How do I score the line nearest me?
It only runs to London when
SWR» feel like doing so.
And perhaps when
GWR▸ run through Melksham on occasions!
The whole thing is overloaded with problems of definition and sentiment. And some of that sentiment is the sentiment of the
TOC▸ . I
am not convinced that the SWR managers actually want to run diesel trains into Waterloo, nor that the DfT» are really keen either. I look at their network running this week and wonder if it could be considered by some as a trial for the future. And so many of the scores are arguable.
I thought of Melksham when I started the thread - but I gave a somewhat jesting view over
mainlines and for regional and local services the metrics would differ.
At the risk of hijacking this topic
There has been a process over the last quarter centaury to de-carbon transport in and into / out of London especially diesel due to the particulates.
So tongue in cheek main lineis the former Maidenhead - High Wycombe mainline truncated at Bourne End. Engineers Line Reference WBB which still quotes the entire line!!
It scores -4 (No 37 bus Maidenhead to High Wycombe which calls at all of the stations and former stations on the line )
