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Title: Journey time from Bristol to London could be slashed Post by: Chris from Nailsea on June 23, 2008, 22:32:39 Sorry for some slight duplication in this story, but it is more specific to London to Bristol:
Christopher Irwin, chairman of the public transport passenger watchdog group TravelWatch South West, said: "We are looking at this with great interest as it has great potential. Trains on the Paddington to Bristol line currently have a maximum speed of 125mph and the quickest time between London and Bristol is one hour, 40 minutes. "Faster trains would cut that to 40 or 45 minutes." Mr Irwin said a lot of work had been done previously by Network Rail to look at high speed routes, including London to the West Country. Transport operator First Group had also set up a working party, of which Mr Irwin was a member, to consider high speed routes, but it ceased after a number of meetings. See http://thisisbristol.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144913&command=displayContent&sourceNode=231190&home=yes&more_nodeId1=144922&contentPK=20928862 This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |