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« Reply #15 on: December 13, 2023, 22:17:04 »

Interesting that Scotland are opening new stations, some of whom have underwhelming business cases, on the ECML (East Coast Main Line) where stations are sparse, but there’s no immediate likelihood that the GWML (Great Western Main Line) is likely to follow suit with IMHO (in my humble opinion) much more suitable settlements (Grove/Wantage, Wootton Bassett, Corsham etc.)
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« Reply #16 on: December 13, 2023, 22:41:38 »

Interesting that Scotland are opening new stations, some of whom have underwhelming business cases, on the ECML (East Coast Main Line) where stations are sparse, but there’s no immediate likelihood that the GWML (Great Western Main Line) is likely to follow suit with IMHO (in my humble opinion) much more suitable settlements (Grove/Wantage, Wootton Bassett, Corsham etc.)

I note your use of the word "immediate". Agreed. But we might be wise to consider options and opportunities in which the case has a wider environmental element to it.  For the future; metrics change.
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« Reply #17 on: December 22, 2023, 19:41:16 »

TPE (Trans Pennine Express) came along a few hours later & held their own ipening ceremony.
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