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All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom / Re: Referendum - result of vote, and implications for transport in the UK
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on: June 24, 2016, 10:18:25
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If is difficult to say but in the short term but I would expect there to be a recession (there will certainly be a downturn) as nobody will want to invest (especially from outside the UK▸ ) until we have some clarity about what the relationship between the EU» and UK is and that is never good for the economy.
The government should increase infrastructure spending in a recession (to reduce the impact) but going on past experience will probably cut it, so I can see HS2▸ being scrapped/stalled and at best the projects currently started will continue but no new projects will start.
Longer term I guess it all depends on whether politics in the UK (or just England and Wales) turns right or left as being in the middle no longer works.
Would be interesting to know how currency fluctuations are going to be handled, in for example, the IEP▸ contract and other purchases from abroad given the large fall in the £ today, although of course this may be a short term issue.
Going off topic, will this mean the end for Hinkley Point?
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All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Great Western Main Line electrification - ongoing discussion
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on: June 14, 2016, 15:16:10
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Ahead of the wires, the signs are also going up warning trains where they can't go....
Aren't they officially the Chester lines?
The junction at the end of the platform is called 'Chester Line Jcn' see P62 of the Western Route Sectional Appendix. That sign is also interesting in that the electrification steelwork is in place along the Down and Up Oxford lines as far as Didcot West Jcn, so presumably electric trains could go that far. Note there is no steelwork in place on either Didcot Avoiding Curves or Didcot West Curve. |
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All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Bicycles on trains - new policy from May?
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on: March 02, 2016, 14:47:45
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Has anyone heard about a change in GWR▸ policy about bicycles on trains?
According to a conversation I overheard between a ticket inspector and a cyclist last week, cyclists will need to make a booking before taking their bicycles on all GWR trains from May, currently you only need to book on high speed trains. I can understand why GWR may want to do this given the way that some cyclists abuse the current rules by piling as many bikes as possible into the vestibules making it awkward for other passengers to get on and off the train. Although I am not sure how you would enforce this policy on a DOO▸ train, it would be hard enough at a manned station never mind at an unmanned station.
Although of course it is one thing to introduce a policy and another to enforce it, and I am not convinced that the current policies are enforced today and even if enforced what would be the consequence of being caught on the train without a booking?
And to avoid accusations that I am anti-cyclist I do take my folding bike on the train every day and I assume this policy, if true, would not apply to folding bikes.
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Journey by Journey / London to Didcot, Oxford and Banbury / Re: Didcot - Oxford line closed 23 July - 8 Aug or 30 July - 15 Aug 2016? To be clarified
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on: January 20, 2016, 09:29:13
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If you click through to the PDF file linked from that page it still says it starts on 23rd July. If the dates have changed then I can only conclude that NR» are incompetent. I can't see how NR can justify changing the date given that the original dates have been heavily publicised, it has been mentioned in the local press, displayed at stations and customers had been sent a letter about the closure. I had even advised people at work who use this line to take holiday then, how stupid do I feel  And I am correct in thinking that GWR▸ etc. will get compensation from NR for this closure but customers won't? |
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Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Getting change from a parking machine
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on: January 09, 2016, 21:13:49
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We have had contacless cards for a while now, yet the majority of buses and parking machines up and down the country do not accept them. Places where it would be extremely convenient.
Southampton City Council have accepted contactless cards in their parking machines for many years, with no surcharge. I cannot think of anywhere else (in the UK▸ ) I have seen contactless on parking meters. I have seen parking machines that take contactless cards in Bracknell. This could become a really interesting thread  Edit note: Quote marks fixed, for clarity. CfN. |
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