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I think you'll find Gloucester's population is larger than Cheltenham's. Its just that Cheltenham's station sits on the mainline and is easy for trains to call at, where as Gloucester's is just off the mainline and forces north-south trains to reverse which typically takes 10 minutes so I'd...

After travelling from Cardiff to Paddington and back on Saturday, my observations of the South Wales route is as follows: Wiring appears complete going westwards almost as far as the eastern portal to the Severn Tunnel - maybe one wire run to complete to connect up to the conductor rail in the...

But why is this required at present? Surely the first objective would be to work towards providing a proper hourly service on the Cheltenham - Gloucester - London, Bristol - Gloucester - Cheltenham - Ashchurch - Worcester and Cardiff - Chepstow - Lydney - Gloucester - Cheltenham routes that...

Cheltenham also receives about 55 XC services a day which Gloucester doesn't, linking it to other major UK cities in addition to London. I and others often find it easier to get dropped off or picked up at Cheltenham station if travelling on a XC service, instead of the hassle of waiting for a...

One option to reduce the number of terminating trains at Cheltenham is to extend the London services to Worcester and fulfil an aim of 2 tph here without having to re-double more of the North Cotswold line (even though it should be fully redoubled). By running fast between Gloucester and Swindon...

I thought the long term plan was 1tph starting from Gloucester to Paddington, and another 1tph from Cheltenham to Paddington (avoiding Gloucester to reduce travel time), so 2tph between Stonehouse and Paddington. May I ask where you found this information?

I thought Operation Princess was only part of the reorganisation of Cross Country trains and therefore didn't include Paddington services to Gloucester? I seem to remember Gloucester (and Cheltenham) each generally had 1 northbound and 1 southbound train every 2 hours with services calling at...

Surely this train would have started in Cardiff or Bristol? And this train would have started in London? I thought the thread was about end to end journeys, not two stations close together on a route? The GWR Great Malvern to Brighton service 1O98 or 1V94 in the opposite direction could be a...

Slightly OT but I personally would like to see a station provided in the Hunts Grove area as a Gloucester South Parkway. It could act in the same way as Bristol Parkway does when the Severn Tunnel is closed for maintenance and GWR services between Swansea and London divert via Gloucester...

Surely the most logical thing to do is to announce departures from Paddington 15 mins before the train leaves. The long distance passengers who generally turn up early can find their reserved seat or any seat. Reading commuters generally still have 5 mins to catch the train in front so will...

Brilliant - I see there is a lack of elves for tonight's service! Only 5 sleighs instead of 10!! At least all stops will still be served.

Am I right in thinking that this diagram returns to being operated by a HST, with the IET moved to work Oxford/Worcester services from 2nd Jan? I assume due to the 180s going off lease?

I received this email this evening regarding juicing up the OLE...