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Post by misterj on Oct 13, 2022 8:29:11 GMT
Anyone else excited by this? There’s been so many posters on here saying why can’t we be more like Sheffield, Nottingham etc etc yada yada …… surely the council can’t be knocked for this attempt!! (Won’t hold my breath!) Consultation period for 6 weeks starting Monday at www.stoke.gov.uk/transportstrategy |
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Post by lordb on Oct 13, 2022 8:49:29 GMT
To paraphrase '... Will need funding from central government...'
We can talk about this all day but it will never happen as central government will never commit the money needed
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Post by misterj on Oct 13, 2022 8:50:35 GMT
Good attempt though IMO
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Post by lordb on Oct 13, 2022 8:53:21 GMT
Could be fabulous and transformative
It's been talked about for at least 30 years
Depressing
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Post by LL Cool Dave on Oct 13, 2022 9:04:06 GMT
Page not found
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Post by Northy on Oct 13, 2022 9:07:30 GMT
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Post by thebet365 on Oct 13, 2022 9:09:14 GMT
They'll still be discussing it in 30 years.
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Post by misterj on Oct 13, 2022 9:17:34 GMT
Sorry mate, I just took the link from the Sentinel article, I don’t think it goes ‘live’ till Monday? |
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Post by misterj on Oct 13, 2022 9:27:33 GMT
Stoke gov website says the transport consultation starts Wednesday 19 Oct. in terms of funding …… the Coates family have been making billions from peoples’ unfortunate habits over the years, why not request their involvement, surely 100 million wouldn’t threaten their lifestyle and would be a rather decent legacy for Peter to leave behind? (Maybe one of the lines named after him, similar to the Elizabeth Line on London’s tube system?) Or even John Caudwell could chip in 10 Mill and have a station named after him?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2022 9:56:10 GMT
Stoke gov website says the transport consultation starts Wednesday 19 Oct. in terms of funding …… the Coates family have been making billions from peoples’ unfortunate habits over the years, why not request their involvement, surely 100 million wouldn’t threaten their lifestyle and would be a rather decent legacy for Peter to leave behind? (Maybe one of the lines named after him, similar to the Elizabeth Line on London’s tube system?) Or even John Caudwell could chip in 10 Mill and have a station named after him? The Coates family have made money from their legit business and why on earth should they fund it? |
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Post by prestwichpotter on Oct 13, 2022 9:57:56 GMT
It would transform the city. Until I see the diggers moving in though I'm sceptical, the amount of projects in the city that get talked about but never delivered is frightening......
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Post by misterj on Oct 13, 2022 10:05:33 GMT
Stoke gov website says the transport consultation starts Wednesday 19 Oct. in terms of funding …… the Coates family have been making billions from peoples’ unfortunate habits over the years, why not request their involvement, surely 100 million wouldn’t threaten their lifestyle and would be a rather decent legacy for Peter to leave behind? (Maybe one of the lines named after him, similar to the Elizabeth Line on London’s tube system?) Or even John Caudwell could chip in 10 Mill and have a station named after him? The Coates family have made money from their legit business and why on earth should they fund it? Legacy? Giving their home city a helping hand? Philanthropy? |
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Post by The Drunken Communist on Oct 13, 2022 10:07:51 GMT
Feels like we're missing a trick by not having the southern line have a route that goes passed the stadium in some way.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2022 10:19:10 GMT
The Coates family have made money from their legit business and why on earth should they fund it? Legacy? Giving their home city a helping hand? Philanthropy? True enough. Green BET365 trams would be quite cool enough they obviously wouldn't want to just chuck money away because of their wealth. Would be a great idea for the city but the demise of the shopping areas makes it a bit less practical but would obviously improve with the project. Cauldwell talks a great donation, idea in the press but seems more to get his name out there. Would the tram go anywhere near the stadium? |
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Post by franklin on Oct 13, 2022 10:25:32 GMT
They did some work in Tunstall and discovered that the old tram/train lines were still on the high street just buried under the tarmac. Dig them up and refurbish them jobs a good'un
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Post by elystokie on Oct 13, 2022 12:49:25 GMT
If it works out cheaper to do it in partnership with Coventry why not include Newcastle and make it cheaper still?
