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It looks like this weekends blockade of Reading (starting today at 14:00), where trains from London terminate at Maidenhead, is allowing GWR to run the 387's this weekend. Actually looking at Realtime trains...

I'm starting to doubt myself now. I could have sworn that we were in B and that the old dears were complaining (quite loudly) that they had reservations in B, but looking at the link posted above, http://help.thetrainline.com/euf/assets/images/Voyager.png it was definitely F (and not 1st class)...

Coach B was definitely mostly reserved on the 11:40 ex Bournemouth yesterday. One elderly couple were complaining that their station assistance had taken them to carriage D rather than B so I guess it caught them out as well. I can also confirm there are 4 pairs of non-reservable seats in B...

165124 definitely back in service, it was at Paddington this morning (this was at 11:15). I've not seen this mentioned before, but I noticed that one carriage seems to have gained some roof air vents. This was 58939, which I guess wasn't the end damaged in the derailment, as the other end...

Regarding the rollout of the GWR 387 to more peak services to/from Maidenhead from 3rd July, has it been said anywhere if they are expected to all be 8 carriage, or a mixture of 4 and 8? And if they are a mixture, which services will be run by what?

First morning of the new timetable not going well. 6:56 stopping service from Maidenhead cancelled at Taplow due to a problem with the doors.

My experiences were pretty positive commuting in and back from London each day. A bit of a queue to get onto the bridge at the London edge after arriving on P2 and there is a slight hump at the bottom on Platform 4 that I stumbled on both mornings! But seemed pretty organised. Wednesday, the...

Once again proving there is no gain without pain where this project is concerned, they've now knocked out my phone line for 2 and a half days (and counting). http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/west-london-news/uxbridge-west-drayton-wifi-not-12054557

The 17:15, 17:45, 18:15 and 18:45 local Turbos from Paddington often run alongside the HSTs leaving at the same time, both restricted to 40(?) until Ladbroke Grove where the speed limit increases. The Turbo will then usually pull ahead until it changes gear (Don't know what it actually does but...

Thanks for PDF, very interesting. It didn't seem that they were entirely following it at 8pm this evening when I travelled out of London, as the xx12 and xx42 Reading locals were cancelled as well. Which left Southall with no service (Heathrow Connect were cancelled as well). The driver of...

You may also be able to get a 166 on a local service out of Paddington. Also a 321, Stratford - Liverpool Street with the Southend Vic trains

Hi, I have an annual z1-z6 travelcard on an oyster card. I sometimes use it to travel across London and out to Billericay, buying a z6 to Billericay extension on the way, however the only way I know to do this (as you cannot buy z6 tickets from the machines or over the internet) is to go the...