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South Western Railways when introducing its December timetable reported that total numbers have stabilised around 69% of pre-pandemic levels, and peak time travel at just 53%.

London Underground is in public ownership. First TOC to remove guards from all its trains, first TOC to close all its ticket offices, leases all its new rolling stock, and has regular disputes with its workforce.

As you state the main reason is due to fear of being sued which is usually linked to their insurance policies which can forbid them from doing so as it then means they are admitting liability. If you want to take the matter further I suggest you set out your case clearly and simply to your MP...

Some ten year old data suggests it was then around a 50 a day in each direction

That's not my experience from campaigning in various elections over the years. Canvassing takes place over the year - its a bit late during an election campaign. Then targeted literature is delivered depending on the responses you have. Relatively few seats will have active door knocking across...

No PM will take any notice of the public or press clamoring for a general election they know they are going to get wiped out in. Winter elections will not be a disaster for campaigning, as we saw in 2019. As many people on this forum note people don't go round knocking on doors like they used...

Interested to know which clubs pay for extra trains

No - conditions generally relate to providing infrastructure to cope with additional demand eg facilities at White Hart Lane Station were enhanced to cope with the larger stadium but not in relation to providing services to operate as they are usually outside the control of the stadium owner.

Train service should match demand and since peak travel into Liverpool Street has halved from pre-Covid the question is does the present level of service do that. Extension of ULEZ has very little impact on car use - at least 90% of them were already compliant when it was introduced. Most...

No Joe Brown took over the finalisation of Baker's 15th edition

Immigration has very little impact on housing demand. The biggest impact is reducing household size. Essex in 1921 had a population of around 1.5m which has grown to 1.9m by 2021. The number of residential dwellings over the same time period grew from around 300,000 to 650,000. That is the...

If there was a nuclear attack on the UK the tabloids wont be selling any papers!

There are still plenty of people working on developing GBR - whether it will be in the same form as originally proposed is a different matter.

It was subsidised by about £10m a year around a decade ago if I recall correctly

Yesterday I was travelling on the Elizabeth Line from Heathrow to Paddington. Shortly after leaving Heathrow the passenger alarm was activated and the train came to a rapid halt. The driver quickly ascertained no-one needed assistance but then took 30 minutes resetting the train's systems and...

Yes, S-bahn services are generally included in the scheme.

I see Bucharest allows contactless on its buses which are operated by new Otokar and Mercedes Hybrid buses but there doesn't seem to be any way of finding out which routes these buses work.

Its not cheap to do a day trip to Bath travelling in the morning peak, or what happens if you don't know your way around London and get lost on the underground and miss your booked train to York. Lots of interrailers arent that familar with train travel in a different country especially the UK...

Flexibility is about time of travel, being able to stop off somewhere on the way, take a day excursion where you are staying etc which can all be done with pre-booked accommodation and which make interrail attractive. Probably more so in GB where it means you don't have to worry about peak/of...

Why do you think you will be queuing for hours at Euston? London Overground to Watford are rarely full at Euston and you could also see what the Met Line is like at Kings Cross.