Congratulations to the Abbey line (Watford to St Albans Abbey) on the forthcoming additional late evening service.
http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news/14166552.New_Abbey_Line_train_service_to_run_later_than_10pm/?After 20 years of campaigning the Abbey Line services will be extended past the current closing time of 10pm.
London Midland's new contract will add an extra daily return train on the Abbey Line seven days a week.
Although final services often tend to be quieter than the earlier ones (dangerous generalisation there!), they also bolster traffic earlier in the day, as people will travel out on the other services and back on the apparent quieter ones.
I would love to see an additional TransWilts round trip, daily, around 21:30 from Westbury and around 22:30 from Swindon. I contend it would provide both an extra late train home for commuters and people on long distance business trips, and open up a new market of people out for the evening - indeed I would not be surprised if it wan't busier that the current last train, which seems (to my mind) to run too late for most commutes home, but too early to allow for a night out.
Does anyone have any support data / thoughts? And experiences in 'our area' with late night train additions?