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    Doubling Coventry-Leamington Spa & reopening the line to Weedon

    The train waits at Northampton for 10 mins. Take a look at Google map journeys throughout the day and you'll see what I mean about similar timings
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    Doubling Coventry-Leamington Spa & reopening the line to Weedon

    Napton still has a bus to Leamington, the next village after Southam. Taking a Daventry-Long Buckby bus usually gets you on the same train towards London as a Daventry to Northampton bus so is only valuable for those heading north. If you want to spend money on buses around Daventry to improve...
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    Could Weedon Station reopen?

    There is an infrequent bus to Long Buckby, but the connections to trains are often poor. IIRC it used to be more frequent, but I suspect the frequency was reduced due to low loading. The few times I've taken it there's been only a handful of people on it, or I've been the only person. Taking a...
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    Future of Diesel traction in the future and will unelectrified lines have another fuel type?

    Not heard of any recent GTs for rail, but there are some GT buses around. (reading buses) I'd like to understand why they've gone for GTs but am struggling to find resources with describe efficiency/cost/weight etc
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    How Should/ Could The Railway Adjust To Flexible Working Patterns Elsewhere In The UK Economy?

    The trouble with carnet tickets is they don't incentivise people away from traveling on the most busy days, so relative to a weekly they're a reduction in revenue for the operator. If they were priced such that Friday was somewhat cheaper than other days, people may move their working days to...

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