An ECS▸ working to form the 0630 ex-Oxford Parkway (anyone discovered the 3-letter acronym yet?) being turned into a service to enable Islip commuters to board (easement allowing this) to obtain an earlier MYB▸ arrival by going via Parkway. I understand this easement will apply to several trains in both directions in order to improve the number of available services.
From my submission to Chiltern on 15-9-2014 reported on Page 1:
May I please suggest that you consider staggering the stopping times at Islip in the up and down directions so that there is a more even arrivals and departures pattern throughout the day. By way of new Routing Guide Easements, Islip customers may be encouraged to back-track via either Oxford Parkway or Bicester Town to reach their intended destination, and at a time closer to the hour their choosing. These backward connections should be positively engineered, and very importantly, advertised.
I am glad I was not a lone voice and that the provision of easements has been taken on board. It is most important though that these back-tracking connections via Oxford Parkway (or Bicester Village) are overtly shown on the Public Timetable as a legitimate connection - and not just the subject of a footnote or worse still, just an easement hidden in the National Routeing Guide.
