenfield station is The Railway. There is, or used to be, a reasonably decent one on Dewsbury station, whose name I can't remember. Another nomination for the Left Luggage Room on Monkseaton Metro station

On the first; closer than you think, as the recent work from Manchester to Stalybridge, and the work just started between Huddersfield and Dewsbury shows. That leaves three fairly small gaps in electrifying the entire line between Liverpool and York; unfortunately, two of them are probably the most difficult on the whole route. On the second, can you point to a major engineering project, private or public, and particularly a railway one, that has ever come in at its original estimate. We've alraedy had the original GWR; several of Brunel's other projects (all three of his ships, for instance) came in way over cost; the original estimate for the Great Northern Railway was £3 million; it turned out at double that, and never reached its prime target, York. And so on, and son....

Some of us have been pointing this out for a while, now; one of regular contributors pointed it out yesterday.

The age of cheap energy came to an end between October and December 1973, when the price of crude oil increased from $3 per barrel to $11 per barrel. As you may recall, that and the OPEC embargo had a cataclysmic effect on the world economy

C4254 just oozes cold!

Sounds like a pretty good analysis to me! Oppositions don't "win" elections; governments "lose" them; in 1951, 1964, 1970, 1974, 1979, 1997, and 2010, the government lost because voters were tired of the direction of travel of the incumbents, to a certain degree, those incumbents had become stale and complacent, and/or there were external factors involved. It's difficult to get away from politics when the whole topic of transport, as with everything else in the country is bound up in it; especially public railways, which have been "political" and subject to government regulation since their inception.

IIRC, the branch from Guide Bridge to Stalybridge was almost on the original prospectus of the SA&MR. The LNWR built its Guide bridge bypass, from Denton Junction to Stalybridge (The Hooley Hill line) a bit later

Remember that in any case, the MS&L had a line from Guide Bridge to Stalybridge. Stalybridge Station was "Joint" between the them and the LNWR. Both companies shared the rebuilding costs in the 1880s when the Micklehurst loop was built. The LNWR trains from Manchester ran to there courtesy of the LYR branch from Miles Platting. They also ran from Stockport. At one time, the MS&L were going to build a line further up the Tame Valley from Stalybridge, I don't know what stopped them. Exchange yard at Diggle, anyone?😁

I would point out out that the council has no powers to up the rent on a business premises unless they own it. Businesss rates have been set by central government since about 2013 (unless that's been changed since), and local authorities receive a proportion back in their ever - shrinking rate support grant.

Ilkeston!

.....and motorists

That is one hell of an article!

It depends. If a player missed a goal and swore (to himself, reasonably quietly), nothing might be said. If, on the other hand,our player used offensive, insulting, racist or abusive language, and/or gestures, directed at ANYONE on the field of play, they would be shown the red card and dismissed from the field. I seem to recall that actually happening a few years ago to a player who berated one of his team mates. I've amended this to recall, many years ago, sending two players from the same team off for fighting each other towards the end of an under - 16s match. They were losing about 10 - 0 at the time, and it got to them.

Nothing quite like a bit of satire!

J2166 hasn't canged much, physically, there's just a lot more traffic

Without it, in my opinion, you might as well stop work on phase 1, as that almost becomes redundant as well. Panic does not make for good decision - making!

All the more reason to complete Phase 1 in full, then!

Yes. I had thought it said "Rugby". It's old age and salinity catchung up with me! Anything that didn't stop South of Stoke/Crewe/Stafford could be put on it; so all the stuff from Manchester, Liverpool, North Wales, Scotland, etc, could go onto HS2.

North of Lichfield, surely? Handsacre is just South of Rugeley. But it ought to mean Trent Valley Stations should benefit from enhanced services, yes?

So the abandonment bill would be for part 2A?

Their site is now - wait for it - Davies Road and Metcalfe Road!