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Housing according to the following report.

Each hovercraft only has around 80 seats while according to the Wightlink website each fastcat can carry 260 passengers. The fastcats also have a lot more space than the hovercraft for luggage and bicycles and when the weather is good during daylight hours fastcat passengers can go upstairs, sit...

The following press report dates from 28 February 2024. I cannot find anything on the www.southwesternrailway.com Failing to make this information available and easy to find on their website is very poor communication by South Western Railway. 1714926942 On average yes as except for the half...

Ryde Hoverport is next to Ryde Esplanade Railway Station and Bus Interchange which was remodelled about a year ago. This will be better when the new toilets are open but I do not know when that will be. The half hourly Hoverbus in Portsmouth is timed to coincide with the half hourly hovercraft...

I agree. I do not have a car, I always walk and travel by bus and by train, I am concerned about the environment and agree with the need to stop using fossil fuels but I would not vote for the Green Party for the same reasons, especially their opposition to HS2 which is totally inconsistent with...

In contrast to this Tory Government Sadiq Khan intervenes to get industrial action called off so I am very happy with this result as it means my journeys through London will not be disrupted by industrial action.

The Monday to Saturday off peak service to and from London Waterloo on the Portsmouth routes each hour in 2019 was one train London Waterloo to and from Portsmouth Harbour via Eastleigh, two fast trains London Waterloo to and from Portsmouth Harbour via Guildford, one stopping train London...

The Labour Party have just promised that if elected they will end this direct control of the railways by Whitehall mandarins. I hope that delivering this would end this 'only services to London matter' bias and deliver the new trains with more seats needed for Cross Country Trains services...

Stop running the Cross Country Trains extensions beyond Edinburgh to Glasgow and Aberdeen and use the rolling stock to lengthen more trains on the core routes. The Government of Scotland should arrange for their own train operator to run the Edinburgh to Glasgow and Aberdeen services which are...

The only change I suggested to the Thameslink and Great Northern services on the East Coast Mainline is that no more than one of the two Great Northern London Kings Cross to Cambridge stopping trains (some of which terminate at Letchworth) each hour (Monday to Saturday) should stop at Welwyn...

Would they oppose building dedicated parking for Welwyn Garden City Station and a bus service between Welwyn North Station and Welwyn Garden City Station? If passengers who drive to Welwyn North Station were provided with dedicated parking at Welwyn Garden City Station instead would they not use...

These are issues that can be fixed if there is the political will to do so. Dedicated parking could be built near Welwyn Garden City Station and a bus service could be run between Welwyn North Station and Welwyn Garden City Station to enable users of Welwyn North Station to use Welwyn Garden...

This could surely be eased a bit by reducing the service at Welwyn North from two trains an hour to one train an hour or fewer. There is a much better service at Welwyn Garden City.

You mean the December 2024 timetable change on the East Coast Mainline has been cancelled? Is there going to be an official announcement? In view of the statement in the budget and all the discussions at Transport for the North meetings surely there should be an official announcement that the...

The rear first class on Thameslink trains is always declassified and on many Thameslink services both front and rear first class is declassified. Clearly it was a mistake to build these metro and commuter service trains with first class seating when they are driver only operation, go through...