Randon thoughts
There are plenty of examples where there is more infrastructure in some locations and not enough in another. Do we need six tracks betweem Harrow on the Hill & Neasden? If you could magically relocate it to West Ruislip - Gerrads X it would be great. Just a local example.
There was an Act that prevented lines coming into central London hence main line termini all around the circle line. It would be have been great to have a mega terminal under lets say Hyde Park which would improve transfers. (I wrote a thesis on the feasibility of a central London station. It would require a LOT of building!)
I suspect that there are many locations where a single centralises station in a town would have helped. We can all come up with examples.
Historically Northampton would have benefitted if the WCML went through it (but if you read the history books that wasn't going to happen).
In many cases it would have been nice to spend a bit more to avoid annoying curves, but the history of land acquisition would have made it hard at the time. Its interesting how the ECML was straightened out over time.
One recent example. Couldn't Stratford International have been built in a tunnel under Stratford Regional which would have facilitated interchange.
There are plenty of examples where there is more infrastructure in some locations and not enough in another. Do we need six tracks betweem Harrow on the Hill & Neasden? If you could magically relocate it to West Ruislip - Gerrads X it would be great. Just a local example.
There was an Act that prevented lines coming into central London hence main line termini all around the circle line. It would be have been great to have a mega terminal under lets say Hyde Park which would improve transfers. (I wrote a thesis on the feasibility of a central London station. It would require a LOT of building!)
I suspect that there are many locations where a single centralises station in a town would have helped. We can all come up with examples.
Historically Northampton would have benefitted if the WCML went through it (but if you read the history books that wasn't going to happen).
In many cases it would have been nice to spend a bit more to avoid annoying curves, but the history of land acquisition would have made it hard at the time. Its interesting how the ECML was straightened out over time.
One recent example. Couldn't Stratford International have been built in a tunnel under Stratford Regional which would have facilitated interchange.