So, stock that argueably should not have been repurposed in the first place now to be withdrawn with no provision for replacement. This from a railway whose services are already often capacity-constrained at a time when passenger flows are in a state of flux and the industry is struggling both to (at times) meet demand and (at all times) return to a financial surplus.

In the medium term, does this mean chaotic provision of 5 carriage IETs^▸ (Intercity Express Train) on Paddington services, short formed Cardiff - Portsmouth services, a greater chance of underprovision of services on the line into Cornwall, or all three? This doesn't feel healthy at all.

Mark

I think that it is customs at St Pancras, rather than border controls. After all, there are duty free shops at Gare de Nord

"The railway" clearly have a lot to learn from the airline and airport industries, WRT^▸ (with regard to ) to luggage in particular.

What we need is some form of checked luggage facility on trains, preferably involving computers and automated handling systems.

Lunch in London, dinner in Plymouth, luggage at Castle Cary.

Meantime, I am not sure if the potential for nearby hotel accommodation has increased or decreased following the fire at the Grosvenor Hotel. Bristol City Council says it is committed to redeveloping the site as part of the Temple Quarter rejuvenation, with or without the privately-owned building.

Truss gone ,Well that took long enough,who's next?..