Is anything known to be happening in Kent that can be disclosed? Hoping that the Maidstone East and Medway Valley lines get 2tph off peak again, where they're currently only hourly midweek but seem capable of doing 2tph on Saturdays.
Incredible Maidstone East is not 2tph off peak. It's had 2tph since at least 1981. Are Southeastern suffering from the same chronic unit shortage as Southern?
An hourly XC service between Exeter and Birmingham would be a start.
Is the hourly XC from Bournemouth and Southampton coming back?
Never mind the long distance journeys, it has considerably worsened connectivity to closer destinations such as Reading, and thus the Thames Valley.
For most of the 90s the route had a more frequent XC service than currently. Not quite hourly, but basically "hourly with a few gaps".
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