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Maybe they don't even need to, if they can run the Good Friday service without striking staff. On a normal day, they were only losing one service out of six, I think.

If Hull trains are really able to run 80% of their service during the strike, is the Union really achieving much other than making a point, and also costing it's members a lot of money ? Whatever the rights and wrongs of the case, it seems that a driver strike isn't enough to force the company...

Quite.

What would be the reason for that ? On the face of it, it seems reasonable enough - ASLEF want Sundays inside, and new starters may be happy to accept such T&Cs.

Is the "new" (several years old) ticket office actually open now ?

I bet that will be a popular trip.

It strikes me that "A Railway fit for Britain's Future" doesn't mean that it actually has to be any good :(

Before Covid, the economy was in a much better state and there was a veneer of privatisation to obscure where the money was coming from. Now the railways being (sort of) renationalised, it's clear that the money for railway salaries has to come from the same diminishing pot as all other public...

It's certainly hard to see any way out of this mess when nobody is apparently willing to compromise on anything. If Sunday services remain as bad as they seem to be, and thus driving passengers away to other modes of transport, that's only going to have a knock-on effect into overall passenger...

A unit gets removed from the 12 car 1752 Paddington to Didcot at Reading, but it just goes to the depot.

Not beside, but I can lie in bed and see the GWML in the valley a few hundred metres away. Seeing the XC to Bournemouth at 8:36 which always creeps along behind the GW Didcot to Paddington semifast is often my cue to get up !

There have been press reports of really deep spending cuts having been asked of various departments, so I guess there's no surprise that rail is part of that. I imagine that other ministers will be observing the large amount of money recently given to rail staff, and arguing for less spend on...

Capping also comes into this, so if you're travelling after 9:30, the off-peak cap will limit what you pay, roughly to the cost of a day travelcard IIRC (assuming a Reading - London - Reading journey). This does mean that you can use fast services from London to Reading in the evening peak...

I've had my contactless card checked on a GWR fast service this year, so they can certainly do it now. I believe I checked afterwards and the check also shows up in the TFL journey history. If you don't touch out at Reading, you'll get charged the maximum fare from Zone 1, which also isn't...

I don't suppose two station stops an hour at Reading West, which is already on a slow section of track, reduces other path availability by much, even if there was actually demand for more paths.

It's pretty clear the government isn't the slightest bit interested in moving their position to help resolve the dispute before an election, given all the other stuff they've promised and haven't delivered yet. If Labour get in as expected, it's just another headache for them to deal with, so...

Youtube recently suggested a video showing Southern EMUs, in the 1990s. I was surprised by a couple of the shots, which showed a Headcode 92 EMU (BIG type ?) crossing with an HST on a slightly elevated line. Then later on, a 3 car DEMU (Hampshire type?) crossing with an HST in a different...

I've searched, but didn't find a thread about this incident, which seems surprising, so apologies in advance if I've missed it. As reported by the BBC in the link, a passenger train hit an obstruction on the track at 5:50am and the front bogie at least was derailed. The article also says that...

Using contactless from London to Reading to return in the peak period has some advantages, so having a way to touch out from contactless without going to the gateline before continuing one's journey would be very useful. Since this is helpful to passengers but less good for GWR revenue, my...

By recent days performance, that probably qualifies as a "good service"... I've got a couple of cross London journeys coming up in the next couple of weeks where I could take the train, but all these recent GWR issues are making me think I'll just drive.