I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
Have been to the Monsal Trail twice during CV. All open and very enjoyable. 
Monsal Trail
- Thread starter pawl
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a.twiddler
Veteran
Excellent!Have been to the Monsal Trail twice during CV. All open and very enjoyable.
I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
Although, on the second visit the cafe at Miller's Dale had run out of ice-cream!
winjim
Straddle the line, discord and rhyme
We've been. Hassop Station was open and crowded and horrible and terrifying so we sacked it off, drove up to Miller's Dale and took a walk off the main trail past the lime kilns and up to a lovely meadow at the top of the valley. Which was nice.Have been to the Monsal Trail twice during CV. All open and very enjoyable.
Black Sheep
Guru
- Location
- Rammy
"It closed for a reason" is often said of old railway lines,
it's closure was protested by local people and, as with many other railway lines that were closed through the 60's and 70's you could argue it was short sighted, we've 1/3 the rail network we had back in the 1950s which is now making it difficult to handle the traffic we're trying to put on it, especially with increased running speeds to compete with motorway travel, any incidents or issues create a delay that is very hard to clear, having additional routes that can be used similar to taking the back route to avoid a closed A road would be advantageous, but the 60's and 70's closures removed much of that and we're suffering for it now. HS2 is another 'project' aiming to address these issues.
I'm not saying it should be re-opened, more explaining why it's being pondered.
it's closure was protested by local people and, as with many other railway lines that were closed through the 60's and 70's you could argue it was short sighted, we've 1/3 the rail network we had back in the 1950s which is now making it difficult to handle the traffic we're trying to put on it, especially with increased running speeds to compete with motorway travel, any incidents or issues create a delay that is very hard to clear, having additional routes that can be used similar to taking the back route to avoid a closed A road would be advantageous, but the 60's and 70's closures removed much of that and we're suffering for it now. HS2 is another 'project' aiming to address these issues.
I'm not saying it should be re-opened, more explaining why it's being pondered.
