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Yes the demand would be very low, but it maintains the serice. I wont argue that, but guess what, you axe a poorly used service and suddenly its like your trying to take someones first born child

We live in a world where journey times are important, we are competing against the car, and if the shuttle is cancelled than you would isolate Ayelsbury. The fact of the matter is even if it is only one change joe public doesnt like it 1612526256 It isnt. Or should i say, it is, but the long...

I also had in mind extending the Ayelsbury via Hw service to go on to Milton Keynes via east west rail! I'd like to point out the reason for an Ayelsbury via HW service is for a 3rd Ayelsbury service with connectivity to other areas of bucks and northwest london. 1612526007 Then factor in the...

Because your not viewing it the same way. At the stations where it matters, e.g Monks Risborough and Little Kimble the service is hourly. The point of another train is to serve these when the other train cant because its too long

Yes, they retain their service. Or you pay out lots of money on shiny new trains. Why keep running 3 car dmus on the mainline if you dont need to. The timetable focuses capacity on the core route with connectivity. This way the branch doesnt lose out, but if you want it to, it can. I would only...

Not much freight but all freight leaves the line by princes risborough. This should slot in nicely behind the xx:47. It is timed like this because the xx:05 of the following hour will catch up otherwise to the xx:47 or freight. It is also good planning to allow a gap so if things go pear shaped...

A major issue with the chitern line is pathing. Due to the nature of the route you also need your fast services leaving close together at the beginning of the 30 minutes to allow stopping services to serve more local stations. An example timetable I would give would be: Xx:00 Birmingham...

Struggling to see how this is relevant, do you mean mk3? It depends, dont know what generator the DVT has, so it might not be entirely dependent on the 68 in this case

Ah, but you cant put aside the joke, as it is entirely the point! Its not relevant amd that is what we were joking about!

Are you saying the Belgians aren't french-like?! Id say 90%. The important statistic is its 100% outside Yorkshire, I can't see why anyone would even want to visit any of the destinations they serve. They wouldn't be in this mess if they served proper destinations, like Leeds, Bradford and...

Chiltern Mainline from Marylebone to just before Kings Sutton? Suprising as it is a diesel mainline.

I've taken 4 trips on Eurostar in the last 3 months, I think its fair to say its mainly for the well off. Its priced as a premium service lets be clear. Even booking in advance its not often that cheap. I was born in 1994 and for my generation if we want to go abroad we know we can always find...

NAME: GREAT CENTRAL STOCK: Class 222 (Service 1,3&4) and 168 (Service 2&5) NEW INFRASTRUCTURE: Chord to link releif line platforms at Old Oak Common to New North Mainline, Greenford to be rebuilt on New North Mainline, Double track New North Mainline. Reinstate 4 tracks South Ruislip to North...

That does sound far fetched...

Hard to know if its been rectified yet as eurostar haven't stopped at ashford for a while now. I seem to remember someome posting about power issues in this area before, I will try and find it now https://railforums.co.uk/threads/eurostar-test-runs-ashford-st-pancras.197137/#post-4346873...

No problem. Arrived at St.Pancras and asked firstly for proof of negative covid test. Showed the text from NHS on my phone. Then proceeded to the barriers as usual to scan my ticket. Then uk passport control checked my passport. Next stopped by French Police asking for where I was travelling to...

Thank you to everyone that replied, the good news is that as I type this message I am currently sat on Eurostar with two beers. The bad news is its Heineken!

Yes this is slightly more positive news. My Licence should be fine, I had it re-issued in Spain 2 years ago. It will be interesting to see what measures are put in place. There were many ways to circumvent the previous travel regulations, I would hope they have learned from this.

I will have to check my policy I am just reluctant to drive with all the additional costs of petrol, parking and possibly having to buy extra's to my insurance policy. Before I take the car I need to check that ferries will not be restricted to 'Cargo only'. Join the club! I have an Irish mum...

Now that I didn't know, thank you for the suggestion. Starting to contemplate traveling to Eastern Europe by plane and having to make my way back accross to France through Mainland Europe.