Recent content by hkstudent

The sprinter availability in TfW is getting worse and it would be great when the new fleet is finally deployed on Cambrian Line

That would also be a problem, as the train would run quite empty beyond Shrewsbury. Tbf, last Saturday i travelled with a 6 car train from Mach to the east , the train is still packed after Wolvehampton

I suspect a better solution would probably be, trying to time a Avanti service before the TfW services, which the 9 or 11 car train would be able to take all of them.

When looking at the calling pattern of North Downs Line, it often finding many stations like Gomshall are only having 1 train per 2 hour. It appears to be too infrequent for a line that is served by 2 trains per hour. Would it be better off to make those infrequent stops be request stops and be...

Travelled on the Birmingham to Shrewsbury and Dovey Junction services on multiple occasions last month, and often the case is the train is rammed to Wolvehampton and Telford with no standing space available. While for Birmingham bound, it often overloaded with luggages starting at Newton and...

To be honest, the connection time is even being greatly deviated from “Railplan” rail travel demand model created by DfT, that assume people can already travel in much shorter time. TfL is also using something equivalent (but more detailed model) for the London Travel market. This also echoes...

I actually beg to differ to the case. As many people now rely on Journey Planners like CityMapper and Google Map to plan the journeys, and the connection time are far less than the MCT set in NR journey planners. For example, a Watford Junction to Chelmsford case, Cityplanner would say the...

It’s probably be faster and cheaper to do a St Pancras- Blackfriars- Lewisham on a Thameslink + Southeastern, rail only journey. Or even faster if using a LU metropolitan to Farringdon then Elizabeth Line to Abbey Wood for SL3 bus which is about £1 more than the original LU + NR zone 1+2 journey

I am afraid you have made a wrong quote. BrFares struggle in allocating whether that a London station is the correct London Terminal stations that can be used. Only Paddington and Waterloo (+Vauxhall) can be applied as London terminal station for Reading. For Farringdon ticket, it has be a...

It’s likely cheaper to build a new tunnel with new lifts than 20 years cost of lifts maintenance

There’s no point of having a new HS1 station between stratford and ebbsfleet as it’s too close in the sense of high speed. And dagenham dock extension as said, the London Overground extension to Barking Riverside reduced the essentialness of having additional rail connection to the barking...

The south limit of *Any Permitted ticket from Ashford International would be to Eastleigh. So it may probably be cheaper to get to Eastleigh, then a local single / return from Eastleigh to Southampton (most regional / intercity trains call at both stations). Or, alternatively, buy from Sandling...

I find that most southeastern metro area want access to London Bridge mainly and Victoria is being the less wanted one. I think a even spaced 4tph across all lines would be the baseline. I am glad that Bexleyheath Line is re-gaining back the even 4tph interval to London Bridge. While for...

We can hope for that, but Southeastern metro devolution won't be so soon as just Great Northern devolution is gonna take ages before it's fruition. Also, there seems to be a tendency of making Dartford metros to utilise more of Cannon Street as it's more underutilised during off peak times...

I agree that it is too much of a stretch of Thameslink going all the way to Medway. However, cross London services do benefit well to residents within London. Operationally, cutting the Luton - Rainham service to a Kentish Town - Gravesend service would provide a good service within densely...