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You have captured the soullessness of modern life perfectly. But perhaps more so, whose idea was it to place airline style blinds on trains instead of curtains? It seems insane that in an airline seat someone behind you who finds the real world too discombobulating to look at can shove the...

Interesting lines of reasoning from some people: “terminally short trains + overcrowding = hooray!” I don’t buy that forcing people onto a single 5 car max corridor is a sign of success nessassrily. JohnathanH’s previous comment that there was found to be demand for Thameslink services along...

Why do we have to wait for HS2 before the poor people of Denton can get an increased train service? 1731605564 London to Norwich via Cambridge seems sensible.

The trains are only packed because they’re routed onto a historically low capacity route. Whilst I’m sure the new journey opportunities are a good thing, it’s undeniable that the section now needs some capacity relief.

Well yes exactly, in hindsight can we say the extension to West Croydon to Crystal Palace was a good idea? The Sutton Loop services really should have been terminating services. I would rather had 4-6 slow Thameslinks an hour through Forest Hill than the packed Overground.

I’m struggling to see how extended the ELL south of New Cross Gate was a good idea. Trains are far too small and always packed. Canada Water heaving with people interchanging onto the Jubilee. The old Southern service was pretty regular, about every 10 mins. I think keeping this with longer...

For what time of day?

Sure. But what if more capacity + more passengers = more productivity + economic growth? It's not just 'taxes forever', we're still going to get something from it down the line. I think in the specifics of Eurostar, it is certainly not affordable to the peers in my age cohort. Which is a shame...

Is it affordable? I once looked at a Bristol to Edinburgh fare that was many hundreds of pounds. I think it's subjective anyway. Eurostar has healthy loadings, but I no longer consider it affordable. I am suggesting reasonable fares, with longer and/or more frequent trains. It's not a hard ask...

Yes Cross Country really is a testament to the modern day failure of the British state. “Shall we level up the country?” “Oh yes Minister!” “Can we have frequent, affordable and comfortable intercity rail outside of London?” “No. Absoloutley not”.

Watching Southern’s fast trains race through South London there still seems like enough demand to comfortably fill 8 coaches instead of 12. Give it another decade I reckon

One interesting question which I’ve never truly figured out is what could have happened if the Northern Heights project taking use of Moorgate in perpetuity. Would GN electrics have been stuck at King’s Cross? Widened Lines electrified or Broad Street used for Welwyn/Hertford trains?

You're right. Reading does need an Underground system!

There's an unusual service from Brighton that leaves about four in the morning, that has a fairly normal stopping patteren up until East Croydon when it stops at all local stations apart from Wandsworth Common and Battersea Park into Victoria. I used it the other day and I was surprised to see...

I wondered that recently. What if they built HS1 with the Kings Cross Low Level station with the final Eurostar terminus being Heathrow. Would have created a useful springboard for a high speed line northwards too. I wonder if the Low Level station could have been more realistic if they shaved...