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Sadly,the reason for fencing nearly all stations from the main line is the far too regular suicides at these stations. If the fencing has saved one life it's paid for itself.

Yes.Max 5 car length.

track curvature at Newport means only 8 doors on 387s. The doors being 1/3-2/3 is the issue. 10 cars also have to use SDO.

387s already go as far as Cardiff. Although capable of being 12 car the curvature at Newport means that they are 8 car length. As a rule, they match the pet timings. The key issues are the lack of first class and catering, along with few spare sets being available.

Thank you

Apparently there was local news coverage yesterday. If anyone can add a link that would be great.

Theale platform 3 is only used for terminating trains during engineering work. It is regularly used for both the cement and aggregate terminal and the fuel terminal.

Personally, if money was not an issue I'd travel Bristol Parkway to London then East Coast to Scotland over sitting on a Cross Country.

it's more the case that the heavy stone traffic uses the route very frequently.

Wiring the Devon banks seems a strange thing not to put in. Makes a lot of sense as substantial amount of power is used (battery or diesel) climbing these, hence the extra generators on the 800s that head South West.

A very flexible depot though

Pilning?

Just to clarify that there is no speed advantage for an 800 after Bristol Parkway (top speed 95) and effectively Westerleigh allowing for the slowing down for Parkway.

Introduction of 387s very likely after timetable update in December.

Quite possibly- I’m no longer on freight and it was on my work tablet.

Suggest speaking to other drivers at your depot. The information is available to those who need it. I can't say more sorry - what I had integrated with Google earth.

If the accessible toilet was inside the building it would be inaccessible when the station was unstaffed.

Other than cost the key issue for rail to resolve must surely be capacity at pinch points across the network. For example, Reading West to Southcote Jn. Didcot to Swindon and many more across the country.

Except getting a 4 car unit to reverse at Bourne End which can only accommodate a 2 car reversal for Marlow would be very interesting. The line is also electronic token / staff so too tight to fit a test train between Maidenhead and Bourne End.

Is there any estimation on a completion date for this section yet?