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    Is the closure of lines, removal of services or the failure to provide any alternative transport discrimination under the Equality Act?

    Mod Note: Posts #1 - #28 originally from this thread. This would appear to break the 2010 Equality Act unless about as convinient and expensive alternative transport was made available to those who are not permitted to have a driving licence for medical conditions that they are not responsible...
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    Suggestions for solving Dawlish problem: electrification or new route?

    Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/iets-not-banned-through-dawlish-during-rough-seas.194401 Or electrify the route 8-)
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    East Coastway - May 2018 Timetable

    A new East Coastway timetable is starting on the 20th of May which differs from the draft by raising the off-peak Eastbourne-Hastings service level from 3tph to 4tph (and from 2tph to 3tph to Ore). http://www.1066shrimprail.org.uk/east-coastway-may2018-what-it-means/ The complete off-peak...
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    Possible East Coastway Service Changes

    GTR have released a consultation document which includes possible service changes across the franchise (http://www.southernrailway.com/your-journey/timetable-consultation). I have created this thread so that we can get a better understanding (than was given in the consultation document) of the...
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    Ideas for what DMU stock to use in the Thames Valley once post-GWML-electrification

    Once the planned Thames Valley electrification is completed, the three remaining DMU routes will be: Bedwyn-Newbury/Reading (1tph) Reading-Gatwick (2tph) Greenford Branch shuttle The only diesel Thames Valley service with a significant proportion of the route having a greater line speed...
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    My Idea for something similar to First's Green Line 'Rainbow' Fares for the Railway

    Details of First's Rainbow Fares for their Greenline Coach services is shown below. http://www.rainbowfares.com/tickets/dayfares.php Tickets at different times have a colour of the 'Rainbow' associated with them. Closer to red are the tickets which are more expensive and are active when...
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    Reading East MP proposes 'semi-fast' Crossrail Services

    The BBC website is presently showing the following report: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-25036342 It looks like the suggestion that he is making is to convert the planned Reading-Paddington semi-fast services into Crossrail services and fit them with some comfortable seating.
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    My proposal to split XC services at Reading

    I have come up with an idea: It is that once the HS2 route to Manchester and the northern WCML is open that the 2tph Crosscountry Paths between Reading and (1tph Bournemouth, 1tp2h Southampton) might be better transfered to Paddington to Bournemouth and/or Portsmouth services which would stop...
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    Ideas for services in Reading in 2019

    Due to the present infastructure at Reading station with there only being four through platforms and no fly-over junctions, only two stopping services an hour do not terminate at Reading (Paddington-Oxford). With the nine through platforms there will be from Easter next year and the fly-over...

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