Cheltenham to Kingham?

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[eightf48544]

Agree with Btline that Cheltenham Kingham is a non starter, only slighly higher thatn teh Windosr Link!

Re South London and the tunnels. I would have thought on street trams would be the answer for local traffic good way of getting cars off the roads

[Red Squirrel]

BML2 is further up the queue than Chelt to Kingham, but it's got a flaw. The big problem with BML2 is that it doesn't serve the West End and City.
Changing at Canary Wharf/Stratford to Crossrail/Jubilee/Central line doesn't cut it - those lines are/will be full.

What's needed in South London is either a Crossrail style tunnel to take stoppers off the main lines, giving a 4 fast tracks to London, or a set of express tunnels from London Bridge to Purley.

Of course, that's DECADES away as Crossrail 2 is next (and it's debatable if we can afford it at the same time as HS2^▸ (The next High Speed line(s))!)

Here's a good analogy:

Were we to create space for more trains at the coastal end of the line now, we would just be pouring more water into a blocked sink

Network Rail Spokesman