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Can you say more about what you mean by calling it a toll road? I've not heard of any such proposal. Putting a toll on the Botley Road might have some interesting consequencies on car traffic in Oxford, but certainly wouldn't help grow passenger numbers on "kiss & ride" drop offs/pick ups at...

Wokingham near Reading. The Waterloo line curves away to the left, the line to Redhill carries straight on. Reason: the South Eastern Railway's Reading line from Redhill was built first; mileposts through to Reading are from Charing Cross via Redhill. The London & South Western Railway arrived...

You are correct, no seat reservations on SWR but priorty seats are available and appropriately marked for those that need them. I take it you have checked that your choice of trains are ones that continue to run after the reduction in service to every two hours?

The every two hours timetable later in the month seems to require extra running time between Exeter & Axminster too for some reason. Is this another stretch with a speed restriction? The up train at xx25 from Exeter will be timed to arrive at Axminster after the former connecting buses to both...

Are 175s fitted with Selective Door Opening (SDO), or can one door be opened on local control? This has particular importance at Newton St. Cyres station where most of the platform is very low, and the Guard opens one door only positioned next to the Harrington Hump raised section. Although...

Agreed if it was just that. But structural surveys & vegetation removal are also mentioned.

Engineering work for track replacement all week up to and including Friday 1st August according to NRES.

For anyone who hasn't come across the terms petits taxis & grandes taxis, "petits taxis" are taxis on local trips around town; "grandes taxis" are vehicles that only undertake longer journeys e.g. one town to the next or longer.

I'm sure I remember hearing about a "Hampton Avoider" - it didn't run via Northampton or Southampton....

It would probably be even busier if certain people hadn't already got off at St. James' Park or Exeter St.Thomas! (As I'm sure you're only too aware).

Welcome to the forum! Agreed, but big numbers are a lot of little numbers added together!

They've recently started issuing these things at my local station in Devon. I can't say I'm a great fan as they don't fit in my CCST ticket wallet without folding. Are all GWR stations swapping over to these? Other TOCs too?

Apart from: those too young to drive; those too old to drive; those who haven't passed their test; those who can't afford a car/learn to drive (or both); those who don't want a car; those who correctly regard the car as much less safe than rail travel. I agree that transport policy in the past...

Western Region Guards' clip was a 5 shape.

Didn't it used to be just rush hours only? I hadn't realised it now has a regular service; perhaps other potential users are unaware too?

But only 13.5 miles by train on a day the Ffestiniog Railway is running.... Edit: aplologies to Krokodil whose earlier post making this point I managed to miss.

Different Cotswold Line from that refered to by the OP! At one time the term "Cotswold Line" only refered to the Hereford - Malvern - Worcester - Oxford line. Hence the Cotswold Line Promotion Group (CLPG) is the rail users' group for that line. Later, at some stage GWR (the modern...

Or if the trip is a holiday, just visit a welcoming country instead rather than one which seems determined to ruin their international reputation.

The use of three car 158s on the Barnstaple line -they replaced class 143 Pacers- seems to have brought strong growth on the route; particuarly to Exeter in the mornings & back in the late afternoon. Trains are often full with some standing. With the 158s due to leave the line, anyone know if...

Plympton has a frequent bus service to/from Plymouth but it takes a long time; rail would be so much quicker, and on journeys from the east (i.e. most of the UK) you currently have to go through it non-stop on a train, only to take the 30 minute bus journey from the city centre -the railway...