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    Untimetabled elizabeth Line service to slough

    It appears that since the beginning of August on saturdays there has been an untimtabled Elizabeth Line service to Slough leaving Paddington Elizabeth line at 0014 and starting its journey at Abbey Wood at 2344. The Abbey wood service normally runs, but instead terminates at Paddington...
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    Could GWR's rapid charging battery trial lead to rolling stock changes on other branch lines?

    9 people to run a single train up and down a branch line seems a lot in the long term. I wonder if gwr plan on rolling this out to their other unelectrified branch lines if successfull in Greenford Slough to Windsor is probably doable with these trains
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    Elizabeth line new years eve high amount of dead running

    During the overnight new years eve service on the Elizabeth line. There appeared to be a high amount of dead running (and rolling stock utilisation required for this) You had trains terminating at Hayes, running ECS to Maidenhead carriage sidings and then back to Hayes again to go back in...
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    Are twyford to heathrow airport tickets valid via ealing Broadway?

    During the disruption at Twyford this morning, someone came upto me with a paper ticket to Heathrow and asked how to get there. The Elizabeth line services that were not cancelled were skipping Hayes and Southall so I advised him to go to Ealing Broadway and catch a train there. Would this have...
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    Permitted routes for Dublin Sail Rail ticket

    Hi my colleague is travelling to Dublin , Ireland on a sail rail ticket and arriving back on the 15th September. At Holyhead What permitted routes are there into London on that ticket? Can they use GwR services into paddington?
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    Contactless ticket acceptance to Reading in the event of incidents on the GWML

    I was at Paddington yesterday when there was an passenger incident blocking the GWML. They were announcing that tickets were accepted on SWR from Waterloo to Reading and to Oxford from Marylebone. Would you be able to use your contactless card from London Waterloo to Reading in those circumstances?
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    Staff at Heathrow Rail insisted I sit down last night

    Hi , I had a strange incident at heathrow terminal 5 last night. My train from Heathrow Central to Hayes left early and I needed to use the toilet. So I hopped on a Heathrow express to terminal 5 used the toilet on the train and then crossed over to the tfl Rail platform Frustrated my train...
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    TfL Rail service from heathrow nonnstopping after 4 minutes of delays

    Hi , can anyone explain the rationale behind the 29/8/2021 2107 TfL Rail from Heathrow terminal 5 non stopping every intermediate stop between Heathrow Central and Ealing Broadway after encountering 4 minutes of delays at Terminal 5. It passed Hayes & Harlington a minute and a half late and...
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    Fare from London Euston to bletchley using multiple unusual tickets

    Hello On Saturday I am travelling from London Euston to Bletchley with a companion and multiple unusual tickets .My companion is registered blind and as such holds a freedom pass and disabled persons railcard. I hold a TfL staff oyster (Not a bus operator one) and I wonder if the following...
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    British Rail's ability to innovate compared with modern day train companies

    I can't see a single innovation that appeared during the period of privatisation that would not have appeared under British rail.
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    Contactless fares to Windsor and Eton central

    Looking at https://www.brfares.com/!fares?orig=SLO&dest=WNC A contactless fare is listed for Windsor and Eton central despite no contactless fare being available is this something that is coming?
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    The future of Heathrow Express Post Crossrail

    Moderator note: Posts #1 to #69 originally in this thread: (1) Great Western Railway Heathrow Express Class 387 Refittment and Service Updates | RailUK Forums (railforums.co.uk) Crossrail is £2 a mile between Hayes and Heathrow. It's actually cheaper to get a cab from the road outside the...
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    Could we see more consistent branding for rail services in Britain?

    If all the franchises are being run as concessions it would make sense to have a single publically owned point dmdoibg the branding , marketing retailing and customer service keeping them along franchise lines no longer makes sense from a customer service and efficency perspective.
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    Should the conditions of carriage of public transport operators be modified to exclude non essential travel

    Given the current crisis should the conditions of carriage of public transport operators be modified to reflect the governments advise on non essential travel on public transport? A condition in the contract could state something similar to " During National and local emergencies travel would...
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    Heathrow Terminal 4 closure impact on bus and train services

    With the announcement that Heathrow Terminal 4 is to close. Would this mean that rail services that currently serve terminal 4 being diverted to terminal 5?
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    TfL to take over the woolwich ferry

    https://www.london.gov.uk/press-releases/mayoral/tfl-set-to-take-over-the-woolwich-ferry Sounds more like a DOR type operation rather than a contract.
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    Inaccurate London Terminals sticker at Stratford (London)

    I was going through Stratford today and there was a sticker on the side reader of the eastbound tfl rail platform (next to the central line), the sticker said. "London Terminals tickets not valid from this station" My understanding is they are given that Liverpool Street Is a London terminal.
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    TfL looking at creating a new type of smart card

    From the appendix of MD2537 2020 fare changes https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/md2537_appendices_a-d.pdf
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    Are GwR advances going to be valid on TfL rail

    Sometimes when purchasing advances for a specific GwR service they include the clause any reasonable connecting GwR service to xxx station. For example an advance from Hayes would allow you to get on any train to Reading that allows you to get your timed advance from Reading to say Bristol...
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    Zone F oyster

    Hi, a friend of mine has a ticket from their employer and it lists as being valid from zones 1-F anyone know what zone F is?

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