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Chiltern and DfT failed to achieve financial sign-off before the 1st December deadline contained in their franchise agreement due to the number of other track access and development funding agreements with ORR and Network Rail that had to be in place first. They have continued negotiating and...

These three emergency trains have now been cancelled and rumour is there will be no Eurostar service until Monday!!!

Just seen on the BBc News a Eurostar set being hauled by two locomotives through the snow-covered Kent countryside and all the way to St Pancras. Wasn't a type of locomotive we normnally see in this country. Does anyone know what they were and wjhere they came form? I guess because HS1 is a...

Well why bother to have a rant on here. If Squaddie was that worried people were getting away with not paying he should be reporting it to FGW for them to take action.

These are fine examples where there are two TOCs providing different types of service, EC and FCC (ECML) and VT and LM (WCML) and an element of competition between them with single or multi TOC fares. A better example with South Eastern HS1 might be First Great Western where you pay the same...

I doubt it as you'd have to travel west from Twyford to go via Reading. Your ticket allows you to travel from Wargrave to London on direct through or connecting trains from Twyford (i.e. eastbound)

What train were you travelling on? What departure time from PAD?

The daily MOD train originates at Didcot Yard and runs to Bicester just before lunchtime, and returns about two hours later. The wagons/vehicle flats are then marshalled to form onward trains leaving the following morning to MOD Ashchurch, Ludgershall etc. The most likely alternative route...

Bicester Town - Islip includes a 50 mph double-to-single turnout just west of Bicester Town Station; Upgrade current single line track in good condition to 100 mph running to Islip station inclusive, utilising existing track components where appropriate; Works to be done such that installing...