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    Class 701 'Aventra' trains for South Western Railway

    But we are heading into summer not winter and 455s are hell in hot weather.
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    Class 701 'Aventra' trains for South Western Railway

    But as they are running regularly on the Windsor services what is to stop them being fully booked on those services and the appropriate staff trained
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    Avanti stopping patterns

    Yes as a user of the synchronization at Daresbury I preferred to use Runcorn over Warrington when not driving or using Manchester airport.
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    Class 701 'Aventra' trains for South Western Railway

    Engineering works in the Staines area on those days so they won't be running
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    Waterloo station masterplan

    That would be a shame the place is an institution. I would hope that it can be incorporated into the retail plan
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    Waterloo station masterplan

    Opening up access to the south bank would be nice. It was easier when they had the exit that crossed the road into the shell centre.
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    'Bumping' - is it becoming a serious problem?

    Is that the one where they tracked a repeat offender in real time and caught them out?
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    Class 701 'Aventra' trains for South Western Railway

    I guess by using the same unit they are getting reliability data.
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    Class 701 'Aventra' trains for South Western Railway

    It's 043 I caught it at Twickenham on it's second trip to Windsor
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    SWR Class 458 to be retained

    I saw a couple of short formations at Feltham on Sunday. I was quite surprised because as you say it's quite unusual.
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    Project Oval: TfL win DfT contract to expand contactless system to 233 rail stations by May 2024, Railcards coming to contactless payment cards

    Well at the moment there is a morning peak for freedom passes within z1-6 but no evening peak. If they are introducing evening peaks will these lead to an evening blockade for freedom pass users? 1700659847 My friend has a senior Railcard on his oyster card
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    Class 701 'Aventra' trains for South Western Railway

    Yes they changed the plans after a user consultation. Apparently the through route between Weybridge and Isleworth was very useful for school traffic in both directions.
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    London's Worst Station

    Can't agree the pub was much better back in the 80s when it was run by two little old ladies. The problem with the station is the very large gap in height between the train and the platform. Especially on the up platform at the station exit end.

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