30th July, 2032

grahame

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30th July, 2032

« on: July 31, 2008, 06:39:25 »

None of us knows where we will be in ten or twenty years time, or what shape the world will be in, but over the last few day's I've jotted down a few notes ... rather too many to post up as a forum thread.

See back from the future and feel free to add your alternative visions here!


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Re: 30th July, 2032

« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2008, 17:41:24 »

The realism of Melksham having as good a service as what you quoted in 2032 is highly unlikely Graham. Tongue

Likewise HST2 is now very much on the horizon. And I notice the "Portsmouth express" avoids Southampton... can't see Eastleigh being that busy...


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Re: 30th July, 2032

« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2008, 18:15:06 »

I would be gobsmacked if we ended up with services exactly as I wrote in that fictional piece ... interesting, I found someone else's view on how the railway system (elsewhere in the world) will be in 2032:

http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-Gov07_02Rail-t1-body-d15-d5.html

and a possible 2031 route map for the Oxford / Milton Keynes area:

http://www.eastwestrail.org/downloads/Maps/schematic_milton_keynes_south_mid.pdf

Population development won't - I don't think - be in proportion right across the South West; it's certainly not planned to be that way and as this is "fresh air" speculation, there are some more (and some less) likely things in there. The regional Portsmouth to Severn Tunnel service goes via Gosport and Eastleigh to keep journey times sensible ... (and there are some other fairly controvertial changes that you haven't highlighted too, Tom!)


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Re: 30th July, 2032

« Reply #3 on: August 01, 2008, 20:39:38 »

Journey time via Eastleigh is slightly longer than via Southampton....


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Re: 30th July, 2032

« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2008, 19:44:26 »

I hope/doubt we don't/will have Euros.

And the Passport control idea was interesting...


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Re: 30th July, 2032

« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2008, 08:33:31 »

Quote from: Btline on August 04, 2008, 19:44:26

And the Passport control idea was interesting...

And less likely than Paris Hilton falling over a shoelace.


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