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151  All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom / Re: Southern - west coastway proposed changes on: August 18, 2023, 06:57:15
I also think there is more space at Portsmouth and Southsea low level.
152  All across the Great Western territory / Buses and other ways to travel / Re: Replacing Swindon bus station on: August 18, 2023, 06:55:20
Whatever will be better than Reading years ago who decided to replace their bus station with no bus station
153  All across the Great Western territory / Fare's Fair / Re: How to save on train fares - 2023/4 advice on: August 18, 2023, 06:52:35
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Travel in groups
Needs to be qualified by warning of those operators that don't accept Group Save, e.g. CrossCountry.

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Buy in advance
Needs to be qualified that they are only valid on specified trains. Recent experience on South Western on a Saturday suggests that a lot of (unhappy) people do not understand that.

The introduction of the penalty fares regime was accompanied by a poster saying "It has never been easier to buy a ticket" should have been re-worded "It has never been easier to buy the WRONG ticket"
154  Journey by Journey / South Western services / Re: Is this how to welcome new customers to rail? on: August 15, 2023, 06:55:19
The original post appears to refer to a ticket machine at Sway in the New Forest. Pop down to Savernake? That would be a serious hike (or bike).
155  All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom / Re: Southern - west coastway proposed changes on: August 14, 2023, 08:26:02
PMH - WAT via either Guildford or Basingstoke are SWR» (South Western Railway - about) services
156  Journey by Journey / Thames Valley Branches / Henley branch on: August 14, 2023, 07:32:29
Courtesy of the BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-66476504
Sounds like a case of the 850 bus if you go from Twyford, or either the 800 (misses Twyford) or 850 from Reading.
157  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: I am at ... on: August 14, 2023, 07:17:46
Possibly Castlemans Corkscrew, or the old line from Brockenhurst to Ringwood in the New Forest.
158  All across the Great Western territory / Looking forward - after Coronavirus to 2045 / Re: Poll - what do you think is the most important thing for the future of rail? on: August 14, 2023, 07:05:26
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multiple failed loos on trains
Sounds like you have been travelling on South Western trains. Look at Journeycheck on a Saturday morning and it can list more than 100 trains in service with defective loos. Wholesome on Saturday going towards Bournemouth with a couple of cruise liners due out and a football match (or two?). Absloutely rammed and I believe one manual loo working.
159  All across the Great Western territory / Fare's Fair / Re: Fare rises '24 - first talk based on current inflation figures on: August 11, 2023, 06:49:47
Who do you think wants to win the election?
160  All across the Great Western territory / Fare's Fair / Re: Ticket Office Closure Consultation on: August 04, 2023, 06:52:57
One assumes that the vast majority of those will not be in favour of the idea. Elsewhere that number would be sufficient to get a debate in parliament?
161  All across the Great Western territory / Active travel: Cyclists and walkers, including how the railways deal with them / Driving vs Active Travel: Changing Our Cultural Perceptions on: August 03, 2023, 10:03:13
Sorry they appear to be coming thick and fast recently
https://www.ciht.org.uk/blogs/driving-vs-active-travel-changing-our-cultural-perceptions/
Could have added something about sustainable travel.
162  All across the Great Western territory / Active travel: Cyclists and walkers, including how the railways deal with them / The CIA and cycling on: August 03, 2023, 09:59:26
In case you are short of conspiracy theories this week:
https://www.willcycle.com/2023/08/01/the-cia-and-cycling/
Enjoy
163  Journey by Journey / South Western services / Re: Island Line services, Isle of Wight. General discussion on: August 03, 2023, 07:21:03
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rather more impressive (ie noisier) SRN6
which I think you can now find one at the Hovercraft Museum at Lee-on-the-Solent https://www.hovercraft-museum.org/collections/, on the site of what was HMS Daedalus. Mention of the Interservice Hovercraft Trials Unit, reminds of when I was a youngster living on Hayling Island and they used to use the area in Chichester Harbour just south of Thorney Island.
164  All across the Great Western territory / Active travel: Cyclists and walkers, including how the railways deal with them / Re: Climate, what climate? on: August 01, 2023, 07:36:24
Don't expect anything anytime soon
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SRN [Strategic Road Network] investment should prioritise maintenance of existing roads over the building of new ones. Transport Focus noted in its written evidence that drivers would prefer to have better maintained and managed roads over new ones, and the AA found that its members were most concerned about potholes. Yet RIS2 allocated £14.1bn for new and enhanced roads – more than it did for operations and maintenance. The committee recommended that if necessary, funding put aside for costly new road projects should be reallocated towards existing road upkeep.
Source: https://www.cyclinguk.org/news/transport-committee-report-amplifies-concerns-about-new-roads-and-traffic-growth
From https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/41071/documents/199999/default/
165  All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom / Re: HS2 - Government proposals, alternative routes and general discussion on: July 30, 2023, 07:26:20
The "official" verdict https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66352286
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