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Journey by Journey / London to Didcot, Oxford and Banbury / Re: Train hit by car Sandy Lane 18/5/2023
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on: May 18, 2023, 10:46:26
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That is a very good question and something I did think about. I have made the assumption (and I should not have done that) that the car should not be on the crossing therefore it is the car's fault and worded the subject to reflect that.
I always think that Car hit by Train makes it sound like the train is at fault when most crossing incidents are the fault of the car driver.
But you are right we do need to be careful with our words and not make assumptions.
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All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom / Re: FirstGroup sacked from TransPennine Express Contract
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on: May 11, 2023, 09:45:23
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According to the GBR▸ Transition Team it is government policy is to have a privatised railway, despite the failure of the current approach, so presumably they would want to re-let these contracts.
Of course, you have to ask how many companies do we have left that could or would want to take on these contracts, unless of course there is a bribe massive cash incentive.
With a General Election due in the next year or so let’s hope the new government has a different and more realistic approach.
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Sideshoots - associated subjects / The West - but NOT trains in the West / Re: Local elections, 4th May 2023
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on: May 05, 2023, 12:09:47
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"This decision comes after experiencing persistent bullying from some councillors and staff members of the Town Council, causing me significant distress." And I know how she feels - I have experienced much the same, but there's a lack of duty-of-care from anyone (council staff or other councillors) once one has gone independent.
I wonder if this is a common problem as the independents on Didcot Town Council said the same and are no longer standing. Edit to clarify quoting - grahame
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Journey by Journey / London to Didcot, Oxford and Banbury / Re: Black Bridge, Nuneham: southern abutment failure
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on: May 02, 2023, 10:59:51
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I see that the Oxford - Radley shuttle service ran today. The schedule is for 3 services in the morning peak and 3 in the evening peak.
The Didcot - Culham service didnt run this morning, although this afternoon's services have not yet been cancelled.
Services do not appear to be scheduled to stop at Appleford, and the timings are very slack 19 minutes to get to Culham and 14 on the return, I would assume if they do eventually run there would be a lot of early arrivals.
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Journey by Journey / London to Didcot, Oxford and Banbury / Re: Black Bridge, Nuneham: southern abutment failure
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on: April 03, 2023, 14:16:34
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Could be weeks apparently!
Oops! Advice on Cross Country from National Rail: Urgent repairs to a bridge between Reading and Oxford means all lines are blocked. As a result of this, trains running between these stations may be cancelled, delayed or suspended. Disruption is expected until the end of the day.
Customer Advice:
CrossCountry To assist with your journey, you may use your ticket on the following at no extra cost: Avanti West Coast via any reasonable route Chiltern Railways via any reasonable route London Underground via any reasonable route London Northwestern Railway via any reasonable route South Western Railway between Bournemouth and London Waterloo Interesting that no cross-availability on GWR▸ ... So if I have a Bounemouth to Oxford advanced ticket (are there such things? I must travel Bournemouth to Southampton on an XC▸ train, but I can then use SWR» to Waterloo, tube to Marylebone, and Chiltern to Oxford. Not allowed to use XC from Bournemouth as far as they are running and the GWR to Didcot and bus to Oxford. Could that be because they are hoping to run Bournemouth to Didcot, like they were on Sunday? Although looks like only Bournemouth to Reading at the moment. Even if they didn't run to Didcot, I would be tempted to catch XC to Reading then bus to Oxford, especially as the extra cost would only be £2. Going via London would be mad.
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Journey by Journey / London to the Cotswolds / Re: 2023 Delays and Cancellations
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on: March 22, 2023, 11:19:56
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No trains between Didcot and oxford on Sunday 26th March and Sunday 2nd April to repair the bridge over the Thames between Culham and Radley. Rail replacement buses between Didcot and Oxford and Cotswold line services will start/end at Oxford.
From GWR▸ :
On the 26th two direct trains will run from London Paddington at 1920 to Hereford and 2050 to Worcester Shrub Hill, diverted via an alternative route between Didcot Parkway and Worcester Shrub Hill.
On the 1st a very limited direct service will run from London Paddington to Worcester Shrub Hill, diverted via an alternative route between Didcot Parkway and Worcester Shrub Hill.
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Journey by Journey / London to the Cotswolds / Re: 2023 Delays and Cancellations
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on: March 09, 2023, 16:46:03
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A bit more information on plans to sort out the bridge from a Network Rail Asset Engineer: The proposed intervention is to use a geopolymer in the bank and the area behind the abutment to stabilise the transition between the two assets. There are some elements that I need to detail through with the proposed geopolymer, organic content of the embankment and EA approvals etc, but I am working to complete the works in late March into April.
Looks like work on the bridge will start soon as they have been busy building an access road down to the Culham end of the bridge. This access road is between the railway and the adjacent 'dirt-bike' track. I wonder if they will lower the track bed to meet the current bridge height or try to raise the bridge to match the track bed, this is assuming that it is the bridge that has sunk.
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