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I wrote up a practical scheme along the W&C route called Swanlink. Expanding the W&C itself is a bad idea as it doesn't save you anything.

I think this is a really good idea and definitely worth full investigation. The current single line HS2-HS1 link has always looked poor. The current plans separate through traffic from London traffic, greatly reducing the viability of any through services, perhaps to the point of non-viability...

You seem determined to misunderstand what I said. Building two extra tracks alongside HS2 from London to Birmingham Rural. Build additional short links from the two extra tracks to Leamington, Tamworth, and so on. Re-use the existing tracks to access stations in all the places I listed. Run...

Let me explain a different way. Divide Nottingham in to 1km squares. Each of the squares will have a public transport service (bus/tram) to the city centre, where the bus station is near the rain station http://www.nctx.co.uk/maps/. 10% or less of those squares will have a direct services to...

I suggested OOC as the terminus to keep costs down, and because with Crossrail its really not that much different in journey times to other London destinations than any of the other termini. Plus theres a fair old chance OOC will be heavily redeveloped to be a new "centre". In an ideal world...

I favour 4 tracking, but not under the model you're proposing. It seems to me that 18 to 20tph of super-hi-speed trains is probably just about sufficient to serve the UK's top tier cities for at least 40 years. What it doesn't allow for is the next tier down of cities, Chester, Stoke, Stafford...

The SWML has three services groups - inner suburban, out suburban (Walton/Guildford/Working/Farnham) and long distance. But there are only 4 tracks. Increasing that to 6 tracks is the key here. The cheapest way to do this is a tunnel with no stations from Esher to just east of Clapham...

The plan would be for the same tram to run from Seaford via Lewes to Brighton, through the front of the station and down to Western Road. As a tram-train, perfectly do-able. The Seaford branch would be tram and freight only. Lewes to Brighton would be mostly tram-trains mixed with one or two...

SWML The "fifth track" from Surbiton is a crazy idea, and should never have made it as far as the RUS. IMO, the key is separating the long-distance, outer suburban and inner suburbans, giving each 2 tracks. The best way to do this is to build a 2 track tunnel from Esher to east of Clapham...