As others have said tho, it won't be happening anyway.
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Post by NassauDave on Oct 13, 2022 13:04:48 GMT
Get it built!
The taking of Shelton 365 could be a good future movie.
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Post by dexter97 on Oct 13, 2022 13:09:09 GMT
Legacy? Giving their home city a helping hand? Philanthropy? True enough. Green BET365 trams would be quite cool enough they obviously wouldn't want to just chuck money away because of their wealth. Would be a great idea for the city but the demise of the shopping areas makes it a bit less practical but would obviously improve with the project. Cauldwell talks a great donation, idea in the press but seems more to get his name out there. Would the tram go anywhere near the stadium? The Southern Line looks like it follows the route of the A500 & rail line through Sideway. |
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Post by dexter97 on Oct 13, 2022 13:10:00 GMT
If it works out cheaper to do it in partnership with Coventry why not include Newcastle and make it cheaper still? As others have said tho, it won't be happening anyway. I'm sure Newcastle would want in. |
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Post by dexter97 on Oct 13, 2022 13:13:56 GMT
I'm no engineer, but wouldn't getting a tram up Limekiln Bank be a bit of a challenge?
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Post by dexter97 on Oct 13, 2022 13:19:46 GMT
If it works out cheaper to do it in partnership with Coventry why not include Newcastle and make it cheaper still? As others have said tho, it won't be happening anyway. I'm sure Newcastle would want in. Apparently not. Bit of a missed opportunity, I think. "We wanted to go for an integrated transport authority with Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle and the Staffordshire Moorlands but the neighbouring districts didn't want to do it." |
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Post by Northy on Oct 13, 2022 13:32:23 GMT
I'm sure Newcastle would want in. Apparently not. Bit of a missed opportunity, I think. "We wanted to go for an integrated transport authority with Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle and the Staffordshire Moorlands but the neighbouring districts didn't want to do it." A shame, would have been good to extend it from Tunstall to Kidsgrove |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2022 13:41:18 GMT
Be cool if it went through water like the log flume at Alton Towers to make the journeys more interesting.
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Post by maninasuitcase on Oct 13, 2022 14:00:01 GMT
I'm no engineer, but wouldn't getting a tram up Limekiln Bank be a bit of a challenge? They have some steep inclines in Sheffield for the trams, admittedly not a limekiln bank. |
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Post by maninasuitcase on Oct 13, 2022 14:04:00 GMT
Im surprised they wouldn't use the mothballed parts of the biddulph and churnet lines to expand it to leek.
The track is there, if overgrown, and surely can be bought back into use.
It would be ideal to take people to alton towers.
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Post by dexter97 on Oct 13, 2022 14:07:18 GMT
Im surprised they wouldn't use the mothballed parts of the biddulph and churnet lines to expand it to leek. The track is there, if overgrown, and surely can be bought back into use. It would be ideal to take people to alton towers. I seem to remember someone looking at that a few years ago. It might've been something to do with the Churnet Valley Railway. |
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Post by Northy on Oct 13, 2022 14:10:01 GMT
Im surprised they wouldn't use the mothballed parts of the biddulph and churnet lines to expand it to leek. The track is there, if overgrown, and surely can be bought back into use. It would be ideal to take people to alton towers. I'm sure there was a thread on this last year www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-59755427 |
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Post by dexter97 on Oct 13, 2022 14:10:29 GMT
I'm no engineer, but wouldn't getting a tram up Limekiln Bank be a bit of a challenge? They have some steep inclines in Sheffield for the trams, admittedly not a limekiln bank. It'd have to be like that one at Bridgnorth!  |
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Post by longdistancekiddie on Oct 13, 2022 14:41:26 GMT
I'm no engineer, but wouldn't getting a tram up Limekiln Bank be a bit of a challenge? Put it through the tunnel under the canel, ther is a small one already there, nice idea |
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Post by misterj on Oct 13, 2022 15:26:49 GMT
Getting Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-u-Lyme to co-operate on anything is akin to Ukraine and Russia solving their differences! Very frustrating!
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