Can anyone tell me what traffic uses the through lines at Bangor station ?
The reason for asking is that they obviously are in use, but all passengers traffic stops in the platform roads. The only freight traffic left is the nuclear flask traffic, but i would have thought that was fairly infrequent.
Thanks,
Richard.
The Bangor I know has no through lines.
"Zarnywoop" > wrote
Is that Bangor in Co. Down, Ireland or the one in North Wales?
John.
Nuclear flask traffic to Valley
Twice a week but not always.
Nick
Surely the Holyhead trains go through Bangor?
--=20 Les Pickstock
Yes they do, but the question was about what uses the 'through' lines. Holyhead trains would obviously go through the platform lines!
Nick
Do I take it that there are no container trains these days then? Is there no freight by rail using the port of Holyhead these days?
Dave W.
No, hasn't been any container trains from Holyhead since March 1991
Nick
Oops, I posted to the wrong newsgroup should have been uk.railway.
Thanks, for the answers through.
Richard.
Nick Gurney wrote:
There's the occasional ECS movement (HST sets to/from Longsight), but not much else; as other posters have said, the only goods traffic is nuclear flasks. The Octel plant on Anglesey doesn't use rail any more (there's another chemical works, Eastman Peboc, at Llangefni, but I don't think the Amlwch branch ever served it), and there are no more container trains to Holyhead.
David E. Belcher
Maine?
"......and there are no more container trains to Holyhead."
They should have transferred everything from that small place called Liverpool......except the lingo, that is .....;-))
The N.Wales lines should be turned into the largest preservation line in the UK......after all, N.Wales relies upon tourism anyway ...and what a tourist attraction ...!!
Regards,
Colin.
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