The current trend for investing in infrastructure continues, with new developments in both Peterborough and Wales to deal with rising demand.

In order to cope with increasing numbers of passengers, measures need to be taken now to prepare stations and trains.

Any action taken must not only be able to deal with current overcrowding, but with future increases, prediction of which may be difficult to confirm.

Platforms and trains should be refurbished to hold the largest number we can afford to avoid further improvements becoming necessary in a matter of years.

This necessitates a long-term view of how the population will react to several different factors, and how the passenger body will continue to develop.