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Last time I checked the RA website, tickets weren’t available for purchase from Winnersh Triangle or vice versa. There is some flexibility, but it’s more constrained than that suggests. For Lots A–C, operators bid for the whole Lot, so individual elements cannot simply be picked off and...

Wokingham BC has tendered for the local bus services, or at least the patterns it ideally wants servicing. https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/071509-2026 There’s so much inefficiency in the local network, hopefully some competition will result in some more useful cross town...

Wokingham Council has posted some very vague proposals that are to be put to tender for new services. Doesn’t seem very ambitious to me. The consultation feedback seems to suggest current services are well used, but outside of routes 3/4 in Wokingham Town that never looks to be the case. They...

Certainly North Wokingham is woefully underserved, and the current 121 doesn’t really cover much of the town. Extending that to Twyford would make sense. There are so many commuters the drive Wokingham to Twyford, a reasonable service that isn’t <1ph and only down Reading Road, or non existent...

Speaking of Wokingham services coming up for tender, the council is currently consulting for opinions on changes to services, albeit the proposals are very vague at the moment https://engage.wokingham.gov.uk/en-GB/projects/help-us-shape-our-future-bus-network

It is a shame the Newcastle - Edinburgh Transpennine Express services are not calling at Cramlington as was promised originally. Connections from the Northern services at Morpeth look woeful.

It’s a shame the EL trains from Twyford in the peaks are not more evenly spaced. At the moment they depart 10 mins apart with a 20 min gap, but the second train is 5 mins faster so they arrive in the central section 5 mins apart. Coupled with the fact the GWR service departs in the middle of the...

Will these services stop at Cramlington and Widdrington as was heralded initially? Cramlington in particular is woefully underserved by the hourly Northern service, particularly on Sundays

Is a renovated Belmont Viaduct not still viable for use as a spur to Durham? If it was, or a similar alignment could be built, you could have stops at Durham - Belmont P&R - Chilton Moor Black Boy Rd (1) - Shiney Row - Washington South - Washington North (2) - Follingsby (3) - Heworth -...

I remember reading there was major overhaul of the signalling on the line due anyway, so if anything that cost was just brought forward slightly

If capacity could be found, say 4x GWR services per hour could divert from OOC via Kensington and Vauxhall to Waterloo, as there’s already a connection GWML-WLL past the Hitachi depot (albeit some additional track might be needed). That would then create space for 3/4 HS2 trains per hour at...

Couldn’t a connection be built at OOC to the West London Line to allow trains access down to Waterloo, terminating at the old Eurostar platforms?

Why are SWR terminating every other evening Reading-bound service at Bracknell? This seems to be a long term change, making a bad service at Wokingham even worse. It’s already cheaper and quicker to drive to Twyford to use GWR (even after paying to park there). With endless closures and...

Are paths likely to be set aside for the Northumberland Line services?

Equally the 07:53 from Twyford in the AM peak is rammed, often leaves passengers behind at Maidenhead, and that’s with 12 coaches