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There's been a report released on the future of public transport, which wasn't announced in advance and hasn't had a lot of press (I wonder why that is): https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-52064509 I've not had chance to read the document yet, but it can be found here...

Probably the best case for electrification would be to Bedwyn, in that it would release a couple of 80x's whilst also providing more electric running for 2tph heading to Exeter and beyond. It's also for to be fairly much just an extension, probably without the need for another feed and probably...

Moderator note: the first few posts of this thread were split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/proposed-abandonment-of-smart-motorways.194331 and joined up with this thread, as per: Most of my motorway driving is done on motorways with no street lighting, whilst it's different to...

Mod - split from this thread Leading costs are subjective though, if you're paying 50% more in leading costs but 30% less in maintenance and fuel costs and getting 30% more seats (so staff costs on a per seat basis falls) then the maths may well work to justify the extra capacity. The other...

Following the posting of this post I've created a thread to discuss measures which could be undertaken to improve rail in the North Hampshire areas, chances are there'll be overlap into some nearby areas: In response to this posts: the problem with the Alton line is that it's single track...

Basically, should we get on with Crossrail 2? Discuss. Edit For clarification is you think that it would be paid for in its entirety by TFL then please use the other regions gets additional funding option.

Given we are looking to be carbon neutral by 2050 which railway schemes would significantly help work towards this, this can be: - new electrification (a good example is likely to be the MML), but remember that some small projects could remove a lot of under wire running and we are also likely...

There's been a new report produced, with a final report produced in the Spring, looking at further electrification and other decarbonising of the railways: https://www.rssb.co.uk/industry-news/rail-experts-ambitious-decarbonisation-plan-for-rail-is-possible Discuss P.S. I'm not sure if this...

Having reviewed the 51m's headline figures for the alternative spending rather than building HS2 I've found the following. For information the headline figures were: - £2bn spend on railway improvements - £14bn spending on roads - £10bn spend on broadband - £17bn spend on core city...

Following on from the announcement that XC are likely to havea direct award what additional rolling stock could be seen as part of the direct award. For most of the discussions see the note closed thread: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/cross-country-new-franchise.166757/ However this is...

Given that HS2 is going to be building be stations at Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Crewe, etc. there's an argument that this will, by removing long distance services from the existing platforms, provide space for more services to run to these stations. As such, and also bearing in mind that...

The current rules are that children aged 8 and over are only entitled to free school travel if they live more than 3 miles (about 5km) away. Yet in the planning process for new developments adults are generally expected to walk 2km and cycle 5km. How is it that 8 year olds are expected to walk...

Following this post: Using up to 280 characters, what is the purpose of the railways? I would say that: Railways are to allow people the opportunity to travel without the need to own a car. This will often mean that they will require a level of public support. As a secondary factor it...

Given discussions that have happened elsewhere, what are people's views on if the 80x's are likely to be extended in length (either to create more 9 coach versions or to extend the 9 coach versions to 10 coaches) as part of the next GWR franchise?

There's often threads, or the hijacking of topics, about the difference in spend on rail (or public transport as a whole) between London and the rest of the country. There are many reasons for this (and are not to be repeated here), but could getting government to change the way that it views...

I've posted links to this elsewhere (thank you to those who have signed it so far), cut I've started this petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/212757 Feel free to share the link around.

Mod Note: Posts #1 - #15 were originally in this thread. Which is why after the announcement at the beginning of the week I've started a petition asking for "More investment for electrification after the statement about diesel trains."...

The below are taken from the SWR franchise thread, what are people's views? I thought starting a new thread would open it to a wider audience.

There was, at Woking so is unlikely to relate to any other services by other TOC, an announcement for a train to Weymouth via Winchester. My question is, are there any other routes which would justify such an announcement? I get Portsmouth via Basingstoke as the are also the direct services...

I wonder if anyone on here can help. We have a client at work who is looking to look at the feasibility of a new rail commuter service which is likely to involve infrastructure improvements to a relatively lightly used branch line. As such we are looking for someone who would be able to...