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I've never been on the line between Ely and Bury St Edmunds despite the curve through Newmarket passing a few hundred metres from my house. I regularly go to both places but never need to go between them. If only Newmarket West Curve was reinstated then there would be a direct rail route to Ely...

Simply rebrand HS2 Phase 2 as NPR and everyone will be happy...

I suppose Canary Wharf doesn't get many tourists is most commuters but I only pass through a couple times a year and find the layout really confusing.

Hasn't Andy Burnham said that it isn't a choice between HS2 and HS3/NPR - the region need both. Generating more cross-Pennine capacity isn't going to help if connections southwards are full.

Catford and Catford Bridge as explored by Geoff Marshall are about 100m apart.

By 2043? Ooohh... I can't wait. Light rail with an underground central section seems to be the most sensible solution. It's proven technology (unlike this "autonomous buses". Combined with EWR, integrated bus services and a bigger car-free area then Cambridge might start to have a modern and...

Looks like Route A is the clear favourite now with most of the local councils along the route supporting it. As for Cambourne, I agree with the Railfuture submission, it does need much better public transport connections but EWR isn't the way to do it. A well designed Cambridge Metro would be...

I just had an idea - rebrand all HS2 plans north of Birmingham to be NPR and suddenly the whole scheme will become a lot popular.

If you are paying around £5 or more for a small can of beer then it damned well should taste good!

That's still no excuse to drink it.

Yes, Fullers is a decent mid-range brewery (apart from London Pride which I have never liked) but you rarely see it outside of London and the Home Counties. The brand (I know how many hate that word) could certainly do with a refresh as the beer market is so crowded these days. You either have...

Simply that there is more money to be made from bars, restaurants and hotels than from actually making the beer. Whitbread was a struggling company until it got out of the brewing business but have been very successful with Premier Inn, its restaurant chains and Costa Coffee (which it recently...

They even have a webpage dedicated to their railway pubs: https://www.fullers.co.uk/blog/pubs-articles/best-pubs-near-train-stations

I passed through Liverpool St at the weekend and saw they had an Opening Soon sign outside a new Fullers pub on the mezzanine level. The area isn't short of watering holes but it's always nice to have a little more choice.

Yes, that's what I meant. Once HS2 is open then that will allow major works on the southern end of the WCML by using HS2 to divert capacity allowing the WCML work to be done quicker.

There is no doubt that upgrade work is required on the WCML but I suspect that it wouldn't be able to happen at scale until HS2 is completed

One year later... Article in today's Cambridge News about the possibility of a "pop up" station though mostly it just repeats things we already know such as Adonis' claim that "it just needs a platform"...

Indeed. Investment in infrastructure doesn't guarantee economic benefits but it is very hard to get them without it.