Originally Posted by
pamann
Most rail services have improved journey times over the last 30 years, not gone backwards. That’s why I feel it’s a bit of an oddity.
The long distance mainlines have been improved massively eg London - Manchester. A lot of the commuter lines from surrounding counties into London have gone backwards probably due to increasing passenger numbers and congestion.
Greater Anglia frequencies have been massively cut across the board, as have similar operators and lines due to changing work patterns. Stansted is a bit of a special case, if passenger numbers recover to pre-Covid levels there is no justification for rail services to not do the same.