Yes but, reported as an Alexander Dennis Enviro400. Enviro means electric dont it. 400 means really scary

Whether there are other silly little things that might make it more complicated, who knows!

A petition has been opened by somebody called David Sleight to support additional parking at Twyford:

Euro 6 bus again. The exhaust systems run ridiculously hot to burn off and reduce emissions. They also have tiny engines compared to buses in the past which works extremely hard.
To my knowledge there has been no electric bus fires caused by mechanical. The only one I know of was arson by a passenger upstairs!

The Issue
Twyford Station is a vital lifeline for thousands of commuters across Wokingham Borough. With fast GWR services to London Paddington and convenient Elizabeth Line connections, it’s the Borough’s gateway for work, education, and leisure.

But there’s a major problem: parking is a nightmare.

· Around 400 spaces—usually full by 7:15 AM.
· No clear plan from the Borough Council or GWR to fix it.
· More yellow lines being proposed for local roads, making things worse.

If you’ve ever struggled to park, missed your train, had to walk miles just to catch your commute, or rely on others to drop you off due to the lack of parking — this affects you.

We’re calling on Wokingham Borough Council to:

1. Work with GWR to assess current and future parking demand.
2. Explore proper solutions to expand parking near the station.
3. Act now, not in the “medium term.”
4. Improve connections with buses and cycling options.

Please support this campaign and sign the petition.

Could be a precaution against this sort of thing:

https://xkcd.com/327/

Mark

Could be a precaution against this sort of thing:
https://xkcd.com/327/

Not that their web software is antiquated or anything but you can't even put brackets or semicolons in the complaint text - "We are unable to submit your form with some of the special characters you’ve used entered" 

EDIT: and I've just noticed how that (copy/pasted) sentence ends!

Our aim is to get to the bottom of why delays occur and work out how to prevent them. Our focus is also on the things we can directly control, like:
·        our timetable,
·        how many trains we have and how reliable they are,
·        and our train crew and their availability

FWIW I've submitted another complaint to GWR via their online form.

Dear John

Thank you for getting in touch with us.

I’m sorry to hear you were caught up in the disruption on your journey on Monday – and that this isn’t the first time it’s happened. We work hard to run our trains to schedule, but we know we do have problems with delays and cancellations sometimes and it’s disappointing you feel we’ve let you down. I appreciate it must be especially frustrating due to the low volume of services that operate on this route.

Our aim is to get to the bottom of why delays occur and work out how to prevent them. Our focus is also on the things we can directly control, like:

·        our timetable,

·        how many trains we have and how reliable they are,

·        and our train crew and their availability

Good performance also comes from working proactively and collaboratively with our industry partners, and we are we are working with Network Rail (who are responsible for the railway signals, the track, and traffic management) and their Performance Improvement Team to make sure that we continue to drive down delays. We are engaging in an Every Second Counts campaign to focus all our teams on the importance of an on-time railway as we know that is really important to our customers.

Our fleet of Intercity Express Trains deliver improved performance and increased reliability. Coupled with the extensive track improvement and electrification programme undertaken by Network Rail we are confident we can provide a service that is not subject to regular delay, and again, I’m sorry that hasn’t been your recent experience.

Thank you again for getting in touch, and I’m sorry you’ve been disappointed. I hope I’ve reassured you that performance and reliability are really important to us, and that we’re committed to delivering a better service.

17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury due 20:06

17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury due 20:06 will be terminated at Swindon.
It will no longer call at Chippenham, Melksham, Trowbridge, Westbury, Dilton Marsh, Warminster and Salisbury.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

20:06 Westbury to Cheltenham Spa due 22:06

20:06 Westbury to Cheltenham Spa due 22:06 will be started from Swindon.
It will no longer call at Westbury, Trowbridge, Melksham and Chippenham.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

FWIW I've submitted another complaint to GWR via their online form.

A great railway career and hopefully you’ll stay as engaged on here as ever.

I came to this story via social media. The amount of people stating, quite confidently, that this was an electric bus was astounding. It seems any vehicle fire these days MUST be an EV according to these luddites, who never read beyond the headline and just let their prejudices dictate their belief.

This bus was a decade old diesel engined Alexander Dennis Enviro400. 

I've been watching the new Alan Partridge series. You can probably guess that he's against HS2.

Whilst looking back on his career he said, "It's summer 2023, Britain is sweltering in record temperatures, HS2 has just been cancelled, correctly, in my view - who wants to get to the north quicker?"