If they stick anything remotely interesting to enthusiasts on the front, half the train will be full before the public get anywhere near it ! That was certainly true of some of the summer Saturday jaunts to Weymouth from Bristol !

The rail line from Newquay to Par isn't much of an improvement over using a horse and cart. Flybe's Dash aircraft were amongst the most environmentally friendly aircraft out there.

Yes but has anyone asked the newts yet ? Besides how many bankers can get to London quicker ?

If we were serious about cutting carbon we'd cut fares and spend the money allocated for HS2^▸ (The next High Speed line(s)) on lengthening trains instead.

However we aren't serious about cutting carbon emissions so it won't happen. Instead we'll have continually rising prices, overcrowded trains and a huge white elephant to move people from Birmingham to London 20 minutes quicker.... and most of the public will love it and keep voting for it. 

Glad I have a reliable new car and don't use Crosscountry trains anymore ! 

Because
a) Its not in London.
b) It doesn't move bankers into the city faster.
c) North Somerset will return Tory MP^▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post - a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London, depending on context)'s irrespective of spending in the locality. You could get a root vegetable elected there if it had 'Conservative' next to the voting box !

Hence the confusion in government and the many more months of dithering.... they probably don't even know where Portishead is. A five year old could work out there was an overwhelming case for reinstatement inside 10 minutes.

If he didn't have a reservation then he should calm down. No right to those seats. 

Shame - I had my first trip to Ireland this year on the Fishguard - Rosslare route and thoroughly enjoyed it. Without the rail link to Waterford I didn't bother visiting anything other than the Rosslare - Dublin rail route. Absolutely crazy that you can't use rail to go cross country unless you go to Dublin and change there.

The sail - rail tickets are amazing value only cost me about £45 from Gloucester to Rosslare, and £37 Dublin - Gloucester. Great fun.

Well if Iain Duncan Smith has his way there won't be anyone retiring until 75, in which case there won't be any heritage lines left except the ones that can employ a large number of paid staff.

Apparently the country can't afford pensions any more, even though it can afford corporation tax cuts.

The amount of time this project has dragged on you'd think it was HS2^▸ (The next High Speed line(s)) ! Utterly ridiculous, and should have been done years ago.

It must be costing business - anecdotally I won't bother using the train now for holidays nor will my parents. Too often stuck on overcrowded trains with nowhere to put luggage, air con broken, toilets broken, reservations not working etc. etc. Nationalisation can't come soon enough IMO^▸ ('in my opinion'). This is a total shambles.

Crosscountry's four coach Voyager sets. Always overcrowded, toilets stink, reservations often not working, and not enough space for luggage.

I suppose that its very difficult to protest in a way that gets noticed without inconveniencing the public to some degree. We should make sure all houses are properly insulated as other nations have done - but how do you protest ? Climbing up someone's loft with some glass fibre is hardly news worthy !

The problem is at the heart of capitalism itself - and changing our priorities away from making 100 people more wealthy than entire nations towards a fairer sustainable future for all isn't something the establishment are prepared to countenance. They will need to be forced into it eventually whether they like it or not. The alternative is that we put private profit first, ignore the consequences and everyone looses.

We could always make new trains in the UK^▸ (United Kingdom) under a publicly owned system. Oh wait that would be a disaster wouldn't it.... HST^▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) was superior to Hitachi's efforts and that was made decades ago !

They haven't all fallen down the hole have they ? 

That line through Gloucester is on old bullhead rail on GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) through bolt chairs. The sort of stuff our heritage line is getting rid of..... no idea why they haven't upgraded this yet and stuck freight through the middle lines. Seems common sense - where you have through lines away from the platforms might as well use them. Certainly cheaper than the measures they are suggesting for suicide prevention.