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« Reply #15 on: November 22, 2019, 12:35:40 »

I get why the change happened but the point is that rail travel should be promoted regionally and nationally, not just for journeys to london, even if it is the majority heading there.

The current changes are all about journeys to London, I'm afraid.  Chris Heaton-Harris told us that at the GWR (Great Western Railway) Stakeholder meeting - it's on more and faster journeys that the investment's based. 

From Henley, yes, I suspect London is the most popular destination. 

Further out, where London is NOT the most popular destination (in passenger numbers), it has still been prioritised over other services to the extent of having them pulled back / made less good.   It is, though, likely that London generates the most income even from those further out points - Chippenham return to London, peak, £178 - and up from 2 to 3 trains in the peak hour; Chippenham return to Swindon, peak, £10.20 - gap between peak services up from 23 minutes to 41 minutes.

Only when you get out to Devon and Cornwall does the magnetism of London reduce, and there we see some very welcome local service improvements on trains within the SubNational Region.  Of course whether that's a factor just of distance, or also because of the excellent thinking they do down there about what they need, I couldn't say!


The result of a private railway, I suppose it was inevitable. Of course many railways only had london in mind from day one and any railway between two towns/cities will always favour the larger of the two (much like HS2 (The next High Speed line(s)) will). I’ve never been overly pro re-nationalisation for the railways but I might be changing my mind.
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« Reply #16 on: November 23, 2019, 22:14:45 »

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Further out, where London is NOT the most popular destination (in passenger numbers), it has still been prioritised over other services to the extent of having them pulled back / made less good.

...and if I recall correctly, there's a net inward flow into Reading, with more commuters coming to Reading to work than leaving Reading to get to London.

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« Reply #17 on: November 23, 2019, 23:55:27 »

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Further out, where London is NOT the most popular destination (in passenger numbers), it has still been prioritised over other services to the extent of having them pulled back / made less good.

...and if I recall correctly, there's a net inward flow into Reading, with more commuters coming to Reading to work than leaving Reading to get to London.

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I certainly agree with that sentiment. The net inward flow is higher but for how much longer? I’ve always maintained that, with the amount of people living within an hour travel time of Reading town centre, it has far more potential than wants to be realised by the council or government for that matter. Temple meads in Bristol has just as much potential.
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« Reply #18 on: November 24, 2019, 08:25:13 »

Reading Metro, just as long as Reading BC is not involved in it.
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