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The Southern service used to run to Bournemouth but was cut back to Southampton as the reliability of such a long service from London Victoria was poor. Certainly worth reviewing now that the Southern service starts from Brighton instead. The whole Basingstoke to Bournemouth route feels very...

I saw the latest airline on the publicly subsidised Newquay to Gatwick air route has thrown in the towel.

The fast trains to Cambridge will be stopping at Cambridge South when it opens.

Good to know the Thameslink route is popular!

Today’s 1030 departure from London Paddington full and standing the full length of the aisles all the way from London to Bath. 9 coach train. Surely the preceding 90 minute gap in departures from London needs to be filled. The demand is there.

Was on that diversion via Redhill yesterday on way back from Tunbridge Wells and would have been very handy to alight at East Croydon to continue my journey home. Would have helped to mitigate the increased journey time caused by the engineering works.

Wonder if deleting the Bethnal Green calls in the Chingford line services on its own would help to increase train paths.

According to a recent FOI response posted on the TfL website, the following changes are currently envisaged: London Overground currently has the following plans to increase service frequencies: On the Mildmay line we plan to increase service frequencies during peak periods from five trains...

I avoid travelling from London to Eastbourne by train on Sundays during the summer because of the crowding. Even on Saturdays the half hourly 8 coach trains are often full and standing during the summer. 10 or 12 coach trains at weekends would certainly help. Particularly annoying to see the...

Three TOCs are very poor performers: SWR, C2C and Southeastern. The heavy commuter base hasn’t returned and Southeastern has probably also been affected by competition from the Elizabeth Line. But I am not sure why these particular TOCs would be disproportionally affected by home working - they...

There have been a few articles about it over the last few months, so the need still appears to be there. https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/24951266.ely-haughley-improvements-vital-east-anglia/

Moderator note: split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/labour-spending-review.287714/ Nothing for Ely Junction then? Seems short sighted given how it unblocks freight and caters for growth in the Cambridge area.

Thanks, do you know if 12 coach operation is technically possible on the Hayes line?

The Hayes line seems to get a poor deal in the peaks, an uneven x10/x20min service frequency and standing loads from/to Elmers End according to Railcheck. All services operate with 10 coaches but seems like more capacity is needed here more than anywhere else on the SE Metro network. The...

Travelled on the Norwich to Sheringham line recently and was pleasantly surprised at how efficient the conductors were at collecting fares.

Demand certainly seemed healthy in the off peak when I used it end to end on Fridays in September.

Electrification between York and Church Fenton was specifically mentioned, extraordinary!

I tried registering and never got a reply.

And Greater Cambridge is a major growth area that needs infrastructure provision. So fits the narrative on getting more homes built.

Today’s cancellation list is dire. Cancelling ICT services in the base timetable on routes like Penzance, Bristol and Cardiff to Paddington is a terrible way to run a railway.