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301  All across the Great Western territory / Looking forward - after Coronavirus to 2045 / Re: Public transport in towns and cities (Lords built environment c'ttee) on: November 10, 2022, 06:58:02
PDF at https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5803/ldselect/ldbuiltenv/89/89.pdf
302  Journey by Journey / London to Didcot, Oxford and Banbury / Re: Oxford Station - improvements, incidents and events (merged topic) on: November 07, 2022, 07:14:11
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the Active Travel issues (by providing new pedestrian and cycle ways)

I assume that there will be more cyclists using the old Gas Works bridge as the Grandpont bridge will probably still be closed.
303  All across the Great Western territory / Fare's Fair / Re: Penalty Fares on: November 07, 2022, 06:59:51
Is there a convenient definition and general guidance on excess fares.

Finally managed to get one from a Southern train the other weekend (£0.00), rather than just being charged for the leg of the journey.
304  All across the Great Western territory / Active travel: Cyclists and walkers, including how the railways deal with them / Improvement works begin on active travel route in West Berkshire on: November 01, 2022, 10:17:48
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On Monday 31 October work starts to improve a 1.25km length of National Cycle Network Route 4 between Burghfield and Theale in West Berkshire.

https://www.sustrans.org.uk/our-blog/news/2022/october/improvement-works-begin-on-active-travel-route-in-west-berkshire/

I am not entirely clear where they mean "The stretch of traffic-free path starting at the southern end of Mill Road, Burghfield is being upgraded."

I would like to think it is the stretch that leaves the K&A tow path (just along from The Cunning Man PH) and joins Mill Road, which tends to be a quagmire in winter. Even better would be the stretch further west that then goes round the gravel pits, although I thought this was a private road.
305  All across the Great Western territory / Looking forward - after Coronavirus to 2045 / Re: Can / do your rely on the train these days? on: October 31, 2022, 08:29:56
No, people should be able to rely on the train, was my answer.
Not having a car at my disposal the alternatives are not great. As suggested elsewhere on the forum it helps to have a passable knowledge of the railway system, so you can create a get you home route (talk of upping penalty fares could make this difficult).

Work travel tends involved Reading going in the London direction, where the alternatives to GWR (Great Western Railway), are the Elizabeth Line, South Western or for a very early start the 702 bus from Reading. Other points on the route, Maidenhead and Slough etc are doable in combination with the bike.

Non-work tends to be a case of don't do it, unless there is a bus alterative. If I want to go to Basingstoke it is a bus tour via Newbury bus station. Most other local towns are reachable direct.
306  Journey by Journey / Plymouth and Cornwall / Re: road rail leaf cleaner like a land rover on: October 28, 2022, 08:21:06
The rail-adapted Land Rover is certainly not new

https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/539376492852885669/

an old Land Rover publicity photo of a Series II Land Rover (NOT Defender).

Seeing as it is now some years since Land Rover built any practical vehicles it would probably come down to something like Unimog for new builds

https://www.solytek.com/fr/vehicules-rail-route/
307  All across the Great Western territory / Who's who on Western railways / Re: New PMs and Transport Secretaries, Autumn 2022 on: October 25, 2022, 06:49:06
This morning's BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) News speculated that Shapps would be back at DfT» (Department for Transport - about)??
308  All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom / Re: Posted without comment .................... on: October 24, 2022, 07:10:52
On Saturday at Reading the 10:51 to Bournemouth was cancelled (next service about 2 hours) because of a lack of driver, when it came in from Manchester.

The four coach train was decanted into the "Basingstoke Flyer", which just happened to be two coaches (?) on this occasion. A somewhat "cosy" trip to Basingstoke. At Basingstoke everybody went to platform one. Two minutes before the Southampton (and onwards) train arrived, platform alteration to platform two. Not exactly chaos but a certain amount of pushing and shoving.

Could be worse, but not exactly the way to endear yourself to your passengers. Fortunately rest of my connections to IoW were fine.
309  All across the Great Western territory / Who's who on Western railways / Re: New PMs and Transport Secretaries, Autumn 2022 on: October 21, 2022, 06:50:42
Truss gone ,Well that took long enough,who's next?..

... and for how long?
310  Journey by Journey / Heart of Wessex / Re: Frome to Bath Spa, end of the afternoon, with a cycle on: October 20, 2022, 07:02:35
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Accidentally cycled to Frome.

I presume like when the other half asks where I am going on the bike, "I am following the front wheel". Potential for seeing some where different, or differently.
311  Journey by Journey / South Western services / Re: Southampton area rail replacement bus services 16th October 2022 on: October 17, 2022, 09:12:17
T%he announcements I heard at Basingstoke on Saturday said the problem was due to a national shortage of bus drivers.
312  All across the Great Western territory / Active travel: Cyclists and walkers, including how the railways deal with them / Re: E-scooter trials - but rental only. What do members think? on: October 05, 2022, 09:54:11
A wider view on e-scooters https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/02/we-may-tut-at-e-scooters-but-they-are-not-a-menace-we-should-fear
313  All across the Great Western territory / Active travel: Cyclists and walkers, including how the railways deal with them / Re: Bikes on trains - it is possiple on: October 05, 2022, 06:52:06
Scotland is the only area, that I am aware of, that has done an economic evaluation of the benefits of cycle tourism.
314  All across the Great Western territory / Active travel: Cyclists and walkers, including how the railways deal with them / Bikes on trains - it is possiple on: October 04, 2022, 10:04:07
It is possible if there is the will and the market

https://www.scotrail.co.uk/scotrail-highland-explorer

"Working in partnership with Transport Scotland" presumably means some level of subsidy (in addition to normal rail subsidy?). It will be interesting to see how long the service survives.
315  Sideshoots - associated subjects / Railway History and related topics / Re: Where was this - Aerials from the local history centre on: October 04, 2022, 07:02:26
This is the one https://goo.gl/maps/i8ZPShTJ3omgRqNF6
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