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    Southern timetable changes consultation Coastway West

    Have often thought that the suburban Southampton stations near where the students live have untapped demand.
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    Three potential new stations in Liverpool City Region

    Would be interesting to see the cost benefit analysis for Daresbury. I can’t help thinking the money would have been better spent elsewhere within LCR, seems too much like political expediency over value for money. 1709757443 Depends where exactly the station entrance and access road would be...
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    Moorgate/Kings Cross/Thameslink Core Provision

    In the late 1970s the Moorgate electric service was built up to 6tph on at least one branch. I don’t think that has ever been matched subsequently. When the frequencies were reduced there were spare 313s available for transfer to other lines. The Moorgate line signalling capacity has...
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    Southern timetable changes consultation Coastway West

    Older rolling stock has often been scrapped after a fall in passenger numbers, as in the case of the early 90s recession. The older stock was life expired anyway, especially the 313s. The problem is that until demand picks up again the Treasury will not want to pay for new stock.
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    Hedge End and Botley

    Or a Reading to Portsmouth via Basingstoke service, I’ve always thought that Portsmouth should have a through service to the Thames Valley like Southampton already does. I get that most people in the Hedge End and Botley areas want to travel to Southampton and there are probably competing bus...
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    Southern timetable changes consultation Coastway West

    How many units would the original proposals have saved or would it have been neutral?
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    GWR planning Saturday Bristol - Oxford service Sept to Dec 2024

    It could also potentially serve the oft proposed station at Grove/Wantage, which would be another travel market to tap into. Providing that it can be pathed without causing delay to other services and rolling stock could be found, the introduction of a direct service from Bristol to Oxford with...
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    GWR planning Saturday Bristol - Oxford service Sept to Dec 2024

    Have always thought there that there is a lot of potential for a regular Bristol to Oxford service, currently a market that rail does not serve very well.
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    Changes to SE metro services next June

    Those hoping for Charing Cross services on the Woolwich line will be disappointed. As I understand it the Thameslink works removed the ability to run trains to Charing Cross via Greenwich. You could only run a Charing Cross service via Blackheath, which then takes up capacity on the junctions at...
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    Overcrowding on Chiltern Line: How can this be resolved?

    It’s a great shame as Chiltern was previously a success story having grown the market for rail.
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    Michelle Handforth, Network Rail Regional Managing Director resigns

    Of course it is, see it every day in many walks of life. They never get held accountable and put the blame on their underlings, while being paid excessive amounts for their lack of tangible skills. Usually spend two or three years in the job before moving on to their next victim just before the...
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    GWR IET’s Lots of 5 Car Sets PAD > South Wales

    So these could be operated by DMUs, if they were available. How many 5 car IETs would that release? Does the lack of electrification between Didcot and Oxford contribute to the crowding on the Oxford line? If the Didcot to Paddington semi-fasts could be extended to start from Oxford surely that...
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    Changes to SE metro services next June

    Cannon Street to Woolwich services to terminate at Dartford. Victoria to Dartford via Bexleyheath services to be extended to Gravesend.
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    LNW Trent Valley services

    Are the Trent Valley services from London still overcrowded or have they sorted that now? Is the hourly xx46 service from Euston on Saturdays formed of 8 coaches?
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    Southern timetable changes consultation Coastway West

    A previous comment suggested that the changes would save on rolling stock, it would be interesting to know if there are cost savings as a result and to what extent that was a motivation. I would feel more comfortable with the changes if I knew that this is the best that could be achieved with...
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    Southern timetable changes consultation Coastway West

    Agree that these proposals are good for improving connections to the Isle of Wight because of the extension of all Southern services to Portsmouth Harbour. However it’s a shame that Portsmouth loses its direct service to Brighton.
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    Class 465/466 return to the Victoria - Ashford services

    Is 6 coaches enough at peak times on this line?
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    Southeastern - Timetable change

    I suppose it’s a start, better than nothing. The two off-peak Cannon Street services per hour will probably get withdrawn at some point in the future and the hourly off-peak Charing Cross service upgraded to half hourly and just accept the risk to performance as being necessary to ensure...

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