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Hello all. Please may I ask what the widest possible train which could run in normal passenger service on the “classic” network would be? I understand the general limit is a width of approximately 2.8m, however I am unsure why the Class 503 EMUs were able to run in an earlier era with a 3.04m...

Potentially a fair comment. In an ideal world, the airports would be connected, simply because it would make life easier. I think, in general, most of the projects—like, well, electrification, and building railways north of Birmingham—which we've lost in the last twenty years had a point...

Airline executives? Apart from them, I think the two main blocks of users would be stressed out tourists on flight connections with lots of bags, and anyone living in Shepherd's Bush down through Fulham and Clapham and beyond—who would gain a new direct connection to Heathrow. Maybe enough to...

This is a route taken by one of the Euston diversions. How would the imaginary Heathrow-Gatwick train use this to get to Gatwick? Sorry to ask, I really am a beginner in terms of paths!

Thanks to both of you! That’s really helpful and quite interesting. I would love to know, what would be a rough journey time for such a service via Kensington Olympia/Willesden? I agree that the Elizabeth Line and Thameslink (via lift!) offer a great connection at the moment. A direct service...

Please forgive me if this post is a tad ill-educated. That warning out of the way, I know that many complex proposals have been made over the years for the construction of new infrastructure to facilitate a rail connection between Heathrow and Gatwick airports. Of course, because this is...

Faulty fireproofing, sadly.