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I think you two are talking at crossed purposes. There are options. If a bank needs supporting or building up, then sheet piling or other techniques could be used. Alternatively, getting my crayons out here, there are options for a parallel route or other alignments. There is a track going...

Stagecoach has added a few X132 services in for the Fach, running express from Pontypridd Caddy's to Cardiff. Expect they're unlikely to survive long term. But, as others have said, the rail replacement service is as good as a RRS can be. Combine that with the Rhondda railcard, I can't see...

There are two things happening, so just to be clear, what's being suggested, say you have: £12,000 lump sum from the main RPS £10,000 in BRASS In the main RPS, you can convert the lump sum from a £12,000 lump sum, to an extra £1,000/year pension. It's a fun gamble on life expectancy, but to...

Simon11 makes a very good point, but also it really depends. Many with good fixed mortgage rates would do well to not overpay, and at the very least, just save extra cash at 5%+ interest. Whether to do BRASS/AVCs is more a judgement call of how much cash you'll need in the short/medium term...

I've found a previous thread, but there are a few unclear things: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/brass.182512/ I'm not railway staff, but my understanding is that BRASS is just the branding of the railway pension scheme's AVC offer, which is a defined contribution-type scheme - i.e. you...

Might be worth having a conversation? If that's on M27 rootstock, we're talking a ~6ft tall tree, which doesn't look like it's an issue (although hard to tell from pic). But on more vigorous rootstock, 10-12' height might be? We're now out of planting season, but replacing the trees at this...

Just to emphasis for 185's benefit, when looking at RTT, some trains have been deleted from the system. So you might be not seeing trains cancelled on the Treherbert Line, but there have been services deleted, it is normally an every half hour service, there are several hour gaps (looks like...

Trains within the valleys aren't that expensive, really. Day Return between the heads of any two valleys is £3.90, £4.60 return to Taff's Well. £7.90 Return to Cardiff is a bit steep. So there is a risk of switching. Especially at the moment, with the engineering works going on. Long-term...

Apologies for opening up this can of worms. The point made about relief line capacity is fair. To spell out the theoretical argument I had, Crossrail takes about an extra 10 minutes vs. the HX from Paddington. I don't think this is a bad pay-off, especially since we're likely to see a switch to...

Is that really such a constraint to push you back onto a taxi? Changing at Heathrow Central is at most a 5 minute wait in either direction cross-platform from/to the Terminal 5 train. Moderator note: Posts discussing abolishing Heathrow Express moved to...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/crossrail-service-pattern-from-may-2023.242908/ Worth noting that the issue for Terminal 5 is that it's served by Heathrow Express. We're getting into crayonista territory, but I'd very much be in favour of abolishing HX and...

Sorry, I wasn't clear. I meant *if/when* the app breaks due to RDG's error, then there should be appropriate instructions (so if it's showing 'Expired' but incorrect date, that could be the instruction). But similarly, if they break the app so that the railcard is not displayed, then the...

In an ideal world, if the app breaks, rail staff would either be provided with an alternative system, be *instructed* to take any customer's word for it (they are holding a valid railcard, it is the railways fault it can't be validated). I'd argue that with the structure of the railway, the...

I'd suggest that it also reflects the understanding of the nature of the railway, and the risks posed to passengers on here. The thread was started by someone who, due to application faults, was forced to buy a new ticket. This shouldn't be happening, there should already be procedures to...

A better, non-railway-centric view would be to use via. Something. Maybe via. Kington and Llanelli, or Swansea, or something along those lines. I like the "then Final Destination" idea, too.

On the subject of burying head in sand, someone I used to be at school with was one of the people prosecuted here. Their narrative was that they got on at an unmanned station without cash facilities, had the cash on them, but yet details taken at destination. Both times ATW wrote to them...

Regarding the cultural issue, is there also a bias towards fewer season ticket users, or shorter-period season tickets? Anecdotally, I believe this is the case. I think part of the reason for the pay-when-challenged culture is that it is worthwhile for the user. If "having the cash ready"...

I agree with rf_ioliver in that these problems are computationally difficult, and I'm sure as Carntyne highlights, an experienced controller is highly valuable. It's worth pointing out most of the data points we're talking about (where crew are, crew schedules, train maintenance cycles...

That really surprises me. Whilst I'm sure an experienced employee does an excellent job, and the computational difficult of constraint problems is such that human intuition is competitive with computers, there must be room for computers to help. Timetable planning software could/should be...

The existing equpiment can already cope, e.g. at ELL core stations, if this is what you mean: https://www.flickr.com/photos/56897352@N02/16077620089/ I believe SWT also do this at some platforms (e.g. CLJ towards WAT), which also makes a huge amount of sense. At wapping, the upstairs...