Tim Dunn

This is, I think, the third time that a new railway station’s patronage has been double the predicted volume. Transport analysts: does this mean the current predictive model is broken? And wouldn’t that shift up the business case for other dismissed reopenings / new stations…?

DERBY RAILWAY TECHNICAL CENTRE. Help pls! Who wrote an architecture review of these 1960s buildings, once home to British Rail innovationa like first working Maglev, APT, LEV Railbus).I have Colin Marsden's book, but ISTR another. Was it @Modern_Railways? flic.kr/p/2m78Y17

This bullshit project from Herts County Council isn’t about connectivity: it’s about cost cutting. This crap needs to be challenged. “Trackless trams” are not trams: they’re BUSES. Bouncing bendy buses stuck halfway in traffic; and take away tracks & you take away fixed links.

It's the #WorldCupOfStations final! FIVE railway stations, ONE vote. Irlam - Manchester Cardross - Argyll & Bute Brookwood - Surrey Yatton - Somerset Berney Arms - Norfolk If you have a mo, pls do vote; there are some ace stories behind these finalists. Link in comments below👇

Access news update from @RailwayMuseum! A temporary shortcut pedestrian entrance is being opened (later this month) off Hudson Boulevard to enable easier access to museum, from York station & City Centre. Hurrah! It’ll cut off part of the longer current walk (experienced by those coming by train, bus or foot… including me) since the massive Central Hall construction project broke ground. That worksite means a diversion has been needed. The new temp entrance means visitors can access the site sooner: either start in Station Hall, or continue through to the Great Hall and the current main entrance. All entrances will be signposted. As now, visitors can use all public entrances, but now have more choice. Visitors arriving by vehicle or cycling can continue to use the current routes and entrances near the car park. Tickets at either entrance still give access to both halves of the site. Visitor flows are expected to change as more people will arrive at Station Hall and outdoor area / miniature railway first: I know that the team is taking steps to anticipate that change. The NRM's rebuild project is extremely complex: juggling thousands of priceless objects (many being shunted around) and maintaining ageing buildings, whilst hundreds of thousands of people visit each year. Plus all this is within a wider city development and planning strategies – alongside the massive York Central redevelopment. I think it's fair to say that everyone is looking forward to the new, permanent, entrance in the new Central Hall being opened! It'll be right opposite the station, and give level access to the museum buildings for the first time since the NRM opened. When the temporary new entrance is open, info will be updated on the NRM website (see reply below). The NRM team really does welcome direct feedback on access and visitor experience - please do use the website contact form or talk to staff on site. [Disclosure: I am on the NRM's Advisory Board]