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From @Deltic1961 in another thread. So here's the speculation. A government of the future asks, why do the railways exist at all? What reason do we have them? Because, speculation abound, they could well be closed. So if the question is "justify the Railways", how do you answer?

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/crossrail-opening-delayed-opening-date-not-yet-known.169160/ What this does to Crossrail 2 seems rather obvious...

Inspired by this post: This multimillion pound project made possible by the RailUK Reinstatement Committee has not been fully costed but let's take a look at what the bottomless pit of available money is going to give us. Mold station is now a Tesco supermarket and a suburban residential...

Influenced by this post: In this thread: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/government-announces-independent-review-into-hs2-programme.189492/page-8 I have started this opinion poll. Now all polls are snapshots and not scientific, so let's not get too analytical. That said, it will be...

There is likely to be a recall petition in the marginal constituency of Brecon and Radnorshire following the conviction of its MP for expenses related charges. Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-47694734 Quote from source: (Quote ends) I wonder if it is a good thing that...

From the Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/mar/17/london-train-station-to-be-renamed-after-tottenham-hotspur-club?CMP=fb_gu Renaming is rare on the network. This seems a very interesting idea. Doesn't seem to be that controversial.

Pure Crayonista speculation. I'd love to know what people think what could happen were one or both Burscough Curves to be reinstated. My tuppence worth. *Southport to Ormskirk and Southport to Wigan (and beyond) fit into each hour of peak time timetable, enabling the Ormskirk train to stop...

Veteran Labour MP Paul Flynn has died. He had a majority of just over 5,500 at the last election. A by-election is expected in due course. Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-47274312 Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-40643614 Quote: Image shows the result at the...

I have watched from afar as reports build about the increasing budget for HS2 and its decreasing popularity in opinion polls. A new report coming out of the Treasury suggests that Liz Truss MP is considering axing infrastructure projects with out of control budgets. With that in mind, what...

Story in Boxing Day's Telegraph reports that Public Health England will force ready meal manufacturers and cafes/restaurants/takeaways to have a strict maximum limit of the amount of calories in each meal. Source...

I've mentioned this station a few times on here. According to this story on BlogPreston it could finally be on its way. Adding a new station to the line brings additional problems, I realise. Three minutes tops onto the timetable of the already stuffed Blackpool services. An additional stop to...

Spun off from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/we-need-high-speed-rail-but-is-hs2-really-needed.168600/ With a wave to @B&I and @The Ham The discussion has centered around what happens to Liverpool and the wider Liverpool City Region after HS2, whether there are economic consequences of...

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2018/aug/15/uk-rail-fares-to-rise-commuters-call-freeze This is of course more "routine" than news, I suppose. Will there ever be a "breaking point' at which passengers say enough is enough? What solutions from Europe could the UK learn about fares?

Topics about rail infrastructure around the North invariably reduce to a heated discussion around one specific place: Manchester Airport railway station. From whether stoppers from North Wales should stop there to how its "draw" means too many services are timetabled to stop there, this station...

Branched off the Platform 15/16 at Manchester Piccadilly thread (see - https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/platform-15-and-16-project-at-manchester-piccadilly.152254 ) and with the quoted post below as an idea of where things got : Some ideas in the thread recently have reacted to the...

I've always treated aspirations to expand Metrolink with some suspicion and doubt given the money involved but you know how both local newspapers and local press can get. Here's the story from the Evening News. It's a terrible site to copy and paste from because of all the adverts and links so...

The Wales and Borders franchise thread ( here: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/keolis-amey-to-take-over-wales-and-borders.164805/ ) has briefly moved onto the topic of the Wrexham-Bidston line after this announcement by Vivarail ( here...

A by-election is due in the (very) safe Labour seat of Lewisham East. Current MP Heidi Alexander has resigned to take up a Deputy Mayoral role in City Hall. The by-election is already being cited as an upcoming internal battle between Labour's centrists and Momentum, as the Lewisham CLPs are...

The Stop HS2 campaign has highlighted ten extra costs which could allow the project to be scrapped. These ten facts have not been fully coated by HS2 Ltd or Chris Grayling, plunging into doubt the scheme to give London Euston an extra railway line while the North gets nothing. The ten issues...

I read this interview in Construction News with interest. It's very wide ranging, covering the troubled history with the project, allegations of conflicts of interest, and perhaps importantly for somebody like me , this quote... I will never change my mind on HS2, not will I ever use it, i...