I would bring back the Intercity and Network SouthEast brands, but carve up Regional Railways into separate NSE-like operations focused on region so there would be the following:
NETWORK SOUTHEAST: Covering all services that were previously branded as NSE before privatisation, including the Gatwick Express but excluding Weymouth/Exeter/Salisbury - Waterloo, Chiltern north of Banbury and LNWR north of Milton Keynes.
NETWORK SOUTHWEST: Covering all services currently operated by GWR that were formerly part of RR and subsequently Wessex Trains, as well as the SWR services mentioned above.
NETWORK MIDLAND: Covering all services currently operated by WMR as well as XC Cardiff - Nottingham, EMR Crewe - Derby, Chiltern services that operate north of Banbury and LNWR services that operate north of Milton Keynes.
NETWORK EAST: Covering all services operated by Greater Anglia and EMR that were formerly part of RR, excluding Crewe - Derby but including XC Birmingham - Leicester/Stansted.
NETWORK CYMRU: Covering all services currently operated by TfW
NETWORK NORTHWEST: Covering all services currently operated by Merseyrail and Northern that centre around Manchester
NETWORK NORTHEAST: Covering all services currently operated by Northern that centre around Leeds and Newcastle
NETWORK SCOTLAND: Covering all local and regional Scotrail services.
As for INTERCITY, I would have the following services come under the brand:
NETWORK SOUTHEAST: Covering all services that were previously branded as NSE before privatisation, including the Gatwick Express but excluding Weymouth/Exeter/Salisbury - Waterloo, Chiltern north of Banbury and LNWR north of Milton Keynes.
NETWORK SOUTHWEST: Covering all services currently operated by GWR that were formerly part of RR and subsequently Wessex Trains, as well as the SWR services mentioned above.
NETWORK MIDLAND: Covering all services currently operated by WMR as well as XC Cardiff - Nottingham, EMR Crewe - Derby, Chiltern services that operate north of Banbury and LNWR services that operate north of Milton Keynes.
NETWORK EAST: Covering all services operated by Greater Anglia and EMR that were formerly part of RR, excluding Crewe - Derby but including XC Birmingham - Leicester/Stansted.
NETWORK CYMRU: Covering all services currently operated by TfW
NETWORK NORTHWEST: Covering all services currently operated by Merseyrail and Northern that centre around Manchester
NETWORK NORTHEAST: Covering all services currently operated by Northern that centre around Leeds and Newcastle
NETWORK SCOTLAND: Covering all local and regional Scotrail services.
As for INTERCITY, I would have the following services come under the brand:
- All GWR services that were Intercity in the BR era
- All Avanti services
- All EMR services from St Pancras
- All LNER services
- GN London - Kings Lynn
- GA London - Norwich
- Southeastern High Speed
- All XC services operated by Voyagers/HSTs
- All TPE services except for Manchester - Cleethorpes and the Huddersfield stoppers
- Scotrail Inter7City services