and to remove some of the stops from the 

So whilst the population growth has definitely boosted populations of the big cities, at the same time, internal migration is considerably boosting the case for rail improvements throughout the southwest
 

What service pattern is there that could call there?

Interesting; wonder why those are so much higher?

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05:11 Gloucester to Southampton Central due 08:10

05:11 Gloucester to Southampton Central due 08:10 has been delayed at Gloucester and is now 12 minutes late.
This is due to earlier engineering works not being finished on time.

A history of Melksham Station by Graham Ellis From 1848 to the present day

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The Flying Scotsman passed through Melksham on a special excursion train in 1964, roughly two years before Melksham station closed in 1966

20:06 Westbury to Cheltenham Spa due 22:06

20:06 Westbury to Cheltenham Spa due 22:06 is being delayed at Swindon.
This is due to congestion.

Built for the London and South Western Railway around 1850, primarily of stone under a slate roof, Eggesford Station was opened by the North Devon Railway on August 1 1854. It was built on permission from the then landowner, the Earl of Portsmouth, whose country seat was situated within an estate near the site of the station.

Jacqueline and her husband bought the property through an estate agent's bidding process, offering just over £200,000 and winning the highest bid. The couple moved into the cottage section as soon as it was habitable, while the other half was eventually opened as holiday accommodation.

The main cottage currently has a large kitchen and living area, utility room and bathroom downstairs, with a dining room and three bedrooms upstairs. The annex has its own independent access from the outside or could be incorporated within the main house by utilising the door through to the main kitchen.

It offers a double bedroom with an en-suite shower room and a living room with a wood-burning stove. The unfinished building, the former station master's office, at the end of the station offers further potential, Jacqueline explained.

Jacqueline and her husband had started renovating it with the intention of creating another holiday cottage, with a bedroom, living room, separate kitchen and large bathroom.

But the project was never completed, and it has instead been used as a workshop. The Tarka Line remains a working railway, with trains passing the former station roughly every hour.

From Railfreight.com


Sharing on the "Coffee Shop" as a story of another nation's rail system being restructured with stemming losses being a key element to the story - see the link above.

There are fears for Doncaster jobs after one of Britain’s biggest rail freight operators was put up for sale.

DB Cargo UK, part of the German state owned rail group Deutsche Bahn, is working with advisers at Interpath on an auction, with talks already underway with prospective bidders, according to reports.

DB Cargo UK employs about 2,200 people, according to its website, providing freight, infrastructure and passenger charter trains across the UK, as well as freight services to and from mainland Europe via the Channel Tunnel.

Reports suggest that DB Cargo UK's loss-making German parent planned to cut more than 6,000 jobs in its home market by 2030 - equating to roughly half its workforce in the country.

If the IETs were able to restart from Corsham under electric power...

Society is affected by where one was born is it? I'm German born. What does that mean for UK society?