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As long as it clearly states that those petitioning are happy to pay for the improvements in question via fares, and that there won't be any moaning about the inevitable disruption that such a programme would cause then I'm in. If not then it's just another "Get someone else to buy me...

Oh, you've got me all misty eyed now.

I'm surprised no-one's mentioned the effects of having to rework infrastructure plans to take account of likely lower traffic growth (or even shrinkage) as a result of reduced immigration, and also potential changes in London commute patterns as a result of a probable reduction in house prices...

Euston to the M25 / M1 junction would be about 40 minutes at that time. For what it's worth, by way of total journey comparison I used to drive south Surrey <-> west of Glasgow on a regular basis (J10 of the M25, 40 mins from home to J10, 50 mins in the rush), and that took around seven...

Passenger numbers have gone through the roof, and successive governments know they'd take a noticeable tonking at the ballot box if they were to do something as radical as, you know, get commuters to pay anything like the cost of their rides to work. Regardless of who runs the railways...

What did they do? Add a small housing estate?

6L48 Garston to Dagenham cars was in the hands of 92 033 today, although lacking a time machine* this is probably of little use. * Well, I assume...

Don't fancy their new Scania hauled 442 service to Lulworth Cove then?

As I discovered this morning whilst enjoying an extended wait for a train to Guildford (my intended ride had been cancelled), Bookham has ample male urinals located in the woodland next to the car park. Okay, so the hand washing facilities were non-existent, they're not accessible, are far from...

I lack a timetable to back it up, but I'm pretty sure the Reps used to do Bournemouth - Brockenhurst - Southampton Central - Southampton Airport Pointless - Waterloo in an hour forty back in the 80s. I remember being decidedly disappointed that despite their zippy appearance, the Pigs ended up...

Back in the late 80s, I was taking a cross country service from Bournemouth to somewhere in the Midlands and instead of the usual duff (which had clearly lived up to the moniker) we were provided with a 73/0 ... running on diesel despite the presence of juice as far as Basingstoke. Thanks to...

Fornicate - the act of reducing soap production budgets by halving headcount.

Makes perfect sense. The clue is in the nature of the survey group - they're people who've already elected to travel by train[/I], so by definition they've already made the "is this worth it?" calculation and come up with a "yes". Sure, they might think it's a bit steep, but they've ponied up...

Must admit, I think it's more a case of idiotic planning. I mean, when ordering the Voyagers, someone has to have agreed to something along the lines of ... "We're going to double the frequency of the service thereby transforming it's very nature into something much more passenger friendly...

At least they haven't gone down the Aldi route and painted "Vigrin Trains" or "AcrossCountry" on there.

Quick! Give CrossCountry a call!

Cost. Rail travel seems to be priced for a captive audience of "forced" commuters and those who lack the means to drive, rather than as a genuine travel option. Okay, so it's a nightmare to do anything about, partly because the fares subsidy required would be pretty big, and partly (well, a...

About the best total cost to operate the railways as a whole I could come up with around £7.5bn in 2011/12. GDP was about £1.6tr that year. Operating the railways as a whole is enormous in the sense that buying a packet of crisps is enormous for an average earning household. The percentage of...

That doesn't surprise me one bit, and I'd be willing to bet the top five all involve London terminals serving stations south of the Thames just because of the way rail travel to and from London dwarfs that which occurs in the rest of the country. 2014-2015 Station usage summary

That strikes me as the very definition of evil... a truly awful thing to do to grieving relatives.