Tim Streater wrote:
In article ,
The Natural Philosopher wrote:

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.

Does it ever have more than one carriage? I've only ever seen it at the
level crossing at Six Mile Bottom.

I think its 2 or three car diesel units innit?

Rather than a guided bus..