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This thread is to discuss anything to do with transport projects/schemes in Leicester. This can be about the buses, trains, park and ride, etc.

Enderby Park & Ride scheme- proposed:

Various new park and ride schemes will are to be introduced to Leicester in the coming years to help eleviate problems of traffic congestion within the city centre. These will addto existing schemes, such as Meynell's Gorse off Hinckley Road.

The latest scheme is to be intoduced in Enderby, near Leicester and will include approximately 1,000 parking spaces:


Source: Leics County Council website

For more info see this Leicestershire County Council website link


New 'State of the art' buses:

To be used with the above scheme, these will essentially be buses that look like trams and will be more comfortable, environmentally friendly and will have more space for buggies and wheelchairs:


Source: Leics County Council website

The buses will run from Hinckley Road to a new terminus on St Nicholas Circle in Leicester City Centre; look at the website link above for more details.

The planning application (approved Feb. 2007): Planning Application
 
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-28544062

A £600,000 cycle hub with spaces for more than 300 bicycles has opened at Leicester railway station.

The facilities can be used by both train passengers and other bike riders, an East Midlands Trains spokesman said.

The underground bike park also has a cycle hire section and changing facilities.

"Previous facilities were always oversubscribed - so we expect them to be very popular," Andy Moore, head of stations at East Midlands Trains, said.

The project was funded by East Midlands Trains (EMT), the Department for Transport, the Cycle Rail Working Group and Network Rail.

The £10 fee for using the hub is a one-off charge which gives unrestricted access to other EMT cycle facilities.

The train operator is also improving its cycle facilities at Alfreton, Bottesford, Chesterfield, Kettering, Mansfield, Market Harborough, Matlock, Skegness and Wellingborough.
 
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Article in The Sunday Times Driving section on Sunday talked about diesels being driven in town releasing more toxins than petrol cars.

It's an interesting read in which Leicester was mentioned.

Owners of most existing diesel cars, and some petrol ones, will have to pay an extra £10 to drive there.
Other cities are planning their own schemes. Bristol, Birmingham and Leicester have confirmed that they are working on new proposals.
http://www.driving.co.uk/news/is-di...s-have-turned-against-the-fuel-they-promoted/
 
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That will have a huge impact on people with diesel engines.

I couldn't see anywhere in the article that highlighted the difference between petrol and diesel, in terms of danger? I can't imagine petrol emissions are good for you either?

Petrol has a far higher output of carbon monoxide and the benzene that replaced lead, is highly carcinogenic.

Anyway - lost of new buses and taxis needed then...

Perhaps if the government encouraged people to switch to diesel, they should compensate those that will be affected by this? Also I would rather not see Leicester being an early implementer of any taxation on diesel cars. It will reduce commerce in the city.
 
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-30328241

HS2 opponents call for Leicestershire's Ivanhoe line to reopen

Politicians opposed to plans for an HS2 route through the East Midlands have said they will support it if another railway line is reopened to passengers.

Phase two of the high speed line from Birmingham to Leeds will pass through North West Leicestershire but not stop.

Councillor Nick Rushton said he would consider backing it if the Ivanhoe line through Leicestershire was renovated.

He said the Transport Secretary was "positive" about the idea and council officers were working on a plan.

The Ivanhoe line, which runs from Leicester to Burton-upon-Trent, has been closed to passenger trains since the 1960s and is currently used solely as a freight-line.

It has been the focus of numerous campaigns to reopen it for more than two decades.

The most recent was rejected by the county council in 2009 because the estimated cost of almost £50m was deemed unviable.

"If the government can come up with £50m for the renovation to the line and put it out to franchise, it will work," said Mr Rushton, leader of Leicestershire County Council.

"There is no train connectivity at all from North West Leicestershire to Leicester and if we are going to take all the grubby nature of HS2 the least they can do is give us this."

Opening up Ivanhoe, also known as the National Forest line, has been backed by residents in the north of the county who welcomed better links into Leicester.

Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen, said: "I have been supporting the reopening of the Ivanhoe line for as long as I have been in politics.

"It's right we take a pragmatic attitude, and if HS2 has to go ahead and go through North West Leicestershire, we don't want to take all the pain for none of the gain."

Mayor of Leicester, Sir Peter Soulsby, said the line could be reopened at a "moderate" cost compared to HS2.

He said: "I think that investment will be a much greater benefit to the county than the HS2 ever would be."
 
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Finally - such a (relatively) cheap way of opening up the whole of the west end, not just the county - stations at King Power, narborough rd etc....

The cost in policing away fans down from london road will be absolutely slashed just by putting in a very basic platform around the back of the ground.
 
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Here is the document that outlined in 2009, why the line wouldn't be re-opened.

http://www.leics.gov.uk/ivanhoe_line_stage2.pdf

The report estimated that up to 360,000 new houses would be required the make the new line feasible. Roughly three times the number of houses in Leicester!!!

Like you, I think a station at the King Power would make this line very feasible.

The report only looked at the following locations for stations.

• Bede Island
• Leicester Forest East
• Kirby Muxloe
• Coalville
• Ashby-de-la-Zouch
• Moira
• Castle Gresley

No football stadium station. Which would result in thousands of journeys...
 
#1,626 ·
The report only looked at the following locations for stations.

• Bede Island

No football stadium station. Which would result in thousands of journeys...
Bede Island is King Power - if they put a bridge in. It's a few yards away albeit across the weir.

More important question is how much would need to be demolished for the spur to the station as it currently only curves South.

With a little imagination they could also use the line as a way to get trains onto the GCR...
 
#1,627 ·
Bede Island South would be ideal for a station. The existing train sheds could be used if there's still enough room for the track. Much closer to the stadium than people can currently park and would be ideal for away fans too, coming from London Road.

The spur reinstatement is a must in order to make the line viable, there appears to be enough room if you look at Google Earth's images of the area.

With a little imagination they could also use the line as a way to get trains onto the GCR...
Southbound only now though, the infrastructure between Bede Island South and the Great Central Station has mostly been either demolished or obstructed. I can't see them flattening the DMU's wonderful student sports centre or building an embankment to allow Upperton Road to be bridged, even if putting one across West Bridge was a prospect. In any case they would have to pay compensation to the people living in the terrace houses along Western Road due to noise and loss of privacy (that wouldn't stop the residents extending their gardens up the embankment :naughty: ).


BG
 
#1,625 ·
Just the football stadium alone would make the line partially feasible. There are many City fans on that route and the parking for games is expensive and difficult. Other parts of the county could also access a new train station at Filbert Way.

Also a station at Filbert Way would serve Tigger's fans too.
 
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The new kerbing that is shown in the forefront of that image is now in place and they are working on the pavements outside the police station. Nothing of the roundabout remains (just temporary barriers).

The rubble that remains from the foundations of the McIndians/Subway/First Group buildings should be removed by the end of this month.

It's now possible to turn right direct from Belgrave Gate to Abbey Street.
 
#1,631 ·
The new kerbing that is shown in the forefront of that image is now in place and they are working on the pavements outside the police station. Nothing of the roundabout remains (just temporary barriers).
That's quick progress. :)
 
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