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Yes absolutely this - I know there has been talk of a third path between London Liverpool Street and Cambridge but as you say demand isn’t there at the moment. Ultimately giving all stations north of Bishop’s Stortford a half hourly service would be desirable and perhaps a semi fast all day as...

Thinning out the intermediate stops is one solution but as you say there is still a reasonable amount of capacity - I often find that some carriages are full while others (nearer the front towards Stansted Airport) are virtually empty. I think the issue is at Tottenham Hale where some are...

Surely Tottenham Hale would be better than Seven Sisters?

When travelling to London from Cambridge - I almost always travel to London Liverpool Street - it’s quieter, more pleasant and just a nicer journey.

That’s comparing apples with oranges. My understanding is that the elimination of the Ashford had more to do with Brexit and the space and time required to undertake checks etc (we saw how this impacted on London St Pancras). But even aside from that it’s an international station. Stansted and...

Is part of the reason platform 2 is at the end mostly outside, so that the diesel fumes of the Class 170s don’t pollute the station? It’s certainly a hell of a walk from there to the gate line. I guess two very long platforms would enable that but only if the 170 left and departed before a...

Yes CrossCountry is proposing to serve Cambridge South 1776675847 Passenger numbers at Stansted Airport railway station are over 10 million and rising quickly - they could overtake Cambridge within the next couple of years 1776675936 Given the Government’s growth strategy for Cambridge, if...

Not plucked out of the air at all - based on a careful analysis of similar lines. I pretty much got my predictions for Cambridge North spot on. The problem with the current location is that it’s complete sub-optimal for the airport site. The Tesco site is far more effective in picking up...

Correct - it’s in the parish of Milton

That doesn’t tally with my own assessments. Nevertheless I don’t think it’s a compelling argument against escalators. Fold up cycles can be taken on escalators and the number of conventional cycles is small. I always use the lifts when I cycle though I appreciate others wheel them up. A...

The point is, the boundary is utterly irrelevant to the siting of the new railway station. 1776416237 it’s clear that the aim is for it to be close to the large new Cambridge East development on Cambridge Airport - if it happens. However, the location of the proposed new railway station is very...

I think Cambridge (Central) is getting to the stage where escalators will be necessary to help flow. In my experience using Cambridge every day, those with cycles on trains (fold up cycles excepted) are nowhere near 10% - closer to 1%.

I strongly disagree- it’s an exceptional location for a station. My understanding from extensive discussions is that this location is supported by local people, and by employers at Capital Park and Peterhouse Technology Park. There are lots of jobs nearby and a lot of housing - including the...

There is land near Tesco - maybe some CPO involving Tesco car park and replacing it with decked parking for Tesco to replace the land lost building the station to retain the same level of car parking.

Some of the principal regional routes: Peterborough to Ipswich (15%); Stansted Airport to Norwich (50%), and Cambridge to Ipswich (25%) use bi-modes with the percentage reflecting the approximate portion of each route under wires.

I wish they had kept the 379s on the Ely/Cambridge route - the lack of tables on the 720s is a huge bugbear of mine.

I was slightly surprised initially that a borderline intercity train was being used on London Liverpool Street to Stansted Airport - a relatively short journey of circa 40 minutes but I agree they work very well. When travelling to Cambridge I often use them to Stansted and then get the 755s...

I remember at the time of the consultation thinking how excellent the 745s were and how bad the interior of the 720s was. I agree they should have built more 745s - all with tables and 1st class on the Norwich to London LS. They should have had enough for the Stansted services too. Ideally they...

Absolutely this - I point this out all the time. Of course the argument for both -more so for railways is the socioeconomic benefits and environmental benefits.

I knew London Liverpool Street to King’s Lynn was NSE in the late 1980s - but the intercity maps of the early 80s showed London Liverpool Street to King’s Lynn on the intercity map but perhaps they were indicative at that time rather than branded because I note these maps also showed London...