Hi
If the government is serious in increasing capacity on the FGW▸ network, why not introduce some double decker trains to cover the Bristol-London routes.
It would require some changes, but most tunnels and overhead gantries where designed to accommodate steam engines which are much larger than current engines, so the number of alterations may not be horrendous.
There is no reason why an eight carriage double decker train could not carry over 800-900 peope, reducing the amount of train congestion at Reading and Paddington.
Any views?
Why muck about with double deck trains, which in this country are restricted in Height, they were tired on the Southern Railway and had serious problems with station dwell times.
People forget that in in the Mid 70's Paddington used to dispatch 12 carriage
RELIEF TRAINS to Plymouth and the West Country.What is needed is a return to loco and coaches, built for High speed running, not fixed formation
HST▸ that can not cope at peak hours or on peak days.