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I've been thinking about a Churston railhead recently, it's only 2 miles outside Brixham. Considering that the DSR stopped calling there after COVID, surely one of the few constraints is coordinating the timetable during the summer months? Terminating at Churston means that the DSR still have...

I've always thought that the branch could be used to introduce a summer weekend Dartmoor service too. However, I think an extension westwards to Bovey Tracey would be needed to make this useful.

How helpful would tilting 802s (like the Pendolinos on the WCML) be here to deal with the curves?

Various discussions have taken place here regarding a DAL that follows a new alignment between Exeter and Newton Abbot. The Riviera Line is a highly congested section of mixed traffic railway and this new alignment would be great to run longer distance services on. It was mentioned in a recent...

I was assuming a tram, apologies for the inaccurate terminology. I'm under the impression that, in order to comprehensively serve South Bristol, the only two options are underground or on-street running. I don't know the area too well, but I can imagine there being a lot of ex-industrial...

My issue with a metro is that the scheme would require an express airport service, alongside a regular southwesterly stopper through Bedminster, Bishopsworth etc, to make it tenable. The latter service simply wouldn't be bus-competitive. How many of each can be offered depends on the nature and...

A cable car is a good idea. I was initially put off suggesting this because of the fact that the vehicles would be very small. They could, however, run at a very high frequency. There also wouldn't be any compatibility with a future Bristol Metro, although I doubt such a connection would be...

Wouldn't the best solution to the lack of rail connectivity at Bristol Airport simply be a VLR/parry people mover type system from Nailsea and Backwell station? It provides connectivity from the east and west The vehicles should be able to cope with the gradients It doesn't necessitate the...

R.e. service patterns, I've heard murmurings of a "regional" Teeside-Tyneside service. I imagine a semi-fast service between the two would be extremely helpful, and would likely still be able to share tracks with the metro north/west of Pelaw...

Would a "useful Teign Valley Line" be that similar to option 3? Don't get me wrong, the route would have to be altered. The area around Longdown especially because of A the Perridge Tunnel, B the steep gradients, and C, the fact that the route makes a large westerly incursion in this area that...

That sounds like a good idea. It would be good if the DC lines ran underground, maybe in cut and cover tunnels like the Met line. It would mean more space for development and freight rail. As far as I know, the only below ground stations on the DC lines are Watford High Street and the London...

If the Bakerloo line was extended to Watford, would it complement or replace the existing London Overground services.

Leicester is served by South Wigston railway station depending on the definition used. If you are talking about the city council boundary then no, but if you use the Urban Subdivision boundary (which is arguably the proper definition of Leicester's boundary) then yes. Syston however is not part...