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The 23:55 from Victoria to Ashford, went on quite a diversion via Lewisham and ended up calling at Grove Park instead of Bromley South. Realtime - 2N80

I had thought this myself, but Thames would be run with Chiltern. If GWR & Midland IC is not split operationally, then like my Regional Express proposal, GBR agrees a national set of Intercity standards, and the Intercity service is run to those standards by their region. But as said below...

I'd personally like to see Regions - Southern, East Anglia, Midlands, Northern, Great Western. Within the regions you'd have sectors - e.g Southern (Western, Central, Eastern), Midlands (East, West), Great Western (Thames & Chiltern, West Country), etc, etc. Intercity - split off and run...

Unless the Tories somehow pull off the most baffling general election win, there won't really be franchises to merge. If GBR is to be done as regional operations, then that'll basically happen anyway. If it's sectoral, it won't.

When I worked in retail, people stole. I wasn't running after them, and security made it clear, that it was not our responsibility to do so. That's the job of security or 'law enforcement'. In Italy, I'm pretty sure the guard, or whatever they're officially called, has the power equivalent of...

Having a 'within M25-ish' ticket would be great Should also do an interrail style ticket for 18-30s - encourage young people to see the country they live in. Make an inner one and an outer one Inner: Waterloo - Southampton Area - Romsey - Salisbury. Maybe down to the New Forest/Lymington...

I agree with all of that and would also like a Southeastern and South Western daysave too, and a whole Southern Region one

No problem

Both the Digbeth and Brierley Hill branches are under construction Project info on the Metro Alliance Website Latest Newsletters: Brierley Hill, Eastside (Digbeth) Some good updates on their Twitter too

Ah, so you did! I assumed it would've been Chelsfield rather than Woldingham

Does Biggin Hill count? It's in Greater London and the closest rail station as the crow flies is Woldingham, Surrey around 3.8mi away. But New Addington tramlink is closer (2.8mi).

That's fair and I wouldn't expect them to do so without firm commitments, but even Eurostar says they want to double passenger numbers, not all from London, granted. But as HS1 says they want to encourage competition and are owned by companies with the financial clout to fund the capacity...

Well, exactly. More international travel is good for the UK economy and Net Zero commitments, so at least some government funding doesn't seem unreasonable to me. Surprisingly, in the 10 European rail improvements, the EU kept London - Amsterdam as an aspiration for better services. So even...

Genuine question, why is it not up to the owner of St Pancras to fund capacity enhancements at their station? You could just have a quota for the number of passengers to board at St Pancras, with the rest reserved for Stratford, Ebbsfleet or Ashford. It's fair to say most passengers want...

Oh yes, of course they did! But relationships can sour. And how SNCF can argue it's widely known uncooperative behavior with the EU when they're running trains in Spain, while clearly loving their monopolies in France will be difficult. Also, Eurostar claiming IP would be entertaining, to say...

Gives much more info than the website does! It does feel like these companies are 'claiming their patch' before others do. Can only see one or two succeeding at most. If DB or another operator was backing one of these (I know Renfe was/is looking), I could see that having the most likelihood...

Ah, I'll head to there!

Another website has popped up for 'Europe's next high speed train operator' called Heuro. It doesn't say much but says: and So this would be what, the fourth proposal? Virgin has its work cut out... Edit: Antwerp would be most welcome, always felt Eurostar should've called, even if it was...

When I was commuting from West Croydon some years ago, being fast run around 18:30 was happening multiple times per week. It got so irritating, I'd often plan to take the following Southern service to Norwood Jun and then the London Bridge service, which was quicker than waiting for the next LO...

I forgot about that! We had the same, but I was busy looking out the window! I thought about using the other station, but honestly, after walking around in the heat for hours, it just felt like a lot of effort. Fortunately, it wasn't as crowded as the out journey and I did my usual thing of...