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JJonathanH replied to the thread TFW removing off peak day returns.It amounts to the same thing. The outcome for passengers just depends on how the resulting fares are priced. There is a negative...
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JJonathanH replied to the thread Constant delays around the Sheffield area - what can be done to improve the situation?.While true, the short north end (and indeed south end) bays limit that to some extent.
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JJonathanH replied to the thread Constant delays around the Sheffield area - what can be done to improve the situation?.Indeed, wasn't the immediate step before that rationalisation of the southern approach which eliminated a burrowing junction that may...
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JJonathanH replied to the thread SWR class 458/4 - possible withdrawal speculation.Equally when I went through Croydon towards London at 7am last Tuesday morning, the Southern train I got off and the Thameslink train I...
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JJonathanH replied to the thread New Open Access Application: London - Southampton - Marchwood.Yes, CrossCountry used to use them, but as others have noted, there may be other issues using them, particularly within the 20 minute...
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JJonathanH replied to the thread Cross-country overcrowding: what could be done?.No, but, to take one example, if CrossCountry arrives in Leeds from Birmingham at xx05 and LNER arrives from London at xx21 and xx51...
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JJonathanH replied to the thread Cross-country overcrowding: what could be done?.Again, that is a matter of what connections can be prioritised. If everything were able to run half hourly, almost all connections...
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JJonathanH replied to the thread Actual 377 and 387 Cascades (GN, SN, SE).Was there not always an expectation that the units 'in the middle' would operate whether traffic demands and availability dictated?
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JJonathanH replied to the thread Lack of capacity on EMR regional services, such as Skegness and Liverpool-Norwich. What can be done?.Which brings me to a question about how many mixed traffic lines now accommodate a timetable with trains running on a base 20 minute...
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JJonathanH replied to the thread EMR to introduce reduced Inter City service from Monday 20th July.The cancellations are initially in the plan until the end of the first week in September, as far as the RTT feed implies.
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JJonathanH replied to the thread SWR timetable refresh - consultation in Autumn 2026.There was a period when it was treated as an extension of the Basingstoke stopper, broadly coinciding with when the Reading to Brighton...
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JJonathanH replied to the thread New Open Access Application: London - Southampton - Marchwood.That platform occupancy isn't going to change, just because an open access operator wants to run a service through the station. What...
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JJonathanH replied to the thread EMR to introduce reduced Inter City service from Monday 20th July.Not necessarily. The RMT say the dispute is about EMR not agreeing to take the trains out of service. I can see that a one day strike...
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JJonathanH replied to the thread New passenger numbers and Crowding figures published.Also, with trains having many fewer seats now than they did in earlier generations, standing passengers are expected, not necessarily a...
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JJonathanH replied to the thread WCRC served with new Improvement Notice.I'm not sure that is a valid consideration. Surely it is events that have or could run the risk of fatalities or serious injury that...