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A new runway is always going to be a huge investment which will require expansion of links to the airport, etc. You can't put half a new runway at Gatwick and half at Heathrow.

I like "Dismissing half your train, come then to me". http://www.rhymezone.com/r/ss.cgi?q=train&mode=kw

I have not noticed that; please can you show me the evidence.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1388847/Man-tried-pony-train-revealed-traveller-Joe-Pannell.html

I travelled to Japan many times in the 90's. One lasting memory was that the booking clerk had a huge electro-mechanical ticket machine, but he worked out your change with an abacus. On the platform people stood in a perfect line leading to the point where the door would open, but when the...

Thank you. I also think Lord Adonis has not changed his views much, rather, political parties have changed theirs. I think he's the kind of person who wants to get things done rather than shout advice from the sidelines. Likewise Alan Milburn and Frank Field have found jobs within a Tory...

I have voted for Labour, Libdem and Tories over the years, when each has represented the sensible middle ground. So do I have no principles?

Here we are: http://www.molesolutions.co.uk/

My mother-in-law regularly travels between Wakefield and Exeter St Davids, and I book assistance online. Coach and Seat are always known both ends and the service has always been good.

Some years ago I was travelling from Cambridge to York. The train was delayed near Ely by a broken rail, and a lot of us missed connections. A couple with a baby were concerned as the next train stopping at Northallerton would mean a wait of almost two hours. I took them to the station...

Perhaps the more imaginative among us could set out a series of events by which this out-come was "accidental".

You don't have to be a 'very large company' to start an open access service. Hull Trains, Grand Central, WSML and Alliance all started as relatively small companies.

But why try to do it? After a couple of day it'll all become a blur and you're unlikely to enjoy it. Why not look at the lines which have a special interest to you, and try to cover them in managable bites. One tip: make sure you get a good night's sleep every day of the trip.

or Clapham, Lewisham, or any other accident during the last 50 years. If you look at the data http://www.rssb.co.uk/Library/risk-analysis-and-safety-reporting/2014-07-aspr-2013-14-full-report.pdf (pp 16-17) you will see that the long-term trend has been a steady reduction in accidents and...

If you think of Morpeth as "Newcastle Parkway" for people living in towns north of Newcastle it could make sense.

Total passenger-km up from 59.1 billion to 61.8 billion. Total revenue up from 7707 million to 8203 million. Average cost per km up from 13.04p to 13.27p , an increase of 1.8%. This indicates (unsurprisingly) that much of the growth is from people buying discounted tickets, and that contrary...

When I lived in Cambridge a few years ago houses were built on the site of the old MPD, next to the station. The new residents started to complain about the noise of the trains within a fortnight.

GWR County Class 1026 was named County of Salop, not County of Shropshire. I guess they save a bit of brass (literally) that way.

There's a row of 12 houses about 100 yards from the station, and that's it. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.918354,0.61004,17z

You may well be right, but as you say, that's a guess. On the other hand if you're a train leasing company, would you spend quite a few million pounds building new trains for a TOC with a relatively short franchise and no money to spend, and being dependent on a DfT agreeing to include your...