MartinH
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« Reply #135 on: April 30, 2015, 23:35:41 » |
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Many thanks for posting that very useful information here, MartinH - and welcome to the Coffee Shop forum!  Thank you Chris. I hadn't seen this really mentioned or discussed anywhere, so when I saw it briefly mentioned on here, I thought I post the details and see what people think of what FGW▸ is now proposing. |
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JayMac
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« Reply #136 on: May 15, 2015, 19:11:21 » |
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The Department for Transport have now published the Greater Western Franchise Agreement for September 2015 to April 2019: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/first-great-western |
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« Last Edit: May 15, 2015, 19:23:13 by bignosemac »
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"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
- Sir Terry Pratchett.
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paul7575
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« Reply #137 on: May 18, 2015, 11:48:02 » |
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Interesting table giving the 387 cascade dates into the GW▸ franchise from GTR. Given that the last ones have not entered service yet, GTR will only have all 29 units available for 9 or 10 months at the most: 29 Class 387 units (116vehicles) are delivered in four distinct phases:
- 6 units by end of March 2016;
- 4 units by end of April 2016;
- 8 units by end of February 2017
- 11 units by end of March 2017 The first 6 units being timed to coincide with the start of the previously discussed EMU▸ shuttle between Paddington and Hayes & Harlington... Paul |
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ChrisB
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« Reply #140 on: August 12, 2015, 11:16:39 » |
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There were going to be 3a, 3b & 3c originally.....not sure what happened. Would make sense to have followed 2a. Which is what confused me.
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #141 on: August 12, 2015, 19:57:43 » |
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Hmm. The words "Department for Transport" and "clarity" are not ones I'd expect to see in any one phrase - unless the words "lack of" also appeared.  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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Rhydgaled
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« Reply #142 on: August 13, 2015, 08:44:38 » |
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Wasn't SLC▸ 3 (Dec 2018 onwards) broken into (a) and (b) versions because the passenger-foresaking proposal to turn the PAD» -Penzance route over to slightly-glorified regional express DMUs▸ hadn't yet been approved? From the franchise agreement document: SLC 3(b)
Public Register Version 91 (a) The parties acknowledge that SLC3(b) was still under development by the Franchisee at the date of this Franchise Agreement. (b) The Franchisee shall deliver a draft of SLC3(b) to the Secretary of State by no later than 30 April 2015. Such draft shall be consistent with: (i) the principle that SLC3(b) shall be a development of SLC3(a) providing for improved outputs consequent upon the implementation of the West of England Rolling Stock Procurement Process; and (ii) the draft public timetables supplied by the Franchisee to the Secretary of State on 21 January 2015 with filenames ^Dec18 T135A new 200115.doc^ and ^Dec18 T135 new 200115.doc^. (c) The Franchisee and the Secretary of State shall act reasonably and in good faith in seeking to agree SLC3(b). If agreement is not reached by 31 May 2015 the Secretary of State shall have the right to reasonably determine it. |
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Don't DOO▸ it, keep the guard (but it probably wouldn't be a bad idea if the driver unlocked the doors on arrival at calling points).
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Andrew1939 from West Oxon
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« Reply #143 on: August 14, 2015, 12:02:24 » |
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According to one of the official documents Coombe station has moved from Cornwall to Oxfordshire. Rather poor proof reading for an offical document.
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Ollie
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« Reply #144 on: August 14, 2015, 12:19:42 » |
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According to one of the official documents Coombe station has moved from Cornwall to Oxfordshire. Rather poor proof reading for an offical document.
Wonder if they meant Combe in Oxfordshire? |
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Ollie
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« Reply #146 on: August 14, 2015, 22:51:29 » |
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Yeah that one.
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Kernow Otter
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« Reply #147 on: August 24, 2015, 10:47:27 » |
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I wonder if anyone could shed a little clarity on the specific wording in part of this document please. For example from the link above, pages 99 - 100, limited stops Cornish Mainline. Some of the specific stations have details of the travel direction of stopping services ie: 3.5 Menheniot. The next sub paragraph 3.6 Lostwithiel is less detailed, and it simply states '10 services shall call'. Is that 10 in each direction per day or 10 in total for both directions per day ? Any clarification would be much appreciated. Many thanks |
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ChrisB
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« Reply #148 on: August 24, 2015, 11:00:55 » |
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I read that as a total.....as a minimum. Of course the TOC▸ can stop more often.
And that may mean uneven up & down too - so 6 up & 4 down complies.
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IndustryInsider
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« Reply #149 on: August 24, 2015, 11:34:47 » |
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I read that as a total.....as a minimum. Of course the TOC▸ can stop more often.
And that may mean uneven up & down too - so 6 up & 4 down complies.
I don't think that's correct, as the document's 'interpretation' section says (with my italics added): 3.3
Except where expressly indicated to the contrary, all services are to run in both directions and the requirements of the Service Level Commitment (including any interval between services, frequency of service or stopping pattern) are to apply in each direction.Also, there's a total of 23 stops currently by FGW▸ services (including the down sleeper), so 20 seems a much more likely number than 10 in terms of not causing uproar in Cornwall. These SLC▸ 's really aren't ever set in stone anyway and I predict several amendments before this current version is actually initiated. |
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To view my GWML▸ Electrification cab video 'before and after' video comparison, as well as other videos of the new layout at Reading and 'before and after' comparisons of the Cotswold Line Redoubling scheme, see: http://www.dailymotion.com/user/IndustryInsider/ |
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