flyingguitar
TS Member
There are alternatives, rather than a bus service.
The rail line to Alton could be ran with something like the Very light railway, it is lower cost that a train but much lower capacity, but it could be a good alternative to a BRT especially since a lot of the route is already there.
Work may be happening on this, some people I have talked to near the Stoke - Leek line have said VLR may be looking at reopening that line (very trust worthy I know). However, it has been discussed a few times with government documents such as here:
That is only to Leek, but it isn't that much of a stretch to go to Alton considering the heritage railway has a lot of that line covered. It's then just Oakamoor tunnel which is the biggest hurdle and a few miles to Alton. This is of course based on the heritage railway allowing them to (although they already own the route down to Leek, so they would have to work together).
The rail line to Alton could be ran with something like the Very light railway, it is lower cost that a train but much lower capacity, but it could be a good alternative to a BRT especially since a lot of the route is already there.
Work may be happening on this, some people I have talked to near the Stoke - Leek line have said VLR may be looking at reopening that line (very trust worthy I know). However, it has been discussed a few times with government documents such as here:
That is only to Leek, but it isn't that much of a stretch to go to Alton considering the heritage railway has a lot of that line covered. It's then just Oakamoor tunnel which is the biggest hurdle and a few miles to Alton. This is of course based on the heritage railway allowing them to (although they already own the route down to Leek, so they would have to work together).
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