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Hmmm - if the trial was a success you would think there would be some comms. I guess it depends on what "success" means - sure people may have used it but was it successful enough to warrant procuring new trains? What I was wondering was if there are sufficient paths to allow the service to...

Not a new railway line but restoring the connection from the Fife Circle line to Kirkcaldy would be a big improvement for Fife connectivity

Too bad it couldn't wait until the railway station gets built. Could have been a good way to encourage use of the new station.

It must be frustrating dor those who walk to the existing station. Hopefully a safe cycle route is provided from the site of the present station to the new one. I wonder why they aren't keeping the old station open?

You would hope that TfL have weighed up the inconvenience of closing the station vs the extra time/cost that the extension would require were the station to remain open during the works. Who is facing a longer diversion as a result of this?

Birchgrove station is seven minutes walk away

What services are planned to use the curve to the north?

The local MSP was campaigning for one before the pandemic but seems like it has gone quiet. In the Edinburgh direction the situation is much better than it was as there's now buses to the city in the X19 and X38. Towards Glasgow it's less convenient but this will improve with the station in...

Delivering a frequent service sounds like a good use of capacity regardless of train length. Duplicating the Crossrail service with a much more expensive service that only goes to Paddington, less so.

I'm not convinced - there's some working missing here and all the switching between vehicle and passenger km, and between miles and km, is throwing me off. All those deaths happened before 2016, which would suggest the system has become safer - in one case a bridge was installed to replace a...

Bike hire will be good, as long as they are useable without a drivers license (some schemes aren't!)

Yep though presuming this is a recent change as have checked the timetable and the train is marked as having a trolley. Staff have again announced no catering. Not sure if this is all London-Bristol trains or just some of them

On a GWR Bristol-Paddington service and if I heard the host correctly they said catering has been permanently removed from this route. Anyone know more?

Ah makes sense- I had expected £2.5bn to buy a bit more, if I'm honest

It would be a shame if the Henbury station isn't built with at least passive provision for becoming a through station.

There is currently a train that terminates at Avonmouth - I had always presumed the Loop proposal would see this service extended. Of course whether running it "around the loop" would be more useful than increasing service to St Andrews Road and Severn Beach to half-hourly, I don't know.

I'm confused about the comment on tram stops for Oldham and Bury - what is the plan here as both of these places already have a tram connection

Indeed in Paddington you usually can't get from one platform to the other (unless you go all the way back to the bridge). I have never seen a wide gate for disabled use only. Sounds like a localised case. 1748941337 In my experience they want to prevent people boarding the train until 5mins...

Ideally we would have multiple units with the equipment spaces built in as well as larger windows, comfy seats, and onboard catering. None of this seems too outlandish for the Scottish routes which are long, scenic journeys. You've got to hope the converted 153s are a stop-gap while a more...

Indeed - disabled travellers are capable of asking for support when they need it. Nobody asks for the specific type of railcard. In fact in my experience most of the time I'm not asked to show it at all, even if other passengers were asked. I have never been asked if I need support when using...