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« Reply #15 on: January 09, 2024, 15:52:48 »
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« Reply #16 on: January 09, 2024, 22:39:26 »
There's something on the BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) News website - see - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-67926688,

Paul Clifton was also on the early evening news on the subject (not repeated after the 10 o'clock news)
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« Reply #17 on: January 10, 2024, 09:46:45 »
More a case of laughing stock than rolling stock at the moment.

Though I’m sure that’ll be largely forgotten in a couple of years.
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« Reply #18 on: January 10, 2024, 11:03:46 »
Rail project delivered years behind schedule......in other news, bear seen heading for woods with roll of Andrex.......
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« Reply #19 on: January 12, 2024, 19:32:12 »
And that's a whole week of one round trip per day with nothing going wrong - with either of the trains used. Next week ... two round trips per day! So it's the softest of soft starts, and barely counts as an introduction. I mean, they don't yet really add to the fleet so as to allow any old trains to be withdrawn or new permanently timetabled services to run.
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« Reply #20 on: February 09, 2024, 07:27:53 »
An "update" from Paul Clifton

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-68239657

I think I saw a clip of one running through Winchester recently, presumably from Eastleigh to Feltham?
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