backontrack
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By which I mean, areas with a low concentration of railway services. Or, to stop using GCSE Biology terms, areas that have a particularly low amount of rail connections compared to their size/status (though of course omitting the stupidly rural).
Of course the Borders has a railway line, but I would still say that it needs more - a line to Hawick and possibly one to Peebles. But which other areas have a surprisingly low amount of railway lines?
One that surprises me is Blaenau Gwent. Ebbw Vale is the only town in Blaenau Gwent with a railway station - Tredegar, Brynmawr and Abertillery all lack them. I wonder how big the market is for a rail branch from the Ebbw Vale line to serve Abertillery - perhaps continued through Blaina to Brynmawr - and perhaps even a branch from Ebbw Vale Parkway to Tredegar.
Any others?
Of course the Borders has a railway line, but I would still say that it needs more - a line to Hawick and possibly one to Peebles. But which other areas have a surprisingly low amount of railway lines?
One that surprises me is Blaenau Gwent. Ebbw Vale is the only town in Blaenau Gwent with a railway station - Tredegar, Brynmawr and Abertillery all lack them. I wonder how big the market is for a rail branch from the Ebbw Vale line to serve Abertillery - perhaps continued through Blaina to Brynmawr - and perhaps even a branch from Ebbw Vale Parkway to Tredegar.
Any others?