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    Do open access operators benefit or hinder our railways? (and how could the situation be improved?)

    Given how we now have a few open access operators, what are people opinions of them, do they help provide passengers with crucial links that other toc's can't? Or are they a hinder, taking away passengers from franchise, taking away much needed rolling stock which could be better used elsewhere?
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    Has the Virgin brand name become toxic?

    When I was little, I used to love the Virgin brand, with black and red HST's, it looked so modern and sleek, especially when the voyagers where first introduced. However, following on from Virgin's failed bid for the West Coast mainline, all my respect for Richard Branson went, He literally...
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    GWR Ocean Saloons

    Given that 5 out of a fleet of 8 remain of these historic coaches, would it ever be possible to see them all join together one day, either on a heritage railway such as the SDR, or maybe even do a mainline working as a GWR 'pullman inspired' railtour?
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    Coronavirus - potential affects on transport operators?

    With the current pandemic having similar effects to that of both world wars, could we potentially being seeing the death of several big names in the transport industry? It's certainly something that could happen, especially those with a weaker footing. It does lead to the question, could...
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    Have Locomotive Services Limited purchased some HSTs?

    I've heard rumors thats Locomotive Services Limited have purchased some ex GWR HST coaching stock with a photo on flickr showing it being moved from storage, anyone else know much about it?
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    Royal Train Replacement

    Mods: please move if necessary. With MK5 orders being delivered is now a good time to replace the aging royal train? If so what would be best, CAF Mk5s with a Class 68 or a IET(23m version)?
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    Flybe rebrand to Virgin Connect

    Is there any news on the Flybe rebrand. Originally it was due to happen this month (Jan 2020) now it apparently won't be until March or the middle of this year.
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    Predictions for the next decade

    So with the start of the next decade I thought it would be a good time to predict the future of bus services across the UK. I'm going to start off with a theory, or maybe you'd call it a hope for the South Coast (Berkshire, Hampshire etc) Reading buses will continue to expand its services...

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