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17th July 2008, 04:15 PM

On Jul 17, 5:05 am, Charlie Hulme <i...@davenportstation.org.uk>
wrote:
> In the Metrolink supplement issued in the recent
> 'Tramways and Urban Transit' magazine, it says that
> Stagecoach propose to remove all the signals and
> associated safety devices on the Bury and Altrincham
> lines and use 'on-sight' working at line speed
> throughout the system, as they do already in the
> City Centre.
>
> This surprises me slightly, since they do run quite
> fast (40 - 50 mph?) between some of the wider-spaced
> stations such as Stretford and Dane Road. Is this sort
> of thing common elsewhere?
>
> Charlie

If true, this is a backwards move IMHO.

17th July 2008, 04:15 PM	#4 (permalink)
1506 Guest Posts: n/a Classified Rating: % ()	On-Sight working on Manchester Metrolink On Jul 17, 5:05 am, Charlie Hulme <i...@davenportstation.org.uk> wrote: > In the Metrolink supplement issued in the recent > 'Tramways and Urban Transit' magazine, it says that > Stagecoach propose to remove all the signals and > associated safety devices on the Bury and Altrincham > lines and use 'on-sight' working at line speed > throughout the system, as they do already in the > City Centre. > > This surprises me slightly, since they do run quite > fast (40 - 50 mph?) between some of the wider-spaced > stations such as Stretford and Dane Road. Is this sort > of thing common elsewhere? > > Charlie If true, this is a backwards move IMHO.