On Thu, 2 Sep 2004, Dave Arquati wrote:

"Dave Arquati" wrote in message
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More pie-in-the-sky, but if such a service were run from Wycombe to
Maidenhead instead of London (relaying the Wycombe - Bourne End line),

The High Wycombe Society has been lobbying for the reinstatement of the
Wycombe to Bourne End rail route using Ultra Light Rail, with through
trams between Wycombe and Maidenhead.

http://www.highwycombesociety.org.uk/hblreport.htm

Interesting scheme. I'd always wondered what that funny little line
through Maidenhead was! Anyway, it seems to me that if it couldn't be
resurrected as heavy rail, then rather than just making High Wycombe -
Bourne End light rail, the whole line down to Maidenhead (and Marlow)
ought to be converted - as it stands, that branch is a joke. The report
doesn't really go into that idea, but i assume that's what they're
thinking - they do say "... the HBL corridor (which could include an
extension to Maidenhead)".

Perhaps i'll start a campaign to reinstate the Wivenhoe to Brightlingsea
line as light rail ...

tom

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