There was a proposal last year to link Slough to Terminal 5 via a new station at Windsor connecting with the SWT^▸ (South West Trains) line and branching off to a new track at Wraysbury. Not sure what's happening with it because the website hasn't been updated since January 2011.

http://windsorlink.net/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor_Link_Railway

On a warm summers day a few years back I took a trip on a Chiltern turbo which had been refurbished with air con. My memory is that the air con was situated above the seats (my seat in particular) where the luggage rack used to be. It was much more powerful than the FGW^▸ (First Great Western) units above the aisle and my poor bald patch took the brunt of the refrigeration. I had cold symptoms for several days afterwards.

I wonder if Crossrail or FGW^▸ (First Great Western) (or their successor) will run some sort of local overnight service between Paddington main line station and Reading as FGW do now, as this section is above ground.

If there are problems at Heathrow, the Connect services tend to terminate on platform 5 at Hayes. I've noticed this a few times and this happened to me last year with only a few minutes notice. Can't remember what the problem was but I was planning to get off there anyway. Prior to the introduction of the Heathrow Connect, several peak time trains were timetabled to terminate at Hayes & Harlington.

Seems odd that most stations between Paddington & Slough recorded quite a big decrease. Where have all the passengers gone? Did the daily ticket inspections at these stations for several months frighten fare dodgers away?

Ah, having re-read some of the earlier posts I think this can possibly be explained.Oyster^▸ (Smartcard system used by passengers on Transport for London services) pay as you was introduced during the 09/10 period wasn't it? FGW^▸ (First Great Western) don't sell tickets on oyster so the reduced ticket sales at these FGW stations are probably the result of passengers topping up their ticket at their local corner shop.

Incidentally having moved away, my nearest FGW station is now Dorking Deepdene which isn't in the list above. Neither is Paddington unless I missed it.

If you're feeling nostalgic, you can watch Testcard W on most freeview TV's by pressing a few buttons on your remote control.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=728920&highlight=test+card

From the SWT^▸ (South West Trains) website www.southwesttrains.co.uk/Xmas2010.aspx

SWT seem to think trains are stopping there.

I don't remember seeing clocks inside the trains. Where were they?