Wyken Sky Blue
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Looking very smart after the refurb!
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Is it accessible from where The Rocket used to be now?
Looking very smart after the refurb!
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YupIs it accessible from where The Rocket used to be now?
No, to Birmingham, London, Manchester and Edinburgh Waverly.The platforms still take you back to the 60’s
Just some more flowers would be nice. It's very grey. I am there all the time and go past many stations on my way from Coventry to Kent.I like the 60s station, it's a superb design and just needs some TLC
Very trueDefinitely looks better and like a lot of stuff they've done, especially the entrance from near the bridge. I like the frontage of the old station but wasn't much of a fan of it overall. New build looks fine but the two together look a bit odd.
Wish they'd integrated the main bus/train stations to allow easier transition of public transport and sharing of services/facilities, then had a bus shuttle service on a city centre loop. Would've also helped fill the new retail outlets plus allow redevelopment of Pool Meadow.
Think the overall Friargate development has missed a few tricks and the attempt to get so much office space there was a bit foolhardy. Minor bugbear is the positioning of Friargate One as the line of sight from the station into town is potentially great for seeing all three spires and giving a sense of place to arrivals. Instead it's only available to council employees.
I still get the feeling we night be left with a bit of a white elephant here with HS2.And finished just in time for them to cut routes once HS2 comes online
It is. My concern is whatever they say about it not affecting other routes, I can't see another way for them to make it pay than force people from Coventry to have to go to Birmingham to catch the train to London, so we'll see the fast routes either stopping, or becoming less frequent.I still get the feeling we night be left with a bit of a white elephant here with HS2.
Costing an absolute bloody fortune.
I've always felt the main point of that was to connect BHX to London so it could work as extra airport capacity for the capital. The northern legs were to convince the north is was for their benefit and get it through. One already gone, I expect the other to follow.I still get the feeling we night be left with a bit of a white elephant here with HS2.
Costing an absolute bloody fortune.
It is. My concern is whatever they say about it not affecting other routes, I can't see another way for them to make it pay than force people from Coventry to have to go to Birmingham to catch the train to London, so we'll see the fast routes either stopping, or becoming less frequent.
And currently the Coventry - London (and Rugby - London for that matter!) routes are actually pretty good and pretty quick... if also pretty expensive!
They're OK as long as you don't need to do 9-5...Were reasonable pre covid but prices have become extortionate since.
They're OK as long as you don't need to do 9-5...
I do get good deals, but the prices seem to be all over the place at times.Going next Friday at about 7ish and it's about 35 quid each. Was paying less than 20 pre covid though admittedly that was generally at the weekend.
Advanced booking doesn't seem to be the great deal it used to be either
Why red?
Not really been keeping up with it as I've barely had to use it in years but are there now two separate buildings or is that a car park?
I think red is the agreed West Coast Mainline colours. Blue would have looked better but it's ok.Stations owned/operated by Virgin isn’t it?
Edit: no it’s Avanti, no idea then.
I still get the feeling we night be left with a bit of a white elephant here with HS2.
Costing an absolute bloody fortune.
Why not? It's half of the civic colours. Maybe they could have made it half green?Why red?
It's not that much mate. At 110 billion over the next twenty years, it's only costing us just over £625,000. An hour.
For those of you in the cabinet, who perhaps don't like to deal in small change, that's about £15 million per day.
But it's only for the next 20 years, and after that we're free and clear to enjoy the 15 minutes it'll save us into London, if you happen to live close enough to the interchange and you can afford a ticket, of course.
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