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Once Crossrail services are running the full length through the central core, will this affect GWR services at Paddington. 6tph of TFL Rail services will no longer terminate at Paddington, freeing up platform space for terminating trains, and this could increase further in the future if...

Could there be a case to introduce occasional or seasonal GWR passenger services along the Dartmouth Steam Railway to Kingswear - similar GWR's services along the steam railway from Taunton, or the limited service on the Okehampton branch? This could perhaps take place as an extension of an...

What has kept the Looe Valley line open as a National Rail service? I understand that it was almost closed as part of the Beeching cuts. Looe is relatively close to the main line at Liskeard, and itself is quite a small town - plus all intermediate stations are very rural with low passenger...

With the Chiltern route via High Wycombe offering a similar journey time between London and Oxford to GWR's Paddington service, has it ever been considered to extend Chiltern services beyond Oxford, to reverse at Oxford the extending along the Cotswold line to Worcester or Hereford?

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/london-northwestern-class-730s.171835/ Had there been plans to run direct services from St Albans Abbey to Euston? The Abbey line currently offers a quick connection between Watford and St Albans, but can be underused (at least at...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/northern-line-battersea-extension.145238 I think it was a mistake to name the new station on the extension as 'Battersea Power Station' Station. I would instead opt to rename the proposed Nine Elms station to 'South Lambeth', with...

The current organisation of rail services into different franchises involves some franchises operating a lot more services than others, while many individual services may be more fitting in a different franchise. Here are my suggestions for re-organising all routes into an alternative set of...