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London Crosslink was a branded service which from Norwich to via the GEML, the North London line and the SWML to Basingstoke, it was operated by Anglia Railways from May 2000 to September 2002 but was besieged with problems from the outset. I wonder if this service might’ve worked better under...

A couple of videos I watched recently in regards to the Tonbridge to Redhill & Marshlink lines Could there be room for a direct London (Victoria) to Rye service using diesel or battery operated trains, I know HS1 was projected to be extended from Ashford to Hastings but this has been shelved.

The Metropolitan avoided being grouped or absorbed into the Underground in 1923, but by 1933 it was finally absorbed into the tube network. What would have happened had the Metropolitan line not become part of the tube system? Would it have eventually been made a part of British Railways? The...

Could and should the Crosscountry network be expanded, have services say from the Kent Coast to Liverpool or the return of the Brighton to Scotland services? Even services to London again.

It’s only 30 mins faster to Kings Cross by HS1 than it is to reach Victoria which takes 2 hours currently from Margate, the faster route on the HS1 is via Canterbury rather than via Faversham. Is there a way to speed up HS1?

The modern GatEx really isn’t anything more than a commuter express train between London & Brighton that happens to serve an airport. It skips Clapham & Croydon when I feel they should be served by it, for onward connections to other parts of South London. Should the GatEx be restructured to...

We have the Oxford tube, which even after though you have fast Paddington-Oxford GWR trains exists alongside it and passenger loadings are always busy, it’s like a ordinary trunk bus route/suburban semi fast rail line Is there a case for a similar type of coach service for Cambridge? I know...

A few years back there were ambitions for HS1 to be extended to Rye and Hastings (Eastbourne in the peaks), it would have connected Rye to London in less than an hour. Things have gone silent on this front, this may have been shelved due to Covid. But will this ever happen?

I’d have thought these would have been consistent stops, I now domestic hs1 trains don’t skip Ashford but I did notice that some trains do miss out Ebbsfleet and/or Stratford.

Always puzzled me this, what was the rational behind this? Is it a load spreading tactic or just because there is more demand at those stations than at Catford which does have Catford Bridge next to it.

I know a extension to Tring was on the list of possible extensions to the new line. In light of capacity constraints at Euston, would it be feasible to send the current Milton Keynes semi fasts through the Liz line core?

The very rude person at the ticket office at Sydenham said a Network Railcard wasn’t allowed for such journeys even though I’ve bought similar tickets before between Charlton & London and to other places. My girlfriend and I ended up using contactless because our train was due but it’s...

In the Southern Region (more specifically South Eastern) there area number of Seaside excursions this year. Today was supposed to have been a Cannon Street to Ramsgate service, fast from London Bridge to Lewisham then all stations via Blackheath and Woolwich to Dartford, then selected...

The Jubilee line was built initially to relieve the Bakerloo line, was it ever considered which branch the new line would take over or was the Stanmore branch always the plan? How different would things be had the Jubilee taken over the Harrow/Watford branch?

Is Leeds; the largest urban area in Europe without a transit system about to finally get one? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-55822915

Not sure this is the right place to post this but feel free to move this to the right area. I saw this map on Twitter from Abbey Wood and it shows a rather bizarre stopping pattern on the Woolwich line. It shows Greenwich still having trains to Charing Cross even though these are completely...

Wasn’t this supposed to happen at some stage? Seeing the sheer number of people transferring from the North Kent line onto the Elizabeth line at Abbey Wood (and Woolwich to an extent) I would have thought that a timetable change would occur at some point in the future, when the DLR arrived at...

I recall that this was an alternative a few months ago to extend the current Dartford services via Woolwich/Abbey Wood to Ebbsfleet International, would this be feasible or worth it?

Imagine money is no object, which cities and large towns do you reckon should have a tram, light rail or metro rail system? For me Leeds should have a tram/light rail system, Reading is large enough for such a system too, I always thought the guided busway in Cambridge should be a light rail or...

Would we be near to a third Crossrail being built? would the Chelney be a tube, light rail or a main line railway?