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« Reply #30 on: July 25, 2010, 23:33:13 »

Worcester doesnt get 1TPH now - let alone then!
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« Reply #31 on: July 26, 2010, 12:13:20 »

No FGW (First Great Western) into Waterloo then.   Shocked

That was never any more than rumour anyway.  It hasn't ever been mentioned in the NR» (Network Rail - home page) 'rules of the route' for the period of the blockade. 

I suppose there's still a possibility that Exeter - Waterloo services get strengthened to maximum length?

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« Reply #32 on: July 26, 2010, 12:32:21 »

FGW (First Great Western) will be serving Waterloo during the blockade. But only with West of England services.
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« Reply #33 on: July 26, 2010, 13:20:02 »

FGW (First Great Western) will be serving Waterloo during the blockade. But only with West of England services.

Is that map wrong already then? It clearly shows the 1 tph WoE via Didcot and Banbury, and a Taunton - Theale.

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« Reply #34 on: July 26, 2010, 13:41:45 »

It first surfaced about 6 months ago, so may well have been updated or changed since then.
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« Reply #35 on: July 26, 2010, 13:49:39 »

Or that map has superceded the one Ollie refers to?....

I prefer to think the mapo on thwe previous page is old - that they realised that 1tph to cover both WoE AND Bristol was just not do-able in terms of capacity and went away to re-think....

I understand that both Wales & Bristol services come via Banbury (well, one actually reverses at BAN, the other with reverse in a turn-back to be constructed at Aynho Junction, hence the crossover mentioned in another thread...) and down the Chiltern to PAD» (Paddington (London) - next trains)...

The WoE services to go via Waterloo.
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« Reply #36 on: July 26, 2010, 18:11:44 »

I prefer to think the map on the previous page is old - that they realised that 1tph to cover both WoE AND Bristol was just not do-able in terms of capacity and went away to re-think....
Asking for trouble combining Bristol with WoE IMHO (in my humble opinion) so good job they are thinking again.
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« Reply #37 on: July 26, 2010, 20:32:37 »

As I understand it:

Hourly services between:

Padd - Bristol, via Banbury (not for passenger use), Oxford (pick up/set down) and Foxhall, not calling Didcot.
Padd - Swansea, as above.
West Country - Exeter - Taunton - Westbury - Salisbury - Waterloo
North Cots - Didcot (ok, maybe not every hour)
Cheltenham - Didcot
Bristol - Bath - Westbury - Newbury - Theale.

Should be fun!
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« Reply #38 on: July 26, 2010, 20:41:35 »

So, those from Cheltenham have to change @ Swindon to pick up the Bristol / Swanseas in order to get to London?

And North Cotswolds pick up the same trains @ Oxford, I guess?

With no direct London services for Didcot?
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« Reply #39 on: July 26, 2010, 21:09:30 »

Correct
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« Reply #40 on: July 26, 2010, 21:12:34 »

I have several maps similar to the one posted. With varying service levels based on the date during the blockade.
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« Reply #41 on: July 26, 2010, 22:38:35 »

May well be able to manage an hourly Cotswold service for the duration, as presumably it will be Turbos anyway and fewer will be needed in the Thames Valley with no Oxford semi-fasts to cover.
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« Reply #42 on: July 27, 2010, 19:53:05 »

Meanwhile, there's still absolutely no sign of any physical works at Banbury connected with this turnback provision for platforms 1 and 2.  Only five months to go, so I would expect things to start happening imminently, or it'll be a rush job!
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« Reply #43 on: July 27, 2010, 21:45:19 »

Should be do-able in a weekend.....

The turn-back at Aynho Junction will take longer, I reckon - there's some major line closures in early November - Friday 5th for the weekend. I reckon that'll be it....
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« Reply #44 on: July 28, 2010, 02:41:09 »

Should be do-able in a weekend.....

The turn-back at Aynho Junction will take longer, I reckon - there's some major line closures in early November - Friday 5th for the weekend. I reckon that'll be it....

I'd have expected to see bases for signals appearing and other preliminary work before the actual commissioning soon though.  As for Aynho, is the turn-back going to be a separate siding off of the main line?  If not, there's already a position light signal on the Down Main, so I presume that's simply going to be changed to a main aspect signal?
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