Jozhua
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One thing that is very obvious when riding the network is the seemingly small stations for large towns/cities and large stations for small towns/cities. The fact that most of the network was provisioned in the Victorian era seems to make many imbalances that have carried through till today. The Beeching cuts also left many strange gaps in service.
What are some examples you are aware of as to routes/stations that are strangely well served, or oddly poorly served, on the network?
What strange patterns exist today, that don't make sense with present journey patterns and population distribution?
One big suprise for me, was that the WCML services from further north don't go through Birmingham, providing an intercity service between Edinburgh/Manchester, etc and Birmingham. The bigger suprise was that Birmingham/MCR is run by a pretty slow 4-carriage Cross Country service twice per hour!
A lot of the mainlines tend to branch out like a tree, not connecting the peripheral stations together so well. HS2 is doing this to some extent, but still to a much lesser degree.
What are some examples you are aware of as to routes/stations that are strangely well served, or oddly poorly served, on the network?
What strange patterns exist today, that don't make sense with present journey patterns and population distribution?
One big suprise for me, was that the WCML services from further north don't go through Birmingham, providing an intercity service between Edinburgh/Manchester, etc and Birmingham. The bigger suprise was that Birmingham/MCR is run by a pretty slow 4-carriage Cross Country service twice per hour!
A lot of the mainlines tend to branch out like a tree, not connecting the peripheral stations together so well. HS2 is doing this to some extent, but still to a much lesser degree.