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JJamesT replied to the thread Cowley line to reopen.Blackbird Leys really isn't that bad, even if it does end up on the list of most deprived areas of the UK. But the focus of the branch...
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JJamesT replied to the thread Proposed new Channel Tunnel services discussion.Though as usual, how many journeys are city centre to city centre? Most long distance trips like that will be starting at home, so...
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JJamesT replied to the thread East-West Rail (EWR) countdown to entry into service.Aren’t there guards on Chiltern services that go beyond Banbury? I’d expect those to be largely RMT.
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JJamesT replied to the thread Proposed new Channel Tunnel services discussion.Does the tunnel actually shut overnight? Looking at LeShuttle tonight leaving from Folkestone there’s 0023, 0221, 0419, 0524 and then...
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JJamesT replied to the thread East-West Rail (EWR) countdown to entry into service.The bottom of today's Clarion https://oxfordclarion.uk/the-clarion-4-august-2026/
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JJamesT replied to the thread East-West Rail (EWR) countdown to entry into service.Thisisoxfordshire and the Oxford mail are both newsquest, it’s the same article in both.
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JJamesT replied to the thread Taxing road users by mile.I think the mass closures of petrol stations is somewhat overstated. Currently BEV makes up only 6% of the cars on the road and at...
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JJamesT replied to the thread Taxing road users by mile.There's also the point that although fuel duty may have frozen, this doesn't mean the overall costs of motoring have remained static...
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JJamesT replied to the thread How will the Oxford - Cowley Branch be operated?.I don’t think there’s any space to expand to the East. You’ve got non-railway property up against the northern end of platform 1, then...
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JJamesT replied to the thread SWR WoE line — do they know something we don’t?.According to this thread https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/gwr-swr-and-chiltern-possible-combined-fleet-order-philip-haigh.289507/...
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JJamesT replied to the thread Cowley line to reopen.Initially both EWR and Marylebone are 2tph, but EWR would ramp up with the extensions to Bedford and then Cambridge. So if you want to...
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JJamesT replied to the thread Other Sports.....So that’s what the Isle of Man’s anthem sounds like. Matthew Bostock has won the men’s points race at the commonwealth games, their...
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JJamesT replied to the thread Supermarkets discussion.Supermarket promotions are often funded by the manufacturer, at least in part. So they’ll likely still be making the same profit whereas...
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JJamesT replied to the thread Reform UK discussion.There’s some interesting stereotyping going on there. Reform have had an openly gay deputy leader/chairman (David Bull) and currently...
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JJamesT replied to the thread Hypothetical Scenario regarding boarding trains early.I don’t think there are specific rules that say you can’t, but there are rules regarding instructions from staff...