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Wickham Market should be Campsea for Wickham Market, it's two miles from Wickham Market by road.

Theoretically I suppose with today's modern computer-equipped trains all that would need to be transmitted between trains would be a target acceleration/deceleration rate, with the train's computers then calculating what level of throttle/brake to apply to match it.

Since I don't have the study to hand, I can't really give a conclusion about whether or not it was accurate or not.

Your original post specifically mentioned the NRS social grades. Your quote in your reply, however, was about the NS-SEC classification system, which is different to the NRS system does. Also, as the government itself admits, within an NS-SEC grouping there can be much variation of income, nor...

That's very vague, though. Subsidy can be reduced in a lot of ways, and a lot of those ways are clearly things that the government is unwilling to do, like engage in an extended fight with the unions over pay rises.

I'm saying that it doesn't really say much about how much "the rich" vs. "the poor" use trains.

The difference between NRS social grades ABC1 and C2DE is much more one of white-collar vs. blue-collar than anything directly reflecting income or wealth.

The sensible thing to do is plan based on the technology that exists today, not future technology that may or may not materialise.

I don't think anyone is arguing that economic growth is down to just one factor. The question is whether Glasgow is richer or poorer than it would be without its rail network. If you want to reduce rail subsidy, then more density around stations is an excellent way to do so.

I am sure you will agree that businesses are not charities. If government investment is concentrated in London, then the rational financial choice will be for people and businesses to move to London. Relying on them to stick in the North out of charity is not a viable means of addressing...

The opposite to this argument, which I have no doubt many of the general public will make, is "there's no point in the railways being well maintained if I can't afford to ride them".

But my point wasn't that the precise method of reducing diesel running under wires was a no brainer, it was that the end goal is desirable and the various methods of achieving that goal should be investigated to see what is best. We shouldn't use "there are multiple different ways of achieving...

Well the question then becomes "is the North equal to the Southeast in terms of passengers per station per homes/jobs within X distance of the station?".

...but that doesn't mean it won't get GBR livery. After all, it doesn't have a special "Night Riviera" livery at the moment!

I wouldn't say a "no brainer" means "there is absolutely nothing preventing it from happening". But eliminating diesel running under wires seems a fairly obvious objective to work towards as an ultimate goal.

The Night Riviera is prestige enough to get it, in my opinion. It's the Sprinters where them ever receiving GBR livery is doubtful.

Well, you also have to take into account that building anything in the UK takes too long and costs too much. If the railway could get things done quicker and for less money, a lot more projects would become viable...

If the railway really is offering those outside London a better deal as you seem to be claiming then it is best advised to prominently advertise that fact, considering the public perception of the railways is that they are heavily London-biased and provide a much better and more value-for-money...

I am not sure you can so easily split "marketing tool" and "social benefit" like that. Just because something pays for itself doesn't mean it isn't a benefit, and furthermore just because something pays for itself in area A does not mean subsidies to introduce it into area B are unjustified - if...

But this is the "rich get richer" issue that those wanting a national railcard want to address, where the South East gets more money because it gets more passengers relative to its population, and it gets more passengers because it gets more money.