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I'm working on a simulation to model the emissions of Cross Country services in and out of New Street. As part of this, I need the tractive power data of the Class 220 but I'm struggling to find anything online. I was wondering if anyone might know what the tractive power values for each of the...

Bagshot, Camberley and Frimley get one or two direct London Waterloo services Mon-Fri. They’ve seen quite a diverse range of stock too, with 450s, 456s and 458s all having been used in recent history.

I hope there’s scope for the Bristol ‘superfasts’ to return eventually, even if it’s extremely unlikely in the foreseeable future.

Before it was renumbered to 715, the Surrey route 515 between Kingston and Guildford ran as the 515A on Sundays. They were identical aside from a small routing difference at the Kingston end, and I believe were exactly the same at one point in time. You could also potentially consider TfL...

Cardinal Buses in Surrey has two or three if my memory serves me correctly, all ex-London types from RATP Group or Stagecoach.

I don’t think there’s any scope for trains to avoid Bristol. It’s the most important intermediate stop along the route and is the main start/end point for the majority of passenger flows.

That’s not strictly true in my experience. On the occasions that I’ve used the service, I have encountered plenty of other passengers travelling the (almost) full stretch from Bristol or Bath to Brighton and vice versa. I also know a fair amount of people who study in Bristol and live in...

It's to be expected really. Richmond voted remain by almost 70% and the Lib Dems unseated Zac Goldsmith at the last GE by 11.9 percentage points. Richmond Park is my home constituency and I can attest to the fact that the Tories have not been popular here since the party shifted to a pro-Brexit...

Weymouth and Yeovil Junction with SWR is an example, although not as significant as OP's example. It's under 30 miles between the two but using only SWR would require a change at Basingstoke or two changes at Southampton and Salisbury.

I don’t think 387s would fit OP’s description of suburban stock. IIRC there is a Waterloo-Hampton Court service in the evening that’s first stop Surbiton. That must be one of the longest non-stop runs for 455/456s. Edit: that Hampton Court service no longer runs, presumably as a result of...

Travelled on the 13:30 Portsmouth service today, usually diagrammed for a 4-car 158 but only 2 showed up. It was a miserable journey and easily the worst I’ve had post-COVID. I boarded the service at Temple Meads well before departure time and every single seat had already been occupied, as well...

Severn Beach is my local and for a suburban/inner-city branch line, I’d say it’s pretty interesting overall. Most interesting: Avonmouth - Severn Beach stretch by the Severn Estuary Approach into Temple Meads and St. Phillip’s Marsh Sea Mills and Shirehampton stretch by the Avon Gorge Most...

Bristol Parkway gets more diesel services (XC and GWR local/regional) than electric IET services. Newport and Cardiff Central have an even higher proportion of diesel to electric services.

You want to give Cardiff - Portsmouth passengers another downgrade, after the 158s were cascaded by Turbos? It’s really quite sad how much contempt people show towards this route. It might not be a fast, traditional intercity service but it’s an important regional route in its own right and...

Ah, I'd forgotten about the NMT. That makes sense - thank you

163U 0023 London Marylebone to Banbury - I've been trying to get my head around this working. It travels via the Greenford Branch, reverses at Paddington and then travels back to the Chiltern to proceed up to Banbury. RTT has it planned as a High Speed Train but I'm guessing that's a mistake...

Agree with all of these, although I think GOBLIN would be more meaningful than just Oak. The Brunel Line is my favourite, but as an engineer I’m biased.

The fastest service between Clapham Junction and Surbiton only takes 10 minutes, surely it’s not worth the extra money? Each to their own I suppose though. Another thing to consider is the poor state of SWR’s first class offering on Class 450s. They’ve somehow managed to make it feel more...

Stourbridge Town is more central but much smaller than the main Stourbridge Junction

They still do, albeit with IETs instead.