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Another vote for Dorking Deepdene. Feels even higher on a plywood platform!

Brilliantly put! :D

I sympathize with anyone stuck in stations etc organising RRB at 72 hours is going to be patchy best and very luck dependent. Whilst not an insider I can speak from personal experience trying to organise an extra coach for my wedding summer Saturday (not peak time) with 6 weeks notice to go...

Appreciated. Thanks I'm sure those guys on the ground are in for a busy day.

That sounds like a fast response. As a genuine curiosity woupd anyone be able to describe what happens when a tree is spotted fouling the line. Is there a team the driver or signaller will refer to who then assess and deal the tree in question?

Back in my uni days. Was always a fan of The Victoria in Beeston. Nice choicecho local ales and outdoor area backing onto the platform where there was a good variety of rolling stock.

It's a pity 141s are not still in service.

If I remember well, Bi modes can switch on the move anyway. If so is there much operational convenience in going to Leicester?

So if I understand correctly the omission of pointwork would mean turn back is impossible as effectively a train could only use the same line it entered the station on?

How does shortening the tunnel to the west of the airport affect the ability to turnaround trains? Could someone explain how this would work and which turnarounds would be missed or lost.

Ealing Broadway was 2/3 separate stations: The Great Western Railway The district railway The central London railway The GWR and district were definitely separate stations. Does anyone know about the Central?

Fair enough. You wouldn't want to reintroduce conflicts that had just been resolved. Is it that part of the line between Hounslow and Twickenham which is most constrained? The rest looks as self-contained as terminating at Hounslow would be (assuming a new terminating platform at Twickenham).

Out of interest, would there be a better case for terminating the Southern end at Twickenham rather than Hounslow? Could platform 2 be made a through platform to allow for this? If so is it possible to avoid significant path conflicts? This would potentially allow for inter-connection with the...

I believe they are separate proposals though I would guess compatible.

There is actually currently a proposal being explored by Hounslow Council to establish a London Overground connection from Brentford to Willesden via South Action re-using a curve near Kew Bridge. See page 14...