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Even if they try to enforce it at Paddington what's stopping someone travelling to Reading on another service and changing? (If reservations are enforced there should be standing room still). Qnd then what about the intermediate stations where the services form the local services too (e.g...

Defo don't think its a misuse. People who think that - have you seen the devastation caused in Stourbridge? Or the fires in South Wales that are threatening house that have required the military being brought in? Clearly people cant just use common sense.

I had lots of issues when it was originally introduced by First in Bristol. Things like tap offs not being registered, return / daily caps not being applied if you hadnt tapped off for every journey etc. But its been fine for a while now. Most "normal" people dont really know what the maximum...

Lots of cancellations for Bristol based Turbo services today due to "more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time". I may believe that reasoning if it wasnt multiple times a week, at some point it should change to "the same number of trains as usual needing repairs at the same time".

In terms of flights if there aren't enough working toilets then the aircraft isnt fit to fly. If it happens in midair then it will depend exactly where but a diversion to a nearby airport / a return to the departure airport is likely.

Is it worth noting the kind of journey too? 90 mins on an Elizabeth line train running through Central London with regular stops and a high frequency is very very different (and much better) than say an hour where much of the journey is in less built up areas, with fewer stations and a lower...

The Elizabeth line runs mostly through an urban environment with stations relatively close to each other and is mainly used for short journeys. That means if you are caught out, getting off to use the loo is a lot easier there compared with an intercity train that ia used for long distance...

I mean all of this should be a moot point. Yes dealing with the situation when it happens has its complexities. But surely the core problem is that its got toc this point? If you have one toilet on a small unit then yeah fair enough but on a train with 5 toilets and them all failing - thats...

In terms of costs, not sure what is normal but at least in terms of reported costs Ashley Down cost about £16m and Okehampton interchange cost £18m. Aren't the new stations also dependent on upgrades to the relief lines which will also cost a fair whack I'd have thought.

Probably because of past issues with the lowest possible fares being incredibly limited and using them as advertising was seen as misleading. Granted that was mainly Megabus but same principle.

Cardiff Central. For a few reasons. If it wasnt for the public square outside there is no way it could handle anywhere near what it needs to on event days. Even in non match days, there is basically no waiting room on the platforms. You have a handful of tiny waiting rooms but most of the space...

Given my comments were written mainly based on my experience in Bristol too, I wonder if Bristol is just spectacularly bad at it! But yeah absolutely agree with all theee points. Plus what you mention about on street parking. I swear about half the time it takes for me to get into town on...

In terms of websites - the issue there is they are one way. They can give out information but I can't ask. Thats the bit social media platforms give you. Yeah technically you could have a custom built platform but why invent something that already exists?

I'm not disagreeing entirely, its just you should focus on where there is the most bang for the buck. Replacing entire fleets of buses with dual door variants and the associated bus stop works needed for that is insanely expensive and that money would be better spent on say some bus segregation...

I use the buses in Bristol almost daily and tbh all of what is discussed in this thread is petty negligable compared to the time wasted by poorly timed traffic lights, bad parking on narrower roads and other motorists (including sometimes other bus drivers) not letting the bus out when pulling...

In terms of the fact X / Twitter is less prominent now its worth being clear companies and organisations using these platforms for customer service do not use the websites / appa directly - its all integrated into one customer service platform that connects to a variety of channels. The person...

Which is what I am talking about when saying politicians should be more careful. But as someone who for some reason still uses Facebook quite a lot, if someone tags you and you don't see anything wrong with the text or the few photos that get previewed, then you accept it. You generally don't...

Or perhaps its yet again Reform trying to claim they are the victims. Polanski didn't write the message or post the image, he also didnt actively share it. Instead the person who posted it added Zacks account as a contributor. That is quite different to making a post or sharing one yourself. It...

Or maybe given the issues going on there, he just didn't fancy carrying on knowing there isn't a quick magic bullet that means things would improve anytime soon. Maybe this is why I'm not out out for such jobs but I certainly wouldnt want to stay in a job that has no realistic chance of having a...

I understand being pessimistic on timelines but it feels like TfW are already trying to look at how to solve some of this. The new burns stations in theory would be served by 4tph in the cardiff direction and 2tph each for Bristol and Cheltenham. Add that to the existing services for the major...