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    BBC article-further competition?

    The options the CMA are considering are: Option 1 – retaining the existing market structure, but with significantly increased open access operations Option 2 – two franchisees for each franchise Option 3 – more overlapping franchises Option 4 – licensing multiple operators, subject to...
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    Dorchester-Moreton Single Track Section

    There have been timetables in the early days of singling (particularly on Sundays) which included a 7 minute wait at Moreton built in for some services. Probably try to avoid that these days.
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    W Driver Only Operated Trains (DOO) discussion

    Plus an overtime ban from 1830 hours on the 10th July until 2359 hours on the 11th July 2015. (RMT site)
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    The infamous 1915 from Paddington (police called to handle situation on 18th Sept)

    Don't have any personal experiences of that particular train, but back when I was a regular traveller the Bristolian was first stop Didcot in the evening. About twice a week I would witness someone get out of his/her seat on the approach to Reading and look bemused as we went through without...
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    Chiltern Oxford Link completed

    All the councils' money put into the remodelling outside of Didcot Parkway didn't achieve the aim of local councillors to get the station renamed back to being just Didcot.
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    FGW at Paddington still getting evening Off Peak validity spectacularly wrong.

    I didn't see anything to suggest that the ticket hadn't been used to the full extent.
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    FGW at Paddington still getting evening Off Peak validity spectacularly wrong.

    As an incidental point, DID-TON is by no means the cheapest available Southeastern-priced 1st off-peak day return from DID which has restriction code F3. I leave which station this is as an exercise for the reader.
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    FGW at Paddington still getting evening Off Peak validity spectacularly wrong.

    The first class off peak day return tickets on these cross London routes are priced by Southeastern at 50% premium over the equivalent standard class tickets, the kind of 'traditional' extra payment for FC. By contrast FGW prices their more restrictive DID-PAD FC off peak day return at a...
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    [FANTASY] What if the Great Central hadn't closed?

    If Leicester Central were still in use, I would imagine there would be a bridge from it over Vaughan Way directly into the Highcross Shopping Centre, or the centre itself might have bridged the road to have an entrance on Great Central Street (Vaughan Way might not have been built how it was...

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