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  1. J

    North Downs Line Service Decline - Again

    Do they announce when any of those services are cancelled?
  2. J

    North Downs Line Service Decline - Again

    I suspect that 'Envoy' was referring to the position where someone is already on a train going to Paddington, so they avoid the change at Reading. With the Elizabeth Line connection from Paddington to Farringdon (at additional cost) the position for passengers with luggage isn't as hard as it...
  3. J

    Caledonian Sleeper

    You also get an extra hour of travel going to Inverness. Aberdeen arrival is too early really.
  4. J

    December 2026 Timetable Change

    Windsor basically runs in that position now, rather than the historical 58/28, so that Reading and Windsor trains leave Waterloo fifteen minutes apart. Even 13/43 is shared by Aldershot and Shepperton, with both having Putney stops.
  5. J

    GBRF class 66 re-gearing

    Should be 66757->66667 66761->66671 66768->66678 66772->66682 66776->66686 66777->66687 66779->66689 66793->66693 66794->66694 66795->66695 66796->66696 Fairly straightforward once it is noted that 66780 to 66789 are the ex DB Cargo locomotives which aren't involved. Anything lower numbered...
  6. J

    Project Oval: TfL win DfT contract to expand contactless system to 233 rail stations by May 2024, Railcards coming to contactless payment cards

    That is very interesting, as previously it had seemed like the 0630 to 0930 window was basically set in stone. What is also interesting is that it seems to apply in the opposite direction as well - eg Clapham Junction to Tunbridge Wells / Sevenoaks to Tunbridge Wells...
  7. J

    Project Oval: TfL win DfT contract to expand contactless system to 233 rail stations by May 2024, Railcards coming to contactless payment cards

    The 0930 off-peak restriction will hit quite hard at many of the next wave of stations.
  8. J

    Project Oval: TfL win DfT contract to expand contactless system to 233 rail stations by May 2024, Railcards coming to contactless payment cards

    I think that 'OneOfThe48' is saying that the reputational risk of increases to off-peak fares and additional restrictions from Oval implementation is greater than the potentially positive outcome of other Oval changes, at least until March 2027.
  9. J

    Project Oval: TfL win DfT contract to expand contactless system to 233 rail stations by May 2024, Railcards coming to contactless payment cards

    The last update went live last December despite the fares freeze. The reshaping of fares for the next Oval extension will have to happen at some point. Does that mean people need to wait until at least March 2027 for Contactless to expand again?
  10. J

    East-West Rail (EWR) countdown to entry into service

    It has always been the case on the locomotive hauled trains (only).
  11. J

    SWR Class 458/4s: fleet status and withdrawal updates

    It was about three weeks in 2006. There was a run down and ramp back up which took some time in each case.
  12. J

    Caledonian Sleeper

    The loco that does the Highlander into Edinburgh, can, and does, do the Glasgow ECS, so quite possible to only need 6 92s. This hasn't always happened though - the Highlander 92 used to spend the day at Edinburgh in the siding opposite platform 7. 92010 this morning 0D24 0458 Edinburgh to...
  13. J

    December 2026 Timetable Change

    North side of Ashford International shut so no HS1 services (or Canterbury West line) and consequent one day only run of 'fast' Ashford to Charing Cross services via Tonbridge. Victoria SE also shut that day with 'interesting' non-stop runs from Ebbsfleet to Faversham on St Pancras to Dover...
  14. J

    Oakham ( Rutland ) to the South West

    I wasn't. I think it is clear that the + Any Permitted fare from Nottingham to Cornwall is valid via Oakham, and the + Any Permitted fare from Stamford to Cornwall is not valid via Kettering, but I admit I haven't checked tickets from further afield. I guess there could well be other tickets...
  15. J

    Oakham ( Rutland ) to the South West

    There isn't because Oakham to all the relevant routeing points in the West Country only has BP+PB as the available routeing and there are no +Any Permitted fares to from Oakham to anywhere in the West Country. The best I can find is starting short on a ticket from Nottingham, which means that...
  16. J

    Cross-operator ticket acceptance announced (excluding East Midlands Railway, OAOs) when services are cancelled

    Well yes, someone with a Liverpool to London ticket on LNR whose Liverpool to Crewe connection is cancelled but which still makes the Crewe to Euston connection by using an Avanti service to Crewe doesn't necessarily get an entitlement to go all the way to Euston with Avanti?
  17. J

    Caledonian Sleeper

    Why is that shocking? The road is a shorter distance and isn't as restricted to the route it has to take. Try getting a coach to Corrour quicker than the train.
  18. J

    Caledonian Sleeper Highlander – can I get off at Edinburgh?

    No. As 'yorkie' says, there is one opportunity to get off which is when the train manager has relesed the doors for the Fort William passengers to change trains, and come through to advise that the doors are open. The doors will be locked again once that has happened. There is no way of...
  19. J

    Caledonian Sleeper Highlander – can I get off at Edinburgh?

    The Aberdeen portion, on which you are travelling from London, leaves before then. Basically, the Fort William passengers move on the prompt of the traincrew.
  20. J

    Sadiq Khan says future of Heathrow Express should be ‘reconsidered’ due to Elizabeth line success

    The mayor is, of course, quite unequivocable in his view that the expansion should not happen.

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