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29 Class 387/1 Electrostars are currently operated by Great Northern could be transferred to Great Western Railway so they could form a uniform fleet and they could tackle overcrowding on the London Paddington services on the Great Western Main Line and possibly could make the extra services...

I was thinking of something like should the 3 stations are Leicester, Nottingham and Sheffield to be rebuild and modernized before the electrification? If the government agrees to restart the electrification of Leicester, Nottingham, Sheffield and Derby. And the Class 810 AT300/Auroras and Class...

If CrossCountry has all of the 34 Class 220 Voyagers and 44 Class 221 Super Voyagers, it would be enough to make a new services and extend some of the existing services. Here's the list of the service that I made: InterCity Services Plymouth to Edinburgh Waverley Reading to Newcastle Central...

So I was thinking about which of these Bombardier Voyager Fleets will be transferring to CrossCountry franchise after the new AT300 fleets replace them? Could it be 20 Class 221 Super Voyagers or 27 Class 222 Meridians or could it be both? It depends if the new fleets come to Avanti West Coast...

I was just having a thought that the 20 remaining Class 221 Super Voyagers could be transferred to CrossCountry franchise after they are replaced by 13 Class 805 Agility Trains 300 in 5 carriages and 10 Class 807 Agility Trains 300 in 7 carriages. And CrossCountry will be able to form a uniform...

If Class 360/2 Desiro will be purchased by Angel Trains, Which rail operators will take the 5 Class 360/2 Desiros that will be suitable for them on the services? East Midlands Railway - Routes: London St Pancras International to Corby alongside with Class 360/1 Desiros London Northwestern...

It would make sense if East Midlands Railway could order the 15 Diesel Civitys in 3 carriages and they could be classified as 198s. They could replace the 15 Class 185 Desiro if they are subleased from TPE and the new Civitys will be used exclusively on the Liverpool Lime Street to Nottingham...

What will happen to Mark 4 Coaches after the Grand Central Railway has abandoned the London Euston to Blackpool North services? It could be either withdrawn and and stored away or sent to be scrapped?

Since Grand Central Railway has abandoned the Blackpool North to London Euston services, they could make a new Open Access Operator called Blackpool Trains to take over Grand Central Railway to run the Blackpool North to London Euston services calling at, Poulton-le-Fylde, Kirkham & Wesham...

London Northwestern Railway operated by West Midlands Trains could take over Grand Central Railway's new services between London Euston to Blackpool North since Grand Central has abandoned the services permanently due to Coronavirus. And LNR will use the rolling stocks are Class 350 Desiros and...

I was thinking about ideas for the future CrossCountry franchise such as new trains, new routes and extension of the existing services. Any ideas for this new franchise which is due to start in 18th October this year? (If the franchise is delayed or cancelled)

Which do you think is the better environment for the locomotives and rolling stocks, Battery Electric or Hydrogen? Because the Diesel reactions will come to an end in 2040.

The new West Coast franchise and Angel Trains could order the new 42 carriages built by Alstom to extend the 21 remaining Class 390/0 Pendolino 9 carriages into 11 carriages. Hopefully to tackle overcrowding and possibly renumbering the Class 390/0s into 390/1s and form the uniform fleets.

Since London Northwestern Railway has made a new extended services for the London Euston, Birmingham New Street, Rugeley Trent Valley, Crewe and Liverpool Lime Street for the new timetable change in May 2019, I was thinking they could make more additional extended new services to North West such...

What I was thinking about that the 51 Class 185 Desiros could be coupled up into 6 carriages permanently so they could operate the services of Manchester Airport to Cleethorpes, Manchester Piccadilly to Hull and Leeds after the new trains enter the services. And of the TransPennine Express...

Does anybody know what happened to 350403? And I was concerned about it.

After the Class 730 Aventras have enter the service in 2020/21, all of the Class 350/2 Desiros will be replaced and leave the West Midlands Trains franchise and Porterbrook will convert all of the units into Battery Electric Multiple Units, and the project will be called Battery Flex. Here are...

Would anybody predict, if they are any changes after the Virgin Trains West Coast Franchise ends in 31st March 2020?

I was thinking about the future for the rail franchise in the UK. Some of the them could be merged together or spilt into two when the current franchise is finished. Northern and TransPennine Express could be merge into Transport for Northern Railway. West Midlands Railway and London...

Hi I'm new in the Rail UK Forums, feel free to ask me and answer any of my questions. So here's my questions: After the Northern Connect for the Inter-Urban and Regional Express launches in either May like this month today or December 2019, could any of you think of any ideas for the future...