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JJamesT replied to the thread How will the Oxford - Cowley Branch be operated?.No. But it also doesn’t include the 3 minutes to go from Oxford to Kennington Junction. Which implies 12 minutes plus the turnaround to...
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JJamesT replied to the thread How will the Oxford - Cowley Branch be operated?.It may help, but I don't think it's strictly needed. Cowley to Oxford has been reported as being 9 minutes. The shortest gap I've found...
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JJamesT replied to the thread How will the Oxford - Cowley Branch be operated?.I'm failing to find it now, but I'm sure I saw some track diagrams showing you could get across to the down line from the branch. The...
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JJamesT replied to the thread Caledonian Sleeper.Generally alcohol negatively affects sleep. You may be lucky, but for most people it’s not going to get you a full night of recuperative...
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JJamesT replied to the thread Collective competition claim against Govia Thameslink Railway.The order in April (as reproduced in post #64) did schedule those hearings, but said it would be decertified as a class action if a...
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JJamesT replied to the thread Collective competition claim against Govia Thameslink Railway.I note we have gone past the 24th July deadline for filing. The gtrclaim.co.uk website also appears to be dead and is only returning...
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JJamesT replied to the thread Nationalisation of the railways is already heading off track.A concession to run HS1 for 30 years was sold for £2bn. At the end of that period it reverts to government ownership.
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JJamesT replied to the thread Expansion of LNER 70-min flex trial area ("Simpler Fares").Surface rail has 10% share for trips over 10 miles, cars are 81%. That's over the whole country, but even though London and Manchester...
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JJamesT replied to the thread Taxing road users by mile.Some very handwavey numbers. At 158p/litre, tax (fuel duty+VAT) is roughly half the cost of the fuel. Apparently 36mpg is average for a...
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JJamesT replied to the thread New passenger numbers and Crowding figures published.The notes and definitions document linked by @Magdalia in the previous post may be quite enlightening. The statistics are based on...
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JJamesT replied to the thread Taxing road users by mile.https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/63333697e90e0711d7fbfbd2/foreign-vehicles-methodology-note.pdf reckons it's about 0.5% of...
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JJamesT replied to the thread New passenger numbers and Crowding figures published.They don’t completely omit it, there are statistics both with and without. But as it notes, a considerable number of journeys...
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JJamesT replied to the thread The Labour Party under Andy Burnham.I know the feeling. I graduated with a degree in Computing just after the dotcom bubble burst and it took a couple of years before I...
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JJamesT replied to the thread Should TOCs abandon social media sites as a means to communicate with customers regarding disruption/service updates?.As others have said, you’re much more visible on social media. Your content may come up in people’s feeds without them having to search...