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    Reduced service on West of England Line from 5th Sept

    'Normal' timetable to return on Monday 14th November. NETWORK RAIL SOUTHERN REGION WEST OF ENGLAND LINE 26 October 2022 Dear Stakeholders, Lifting speed restrictions on the West of England line. As you will be aware, speed restrictions of 40mph were brought in this summer at locations near...
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    Reduced service on West of England Line from 5th Sept

    Interesting comments on the current service, but does anyone know what work, if any, is being done to the damaged trackbed?
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    Reduced service on West of England Line from 5th Sept

    Can anyone report on the status of the repairs in the Gillingham area?
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    Reduced service on West of England Line from 5th Sept

    What work, if any, is being done between Tisbury and Gillingham, or are we just waiting for lots more rain?
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    Reduced service on West of England Line from 5th Sept

    Thanks: https://sites.google.com/view/serug/timetables
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    Reduced service on West of England Line from 5th Sept

    Is there a PDF version of the temporary timetable?
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    Reduced service on West of England Line from 5th Sept

    Well that's not going to happen, but the 2020 CMSP does list specific enhancements which will increase capacity and reliability. It can be downloaded from the SERUG website: https://sites.google.com/view/serug/publications
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    Reduced service on West of England Line from 5th Sept

    Reported on South Today: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001bnwc/south-today-lunchtime-news-30082022
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    What is the best unofficial name for a railway line?

    I thought it was "5 to 9 for the Brighton Line", being the relevant platform numbers at Victoria.
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    Reduced service on West of England Line from 5th Sept

    On Thursday 22nd September Claire Mann (MD SWT) and Mark Killick (NR Route Manager) will be addressing the AGM of SERUG (Salisbury to Exeter Rail User Group). The meeting will be held at the Yeovil Railway Centre, close to Yeovil Junction station, and starts at 17:00. There will be plenty to...
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    Reduced service on West of England Line from 5th Sept

    Here is the SWT announcement: https://s6.newzapp.co.uk/t/view/1558991473/122565627 I understand that the temporary timetable is not finalised, and it's not yet public. The odd part is that the problem is between Tisbury and Gillingham while the reduction in service will be west of Yeovil...
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    Reading to Paddington record

    Well you can see what they include here: http://www.railperf.org.uk/index/fastest-times-listing
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    Railway Herald Issue 662

    I was in touch with them a couple of weeks ago. It's due to a BT server software upgrade. Reboot your server and it should be OK.
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    Revenue protection on St Ives Branch

    A day return from Hayle to St Ives costs £3.90 while a day return from either St Erth or Lelant (any) to St Ives costs £4.00. I think this is due to an agreement about how the P&R is funded. If you board a train at Lelant the conductor will offer you the £4.00 ticket, though if you ask from...
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    Grayling Out - Shapps In

    There was an interesting article about the design of the soon to be released electric MINI. The MINI design chief was saying that the sweet spot for electric cars is 150 - 180 miles of battery power. Any less and people won't buy them, any more and the weight and cost makes them inefficient...
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