Recent content by Tramere

Well since I am calling for a change, by definition what I am proposing is not what already exists since otherwise I would not have written this thread Aren't the GWML and GWML franchises also big enough as they are? Not enough. It is thought that the government might devolve the W&B...

I think this debate is a symptom of the fact that Wales's railway network was butchered to such an extent that to say that Wales even has a railway network anymore really isn't possible; South Wales maybe, but in North and Mid Wales what you have are the peripheries of the English network. Very...

Who agrees with me that they should enlarge the Wales and Borders' Franchise so that it includes all First Great Western and and Virgin Trains services which run between London and Wales? Then transfer control over that franchise from the department of Transport to the Welsh Assembly so that it...

Having spent most of my childhood and teenage years living in a part of London that is very near a football stadium, I am well aware of the changes to a daily routine of an area that occurs when there is a match at said stadium, with the crowds travelling to and from the stadium on congested...

We have heard a lot from Sadiq Khan on how he wishes to freeze rail fares, on how Respect candidate George Galloway wants to ban trucks from entering the city between dawn and dusk. All candidates, including Zac Goldsmith, are generally pro-cycling. But as rail fans, what do we think their...

I agree that the operation of line if problematic. Can't they just turn it into a light railway? or even use as part of a potential orbital route in West London, similar to the West London Orbital which was proposed but not formally considered by TFl?

There are three options. The shortest is a short dive under underpass beneath the Gyratory while the two other options are twin bore tunnels. The second links goes from Chiswick to just before the North End road while the third goes from Chiswick straight to Earls Court.

Boris Johnson's proposal for the Hammersmith flyover to be replaced with a Hammersmith fly-under (meaning underpass) is something I, along with practically every other West Londoner welcomes. I personally hope for the longest of the three options, meaning a tunnel from Earls Court to the...

As you can see from the HS2 routemap, it is as if HS2 is being built to allow journeys to be made to/from the northern cities involving London but not between them. For example, if one wanted to travel from Manchester to Glasgow (a route to Glasgow and Edinburgh being planned in the long term)...