"Jack Taylor" wrote in
:

Roland Perry wrote:
In message .com,
at 18:29:42 on Fri, 22 Jun 2007, Philip
remarked:
I thought the DfT specified that Nottingham fasts include a Derby
portion that would be split off at Leicester. Surely not a good idea
due to reduced capcity for Nottingham in particular. Is this still
proposed?

One of the announcements say that this will no longer happen, but
inexplicably claims it's because of the new Kettering/Corby service.

In terms of capacity issues, the trains to/from Nottingham don't seem
to be very full; it's further south that the problems arise in the
rush hours.

Another opportunity seems to have been missed by not continuing the
Corby trains on, via Manton Junction, to Melton Mowbray and Leicester
and then back to London via Market Harborough, to provide some relief
to the overcrowding (especially severe in and around the peaks)
between Melton and Leicester and to provide direct journey
opportunities between Corby and Leicester. Alternate hours clockwise
and anti-clockwise could bring in some more revenue for very minimal
outlay - unless the time constraints don't fit with the clockface
pattern.

Absolutely! Why, oh, why terminate at Corby, why not run most / some /
all services on to Melton Mowbray? What have the people of Melton done
to deserve being ignored in this way?
Surely it can't be to do with paths - or is it more to do with platform
length at Melton (can't say I've ever been on the station there)?