This is a bit of a broad question taken from a specific case so I hope it all makes sense!
Preston Council have published an all singing, all dancing planning document, in which they have pledged support to a new railway station at Cottam.
In the midst of telling them how much I support it too (though it's about a hypergazillion years too late) I hit upon a thought process that hadn't really occurred before. Do TOCs hate new stations being built? With so much of the modern industry committed to hitting punctuality targets and meeting goodness knows how many KPIs and similar, I can see why SomewhereRail Inc. might not be too happy having to add additional stops into its timetables.
I can see the other side - "TOC happy to serve its region!" - though the other seems more realistic somehow....Or that could be cynicism....
Anyhoo, is this a realistic observation or am I off piste with this? Would a TOC prefer keeping A-B without an extra letter being introduced?
Preston Council have published an all singing, all dancing planning document, in which they have pledged support to a new railway station at Cottam.
In the midst of telling them how much I support it too (though it's about a hypergazillion years too late) I hit upon a thought process that hadn't really occurred before. Do TOCs hate new stations being built? With so much of the modern industry committed to hitting punctuality targets and meeting goodness knows how many KPIs and similar, I can see why SomewhereRail Inc. might not be too happy having to add additional stops into its timetables.
I can see the other side - "TOC happy to serve its region!" - though the other seems more realistic somehow....Or that could be cynicism....
Anyhoo, is this a realistic observation or am I off piste with this? Would a TOC prefer keeping A-B without an extra letter being introduced?