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This can be helpful for those needing to plan a journey although most of us on here simply want to buy a ticket quickly without an itinerary. Could you possibly look at putting this functionality onto your website please? Using the favourite journey option on the Southern website is the only way...

What are these exactly?

Why not? I live roughly 1 hour 10 from Greenwich and would glady take your car into London if seeing a concert at the o2

Theoretically, would it be possible putting these issues aside for the trains to physically run on the ECML or WCML though? 1692032863 Probably more sensible operationally although much more boring - running Britain's fastest transit under the wire being pulled by a diesel feels criminal

What a terrible waste of diesel! Why could it not run under the overhead wires?

No, you do not have to do this

Well I meant to upgrading the existing infrastructure. Saw your post on the other thread which does make a lot of sense thinking about it.

@The Planner Now we are in the speculative section, would you mind explaining in an ideal world what you would do improvements wise to speed up services to Birmingham?

Right, well in that case it would have been more appropriate for Bald Rick in light of his job to explain himself, rather than directing these questions at me - a layman yet tenacious passenger. Obviously I don't have the necessary knowledge to know the answers. Utterly pointless asking me about...

Currently, trains to Birmingham New Street and beyond take significantly longer than other services to towns slightly north of it and beyond it. For example, Euston to Birmingham takes on average 1 hour 20 minutes. To compare apples to apples, there was one service a day in the pre-covid...

I am not a railway engineer so cannot answer what technical work could be done or how much it would cost, the point is it should be done and would be beneficial. This is not a speculative thread, so let us not deliberate on the what or how. Although, if you are interested in finding out that...

No idea, although significantly less than completing HS2 plus building a new station in Birmingham that is for sure I can’t comment on how long it would take but for trips made today the impact would be felt today. I was pointing out that the lines through Birmingham are slow. That includes the...

Because nobody can say for certain when in the future and these journeys still need to be made today. If they can be made more quickly, they should….otherwise people fly as you can see ;)

I am comparing the hourly fast service. There was one service a day in the pre-covid timetable that did Birmingham - Euston non stop in 1 hour 13 minutes, still not great is it? Especially as Euston - Stafford is 1 hour 17 minutes non stop and Euston - Crewe is 1 hour 30 minutes. The main aim of...

That is still only about 15 minutes quicker than from Euston, which is not very competitive. Something should be done to speed up services to and through Birmingham. Currently, it is quicker to travel to Stafford and Crewe which are further north than Birmingham yet travelling TO Birmingham...

Lol very funny - I am struggling to find a good deal! :lol: Typically, the trains to come here and visit the beach and cliffs for the day are cheap as chips the one weekend we are both free That is a good idea, Chiltern appear to be rather sensibly priced compared to EMR although as you say a...

I am looking at options to visit a friend in Derby this weekend although East Midlands appear to be short on advances. I found a pair of return advances for £52 which is great, although the timing means I would only spend 2 hours actually in Derby. Other timings are roughly £70. Saturday is...

Good point, but there was so much more to do than simply watch trains. On the contrary, everyone but the anti social spotter types mingled downstairs away from the platforms. There was a full on outdoor party on the day We got to meet several high profile staff from Southeastern, who some of us...

I don’t mind to side track your question but why did/were you only planning on spending 16 minutes at Thanet Parkway before leaving again? In contrast most of us who visited on open day were there 6 hours minimum, with no toilet :lol:

That is rough, I would have stayed the night if that was me. I take my hat off to you really