On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:25:25 +0100, Colin McKenzie wrote

And some of today's non-passengers would be amazed at the places they
could once have reached by train.

....but would much of that be of any consequence these days? As a random
example not too far from here, Presteigne was reachable by rail, at the end
of a rambling branch line off a rambling branch line off a relatively minor
main line. Today it's minutes from a major trunk road.



Another strange thing about this line is the number of stations which
it had, no less than six intermediate ones between Clapham Junction
and Willesden Junction.

Not any closer together than on tube lines in the area. And with some
location adjustments, you could probably justify re-opening all of them.


Errr... then they wouldn't be re-openings; they'd be new stations in a
previously unused location