Tim Streater wrote:
In article ,
tony sayer wrote:

Railway anoraks need to understand, as I've said before, that no mode
of transport has an automatic right to exist. 150 years ago trains
were the bizz because there was no alternative. That ain't true anymore.

Well the lines that are in use to London from Cambridge are very heavily
used by commuter traffic and some freight passes through here
unhindered still...

Sure. I've used that line on many occasions. It's very busy a lot of the
time. I can't see the point of the Cambridge - Newmarket line though.


That's because you don't live in Newmarket. Or indeed go to the races...

Ive used that line a few times..quite a few people do queue up on the
platform in the morning..

However it fails the usual subsidised route tests..not enough trains to
be useful except if you are commuting at predetermined hours.



Had a train bust down on it once - the driver tried a number of times to
reboot it (his words), to no avail. We were stuck near Stevenage for
about 90 mins, during which time *no* GNER trains passed us, even on the
slow line (hence my notes about trains overtaking).