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Ching Ching https://www.railmagazine.com/news/alstom-signs-75-million-support-deal-with-gwr-for-class-175-fleet

Will only get busier with the wider Devon Metro aspirations, would be great if eventually some direct services to CDF could be timetabled. Its taken a good number of years to prove the case for an expanded Gateline at Central, too much emphasis on 'mainline' stations. This scheme will provide...

The new space will deliver 8x gates and a new open plan Ticket Office area. Works scheduled to start imminently and finish early 2026.

And for station staff who in the main turn up and do their turn, nothing I presume extra?

The idea of a middle bay platform makes sense and should have really been looked at as a viable option alongside the now abandoned EXD plans. EXC as the central station should really be served by more services to have a better city to city connectivity without the need to change at EXD, even now...

Exactly this! One pay rise in 5 years is quite frankly poor, yes there was subsidies etc to keep the railways running but the cost to employees been great, heralded as key workers on the front line during the pandemic for nothing but loyalty from employees. The last government sensed an...

I thought platform 2 extension at Exeter St Davids had hit the buffers due to insufficient length even after the works proposed? More through trains to Exeter Central would tick a lot of boxes for better connectivity vice having to change at St David's.

It most likely about £100 a week, that's the going rate for fgw apprentice's. I know a number of them so this is accurate.

If the electric chair or scooter has stability aids at the rear then it will be conveyed by fgw.

What a load of garbage! Exc has adequate staffing as its a cat C1 station, from what a friend has told me they were 'over' staffed but are now down to the regular 4 which work over 7 days same as EXD so no excess staff there!! Also worth noting that HON, AXM etc STAR machines are defaulted...