How many extra daily trains would be able to access London, if the GC "London Extension" s
If the 'London Extension' still existed then Network Rail would have a useful fourth connection between the Capital, the Midlands and the North with several expresses a day each way and an intensive local and suburban service, both of which Marylebone had before the line was truncated north of Aylesbury.
More than that, however, they would have had a ready-made line built to a standard capable of taking Continental trains from across the Channel, because by 1899 when the London Extension was built, trial bores for the Channel Tunnel had already begun and the Directors foresaw a time when cross-Channel trains from the Tunnel would be a reality.
By the time plans were in hand for the present Channel Tunnel however, the GCR Main Line had been been closed, just one victim of the 'Beeching Axe'.
How many extra daily trains would be able to access London, if the GC "London Extension" still existed?musicalsVery few I would guess, as Chiltern Railways runs a very intensive service on both the Met/GC Joint and on the GW/GC Joint. Of course, seeing as how they have extended services on the latter to Birmingham and beyond, they might have run services to Rugby/Leicester/Nottingham on the former had it still existed...we can but dream and think what might have been...
Later: The answer mentioning terminal capacity is interesting. Chiltern Trains have had to extend Marylebone just to cope with its existing services.
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