Recent content by KeithP

I don't think the OP was considering the Portsmouth Direct route. ;) That would require a change at Havant.

Makes no odds. The correct salutation is Dear Sirs when writing a formal letter to an organisation, rather than to an individual.

I would suggest that "Dear Sirs" would be more appropriate than "To whom it may concern".

In Portsmouth people still talk about the 'Town Station' to differentiate it from the 'Harbour Station'. Comes from the time before it was Portsmouth & Southsea Station and when there was a separate Southsea Station. [And of course at that time Portsmouth wasn't a city]

But the phrase I objected to is... "the most value"? That simply is not true.

Really? I thought the 'major benefit of HS2' was to relieve pressure on the southern parts - between London and Birmingham - of the West Coast Mainline. But we digress...

Do Southern trains stop at those stations you say are missing?

You're welcome. :lol:

No.

I agree, St Albans Abbey station is pretty dismal, but does it count as the end of a 'main line'?

matacaster, you offer no comment on item 5) in your list. Why is that?

If we are going to build any line at all, wouldn't it be a good idea to future proof it in some way? Maybe by building a line capable of higher speeds and frequencies. The incremental cost would be relatively small.

Waterloo to Portsmouth via Portsmouth Direct / Guildford.

Hooverboy, what have your most recent two posts to do with the railway? More particularly, what have they to do with East-West Rail?

There is a little bit more information here: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=6024769