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« Reply #525 on: September 21, 2016, 18:32:31 »
NR» (Network Rail - home page) has promised Chiltern that the two bay platforms 1 & 2 will be 6car & ready by 11 Dec. I was present at the time.

There are two 9car & 1 silver LHCS▸ (Locomotive Hauled Coaching Stock) running at the moment in the AM and 1 9car & 1 LHCS in the evening. These will all shunt via Hinksey Yard & likely leave from platform 3 - so an Up train leaving from the down platform.
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« Reply #526 on: September 21, 2016, 18:47:16 »
Quote from: ChrisB on September 21, 2016, 18:32:31
NR» (Network Rail - home page) has promised Chiltern that the two bay platforms 1 & 2 will be 6car & ready by 11 Dec. I was present at the time.

OK, well - we'll see!  When did they promise that?  If so I predict the platforms will be held together by blu-tac and sticking plasters!   Cheesy

Quote from: ChrisB on September 21, 2016, 18:32:31
There are two 9car & 1 silver LHCS▸ (Locomotive Hauled Coaching Stock) running at the moment in the AM and 1 9car & 1 LHCS in the evening. These will all shunt via Hinksey Yard & likely leave from platform 3 - so an Up train leaving from the down platform.

Platform 4 you mean.  And yes, it joins Exeter St. Davids in being the only GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) stations where London trains will depart in opposite directions from the same station.
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« Reply #527 on: September 21, 2016, 18:50:49 »
Yes, I meant platform 4....but 3 is possible too, the shunt becomes complicated, but could be done if necessary...it was explained at rhe same time as the promise was made. This was a NR» (Network Rail - home page) drop-in session at the Said Business School week before last now, I think
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« Reply #528 on: September 21, 2016, 19:11:58 »
Yes, 3 is the quoted platform for the 19:20 with the other four all booked from 4.  Certainly going to have a bearing on punctuality having an extra seven trains a day using 3 and 4.
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« Reply #529 on: September 22, 2016, 11:54:13 »
Oxford Mail report:

http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/14756650.New_track_linking_Oxford_and_London_complete_and_set_for_December_launch/
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« Reply #530 on: September 22, 2016, 16:48:53 »
Quote from: IndustryInsider on September 21, 2016, 18:47:16

Platform 4 you mean.  And yes, it joins Exeter St. Davids in being the only GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) stations where London trains will depart in opposite directions from the same station.

What about Westbury?
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« Reply #531 on: September 22, 2016, 16:51:11 »
yep, I guess so now.
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« Reply #532 on: September 22, 2016, 17:06:47 »
Westbury's an excellent thought.

How about Yeovil Pen Mill?
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« Reply #533 on: September 23, 2016, 10:17:30 »
Yeovil Pen Mill? Are there through trains in each direction?

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« Reply #534 on: September 23, 2016, 10:23:31 »
Through *Up* trains in each direction, that is?
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« Reply #535 on: September 23, 2016, 10:25:48 »
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Westbury's an excellent thought.

How about Yeovil Pen Mill?

I stand corrected on both counts!   Cheesy
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« Reply #536 on: September 23, 2016, 13:54:56 »
An award for Oxford Parkway:

http://www.railmagazine.com/news/rail-features/2016/09/22/national-rail-awards-2016-medium-station-of-the-year-winner-oxford-parkway
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« Reply #537 on: September 26, 2016, 17:02:43 »
Quote from: grahame on September 22, 2016, 17:06:47
Westbury's an excellent thought.

How about Yeovil Pen Mill?

A cheeky one, but how about Termple Meads once IEPs▸ (Intercity Express Program / Project.) start running via Bath and Parkway?
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« Reply #538 on: September 26, 2016, 17:13:05 »
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A cheeky one, but how about Termple Meads once IEPs▸ (Intercity Express Program / Project.) start running via Bath and Parkway?

They wouldn't be 'departing (from the platforms) in two different directions', would they?

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« Reply #539 on: September 26, 2016, 17:15:44 »
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Quote from: Four Track, Now! on September 26, 2016, 17:02:43
A cheeky one, but how about Termple Meads once IEPs▸ (Intercity Express Program / Project.) start running via Bath and Parkway?

They wouldn't be 'departing (from the platforms) in two different directions', would they?

Paul

Indeed - and why wait for the IEP as there's already an HST▸ (High Speed Train) from Temple Meads to London via Parkway at around 04:47
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