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Does anybody know how or why Hatfield evolved to have only 3 platforms as opposed to 4 on most other stations on the southern part of the ECML. Was it reconfigured to speed up fast lines? It’s always seemed an anomaly to have a platform on the fast down but not on the fast up.

I saw a similar post about stations with too many platforms: Skegness the prime example, but which stations could benefit from additional platforms or are in need of them that could reasonably be reopened to improve existing services/reliability or accommodate additional services. This should be...

Why do stations south of Stansted Airport benefit from excellent intercity style 745s while those on longer distances to Cambridge and King’s Lynn having to make do with inferior suburban style 720s with narrow seats and even narrower gangways.

Is there a city in the UK of comparable size with such a huge number of railway stations as Exeter! Given much larger cities like Leicester or Sheffield only have about 3 or 4 respectively, and others like Norwich, Peterborough, York, etc only have 1, Exeter is doing phenomenally well for...

According to this article, there is likely to be a consultation on reopening Wisbech to March. It seems to me there are probably four options: 1) heavy rail 2) light rail 3) guided bus/very light rail 4) bus service improvements Given the lack of business cases to apparently stack up for...

Further to the recent debate about single station towns/cities where a suffix is unnecessary, such as where stations have closed rendering the existing station suffix unnecessary like Lincoln Central (Lincoln St Marks) etc. Are there some stations where a suffix could be added for ease of...

I would be very interested to gain other people’s opinions on the proposed East West Rail Mainline’s interchanges with other mainlines it crosses. From east to west, it is proposed to interchange with the West Anglia Mainline at Cambridge; the East Coast Mainline at St Neots South; the Midland...

When I was young I used to travel to Dorset to see my grandparents. At the time, Poole appeared to be a more important station than it is today being the terminus of long distance services to Manchester and Birmingham. At the same time many trains didn’t stop at Winchester or Basingstoke. Fast...

After decades of poor class 319 trains, the class 379 was a real step up in comfort and design with tables and 2x2 seating. I’ve just ridden on a 720 and it’s a massive step backwards - uncomfortable and the dreadful 3x2 narrow seating is back meaning the gangway is too narrow to Carrow bags...

The Breckland Line between Norwich and Ely has very little freight and is relatively lightly used with just the hourly Stansted/Cambridge to Norwich, and the Liverpool LS/Nottingham to Norwich services; I understand the latter will shortly be truncated to Nottingham. Notwithstanding the...