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Chertsey and Addlestone should really have direct services to both Weybridge and Woking. In an ideal world, I’d keep Waterloo - Hounslow - Weybridge as is, and assuming Heathrow Southern Access gets built, run 4tph along the route of Woking - Addlestone - Chertsey - Heathrow. 1777017684 It...

Your proposal to have all Weymouth trains stop at Clapham Junction, Woking and Basingstoke would slow down the service significantly. I’m not sure if you could make up speed further down the line due to it being slower west of Southampton. In the absence of any infrastructure improvements...

Looking back at your proposal, I can see why you have chosen to include Woking and Basingstoke over Winchester and Southampton Airport in your Weymouth fasts, as those stations have better interchange opportunities. I don’t think cutting the direct link between Weymouth and SOA/Winchester is...

I think we are now at the point though where Southampton and Dorset could benefit from the reintroduction of a faster service from Waterloo to Weymouth, albeit at 2tph rather than 1tph. This should run non-stop from Clapham Junction to Winchester and be supplemented by a slower Poole service...

I agree that skip-stopping definitely gives the best of both worlds in terms of speeding up journeys to London and maximising connectivity along the line, although do understand the concern around breaking even interval patterns. I think a fair compromise would be to stick to 2tph even...

I think with the SWML, some skip stopping is still necessary due to the fact that certain stations only have demand for 1tph (Sway, Moreton, Grateley etc), and others warrant maintaining fast/direct trains to places which would otherwise be broken if a true Taktfahrplan was followed. For...

Such a proposal is a long way to becoming a reality, so I expect that battery bi-modes for the SWML will be in widespread use by the time it’s actually implemented.

Following on from the popular thread on an “ideal” recast for Bristol, i’d be interested to see how the same could be achieved on a much more complex network, covering a larger commuter belt serving multiple cites. A fully enhanced timetable on the SWML is unlikely to happen for many years, if...

Thanks! I like this concept, although feel that the National Rail lines are a little too thin, making them difficult to distinguish from the Underground. I respect that trying to in cram a full network as complex as London’s isn’t easy on a single map though.

The link for this doesn’t work. Would you be able to post an image of the full map here?

Rail-wise, I think the following provision would be best for Plymouth. Reopen the Tavistock Branch Redouble St Budeaux - Bere Alston, or at least provide additional passing loops Construct a chord to allow Gunnislake trains to avoid reversing at Bere Alston Construct new stations on the main...

Not a bad idea, although will most likely need some adjustments to the network for it to fit in. Realistically speaking, I think the only stops you could remove from the Cardiff - Portsmouth service are Filton Abbey Wood, Bradford-on-Avon and Trowbridge, and even then that would likely be...

Surely the best way would be to flight paths so you always have a stopper leave 3 minutes after a fast. You’d ideally run 4tph from Temple Meads - Bath non-stop, then another 4tph behind them calling at Keynsham and Oldfield Park (+ St Anne’s Park if that ever opens). I understand that this...

Ultimately, Bristol - Cardiff paths are constrained by the Severn Tunnel, so I’ve set my proposal at 3tph along this corridor. 1tph of those is the Cardiff - Portsmouth and 2tph is my proposed all shacks Swansea - Taunton service. I’m aware TfW have expressed interest in running Bristol - South...

In an ideal world, Bristol - Weymouth should be hourly, although Castle Cary - Dorchester is mostly single track so 1tp2h would have to suffice until upgrades to the Heart of Wessex Line come to fruition. In terms of Bristol connectivity, this is probably quite low down the pecking order since...

Here is a revised proposal of mine, based on subsequent replies from this thread. Intercity 2tph Bristol Temple Meads - London Paddington 1tph XC Newcastle - Plymouth 1tph XC Manchester - Bristol Temple Meads Regional 1tph Cardiff Central - Portsmouth Harbour 2tph Swansea - Taunton via...

This would be a retrograde step for Warminster, which would go down from 2 to 1 trains per hour. Could you extend one of the MetroWest Westbury terminators to Warminster to compensate for this?

Building a link road from the isolated part of the village south of the level crossing to the main B4017 road looks relatively straightforward, and could even be done as part of a housing development. The bridge definitely needs replacing regardless of what happens, and can be done offline on...

That is still slower than the hovercraft. My concern with a ropeway across the Solent is that it would need to have a high enough clearance for ships passing below, and would be a blot on the seascape. You’d certainly need supporting towers in the middle of the Solent for a 3 mile long cable...