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So to summarise all of the conversation to this point 1. Line capacity will be improved closer to London Waterloo with new signalling, crossrail2, new trains in Windsor commute line allowing more10 or 12 carriage options Southampton to Waterloo. 2. New trains with new ATO. ERTMS could allow...

At the time I commute. Anywhere between 05:20 and 06:30 at least one of the 2 fast trains is a 450. I think the train on the hour at 06:00 and 07:00 is a 450. The one on the half hour at 06:30 is the 444. I get that one or the 05.20... Despite the early time dar preferred to being a long...

Thanks for that. They look great. Modern and sleek. So with these trains for to more suburban lines does the longer haul from Bournemouth, Weymouth, Southampton get any improvements short term? Over the last year I have seen more of these 450 class appear? It all goes back to the debate on...

Is there anywhere that I can find a description of guy seat configuration for the 707? I dread the possibility that more of the 3+2 configuration is on the way. I am not sure what carriage type that is but caught it a couple of times now and they are quite impractical dimensions. Think I would...

Very interesting perspectives. Thank you all. So if something needed to be done in the short term and it can't be train frequency. Is it number of carriages and extending the so called "peak hour earlier in morning later in evening. And offer a ticket price incentive for not travelling at the...

Thank you very much for sharing the information and your thoughts. I have not yet read up on ERTMS but thinking of short term measures. Are there any? ERTMS and cross rail feel some way off?

Hello All, I have spent a fair amount of time travelling from Southampton to London Waterloo over the past year (4 days a week) and in my experience over that period I have wondered whether the best use has been made of the capacity on the line and the number of carriages. Obviously, I am...