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    Thameslink ideas

    I wonder how many people actually take advantage of how many stops the Thameslink trains take in over a relatively long distance. Bedford to Brighton sure but how many, for example, travel from Flitwick to Preston Park with any regularity. Depending on space at St Pancras (STP)'s surface...
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    Crossrail 2 alternative suggestions

    The plans, official or otherwise, for Crossrail 2, or Chelney to give its old nickname, have changed over and over for half a century. I can't help wondering though: Why did they drop Piccadilly Circus from the plans? It served the whole 'interchange with everything' rule perfectly. Did they...
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    Strategic electrification points

    I know the government has pretty much knocked electrification off the agenda but with the recent announcement that the Midland Main Line's wires will be extended to Market Harborough purely to connect with a substation, I can't help thinking with the gradual introduction of bi-modes, it would be...
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    Tube future notions

    Split Northern Line (Camden council permitting) - Morden-Edgware as the Bank Line (retaining Northern black) and Battersea-High Barnet/MHE as the Charing Line (dark grey). Wimbledon/Kensington Olympia-Edgware Road devolve as the Earls Line (olive green) - thus less congestion in the...

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