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On Sunday, getting from Oxford to Cardiff seems to need either 3 hours 45 to 4 hours via Reading, or about 3.5 hours plus several changes plus a rail replacement bus via Didcot and Bristol. On the other hand, heading out of Oxford on the north Cotswolds line and a single change at Hereford seems...

For those who don't know, the GWR delay compensation scheme is a bit of a mess - it still appears to largely be 3 entirely separate ones depending on who used to run the service before it became FGW / GWR. They've also gone a bit quiet on the move to simple Delay Repay, but that's a different...

Getlink (formerly EuroTunnel) claim to be in favour of it, and are mostly blaming the UK and French governments! If you look at their 2013 submission to the Transport Select committee - https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmselect/cmtran/1001/1001we03.htm - and skip down to the State...

Given how much Getlink currently charge for Channel Tunnel access, I'm not sure it's possible. Based on the charges quoted on page 40 of their 2018 Network Statement - https://www.getlinkgroup.com/uploadedFiles/assets-uk/The-Group/Profile/Our-Business/2018-Eurotunnel-Network-Statement.pdf - they...

For those who don't follow London Reconnections closely, and relevant to this thread, there's apparently issues with getting the new Crossrail 345 trains to play nicely with the signalling to Heathrow. So, the Elizabeth line might not be (fully / no-change-required) delivering the speedy...

Lichfield Trent Valley (LTV) to Lichfield City (LIC) seems to be £164 this year, so looks like Hatton/Lapworth might be the best again

Following on from last year's thread - Is the Hatton (HTN) to Lapworth (LPW) annual season ticket (still £160 this year) still the cheapest way to get a Gold Card?

It takes just over an hour from the centre of Hitchin to Bedford on the bus. Add on another 10-15 minutes from Hitchin station to Bancroft where the Bedford bus goes from, either walking or taking one of the Stevenage/Letchworth buses from nearby Hermitage Road to/from the station. No wifi nor...

Just overhead a GWR manager onboard saying that around Didcot, they'll be electrifying up the Oxford line as far as Appleford, both on the avoiding lines and via Didcot station. Apparently this will allow them to turn trains round, and access all the sidings. They said there's no known date for...

About 10 minutes ago, so about 00:55 Friday night / Saturday morning, I just saw a (old-style) Eurostar trundling through Stevenage station heading northbound through platform 2, non-stop. I didn't get a chance to count the carriages to tell if it was a normal one, or a NoL set. Does anyone...

Apparently Network Rail are running a drop-in this afternoon on Oxford area improvements and electrification, in Seminar Room A of the Saïd Business School, Park End Street, Oxford OX1 1HP from 4pm to 7.30pm on Wednesday, 7 September. Supposedly some of the project team will be there, for anyone...

From Oxford going south, GWR are running buses at :00 and :30. Cross Country are supposed to be running buses at :15 and :45, but I gather those are being run with the same ones that come down from Banbury and aren't on time. What seems to be happening is around :20 and :50, GWR being loading...

You pretty much only ever get 0.5p/avios to 0.7p/avios for using Avios to book on the Eurostar. All the details you could (likely...) ever want in this HeadForPoints article One big advantage of using the Eurostar over BA with Avios is the lack of taxes/fees to pay, and generally better...

In the case of Chiltern, expect to have to fight over it though... They seem very reluctant to cough up over delays to the rail-replacement bus service[1] between Oxford and Oxford Parkway. GWR (well, FGW when they last messed me up on a bus connection) seem better [1] Well, technically a...

I can't spot anything about any easements during the Oxford blockade from the 30th July until 14th August. Does anyone know if there are any going to be in place?

The electrification must be going well, because today the GWR joins the other main lines in having OHE problems delaying trains! From the GWR twitter account: Anyone know what happened?

When I'd asked the national rail enquiries website earlier for the last train from Bicester Village to Oxford, maybe about 5pm, it had shown the 23:37 as being the last one. When we got back to the station in Bicester, the board was showing 23:37 as existing but canceled due to staff shortage...

Since it sounds like naming and shaming is appropriate in this situation, the problematic station is Chiltern's shiny new Oxford Parkway. Exact details were: Oxford to Bicester Village off-peak day return, outbound via bus to Oxford Parkway then train went fine Returned to Bicester Village...

The staff in question was initially stood behind the information counter by the barriers, and was wearing what looked like a Chiltern Railways logo'd name badge just with a blank white area where I'd have expected their name to be. They didn't happen to mention their employment status, so I...

Last night, I was planning to travel on the last Chiltern railways service to get me home. (Exact route withheld for now, to protect the apparently guilty). Got to the station about 10 minutes before the train was due, to discover it had been cancelled. There was one later train, which didn't...