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Rightly points up the runaway success of the LizLine
Without mentioning what I still regard as a “failure” ( albeit a partial one – other disagree here, I know )
Well-before what was then callled “Crossrail” many GW-line passenger services were closely monitored by teams of counters ( I was one of them) & the universal response by “Higher managements” (Including, importantly “the politicans”) that the numbers were realtively low & therefore there wasn’t the demand – which is why we still have the Paddington terminators.
What was NOT publicly noted was that the maximum train-length at that time was 6-car diesel units, crammed to over 200% capacity in the rush at Ealing Broadway in both directions – commuting IN to London & OUT to Slough & Reading – a vast suppressed demand, simply because people could not actually get on to the trains.
Now there is “no demand” for decent services between Toronto, Ottowa & Montreal, because, right now there are no decent services …
Um.
Oh yes – where else is this happening?
There’s an obvious case in the UK, but it’s outside the scope of our normal remit – so over to you.