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Based on "Page 148" (actually 329) of https://sacuksprodnrdigital0001.blob.core.windows.net/sectional-appendix/Sectional%20Appendix%20full%20PDFs%20June%2023/Western%20Sectional%20Appendix%20June%202023.pdf it's 90mph

In theory, the 50 is up to every 4 minutes, most buses going to Druids Heath with the occasional one for Maypole. (Both of those destinations are beyond Kings Heath) However, with traffic being pretty terrible for most of the route, it's much more common to have no buses for 10-15 minutes then...

Interesting snippet on the grouting work done in the winter in https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23495390.nuneham-viaduct-early-repairs-stopped-disruption/

I'm looking to travel from Moreton-in-Marsh to Birmingham (New Street or Moor Street). For an off-peak day trip, based on https://www.brfares.com/!fares?orig=MIM&dest=0418 it looks like there's a crazy-expensive "via Oxford" ticket, or a much more reasonable "via Worcester" option Checking...

Does anyone know how busy the Marylebone trains are leaving Oxford around 8am this week, after last week's reported overcrowding? And how frequent the buses are + how long the queues tend to be? My wife's off to London tomorrow, and I'm trying to help her weight up the options. RRB looks to be...

Surely the "fix" is to run trains from Oxford as far as Radley, then transfer to buses for Didcot there? What Radley Station lacks in infrastructure it more than makes up for in lack of road traffic to affect the RRBs!

Oxford Mail are reporting that the Botley Road closures are now happening for 6 months this year and next, with the bridge works slipping a year to August 2024 - https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23355748.botley-road-new-date-revealed-key-oxford-closure/

They've now moved the RRB point from Moreton to Kingham The problem with Charlbury as the train/RRB point is the weight limit on the bridge between the town and the station

The Oxford Mail are reporting the new dates still aren't finalised, and aren't expected to be for a couple more weeks at least - https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23226127.botley-road-closure-timetable-oxford-still-not-finalised/

The Summer/Autumn newsletter has quite a bit about the construction progress, and when they're intending to lay track where. One summary on the overall timelines was:

The Oxford Mail are reporting that there'll need to be a 14 week closure over the winter, possibly over Christmas, for preparatory work to move utilities before the bridge work next summer: https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/21136192.14-week-closure-botley-road-oxford-hit-christmas-shopping/

I can't see how to add PlusBus tickets - at what point should I be looking for the buttons to add them on?

Is there a trick for getting the LNER website to offer PlusBus on the return day of a multi-day ticket? Normally I use GWR who will happily (once you tell them what day you want to come back on) offer you PlusBus for both the outward and return days. However, I've got a good offer for booking...

Tomorrow I need to travel from near the St Pauls tram stop / northly entrance to Snow Hill station to Birmingham International. Normally I'd hop on the tram round to New Street, and then train from there. However, with the trams infrequent and only running to Bull Street, I was thinking it might...

I'm currently on the 15:14 Cross Country service 1O20 from Birmingham International heading south. As seems to be normal for when I'm taking one of these, it's running late, as the Northampton train before it was very late. The train before is the 1W90, 1453 Birmingham New Street - Northampton...