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1  Journey by Journey / London to the Cotswolds / Re: Cotswold Line redoubling: 2008 - 2011 on: December 23, 2013, 12:21:57
Perhaps when the redoubling of the south Cotswold line is complete the workforce could move on to the north Cotswold line, and extend the redoubling, if only on the north Evesham to Norton section!!

The continued redoubling of the North Cotswold line isn't even in an investment programme yet so far as I am aware, let alone one that has been allocated any funding.


I guess this is the salient point. It isn't on any plan currently.


But agreed, the whole line needs to be redoubled. I think most members of this site were hopeful that the redoubling so far done is merely a good start.

I think we are indeed agreed and just hope that someone somewhere is taking note! (If you are, would you care to offer some small words of encouragement that it might happen in the next decade!!)

Trains on the north Cotswold line seem pretty busy to me. The 1552 from Paddington to Worcester is always heaving well beyond Oxford, although if it reverted to an HST (High Speed Train) that might change.

I personally can't see passengers from anywhere west of Hanborough going to Kidlington for the Chiltern service as it'll take them hours in the car to get to the station. Maybe that's just me - I hate sitting in traffic jams

Agreed on both counts. Trains to London from Kingham always seem very busy excepting the first of the day. It is simply too far/long a journey/unpredictable by car to Kidlington. If I'm going to drive, I might as well drive to Hammersmith and pick up TfL» (Transport for London - about). Avoiding this is why I take the train in the first place.
2  Journey by Journey / London to the Cotswolds / Re: Cotswold Line redoubling: 2008 - 2011 on: December 20, 2013, 18:53:21
CLPGMS is quite correct. The problem is that too many trains are timed to pass at Charlbury and Evesham, i.e. at the end of the now long middle stretch of double track. The full benefits of the redoubling project are just not been obtained. If all trains passed somewhere around Moreton, i.e. somewhere over the middle of the double track, one late running train would be less likely to delay another as happens so frquently now at both Charlbury and Evesham.
The next critical point in the life of the Cotswold Line is likely to be in two years time when Chiltern Trains start running their half hourly service from Oxford Parkway (Watereaton) to Marylebone. With a doubled frequency, Chiltern will be high likely to poach many existing West Oxon rail travellers from FGW (First Great Western). Therefore the need to redouble Charlbury to Wolvercote will become ever more important. I am aware that there are aspirations to increase the frquency of FGW trains at the eastern end of the line (because that is where the most growth in traffic is coming from) by running more of the terminating trains from London to Charlbury instead of Oxford. There are, of course, already the signalling facities at Charlbury to do this.

Realising the full benefits to rail passengers, and no doubt an ROI for NR» (Network Rail - home page), ought to be a priority to drive the full redoubling of the Cotswold Line. Is anyone campaigning this? (Thank you to all who have posted such informative updates.)
3  Journey by Journey / London to the Cotswolds / Re: Cotswold Line redoubling: 2008 - 2011 on: December 20, 2013, 05:12:17
9:31 from Kingham held at Charlbury for 7 minutes waiting access to single line section on Thursday 19th December 2013. Any news on when/if this single section will be redoubled as there is still clearly a bottleneck?
4  All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Reading Station improvements on: December 08, 2013, 04:36:56
You are indeed most fortunate. I have not had such good luck.
This may be a quirk of your browser, as a few times when it was working I seemed to be able to view the cameras without having had to log on.
Bizarrely, I am still able to access the Viaduct set of webcams (in my Safari Browser in Mac OS (Ordnance Survey) X 10.9) without logging in as described by Ironstone11.
This still works when I've closed the window and then reopen later in the day.
However if I try to login in to lobstervision in Firefox I just get a message saying "incorrect username or password".
This suggest that some settings are cached. The question is will I lose these cached settings if I quit the browser or restart the iMac! I'll resist either of these situations for as long as possible!
I think this may happen when you don't explicitly log out. The state of login or logout is possibly held in cookies. Unfortunately some cookies expire after a preset time. So it is probably this timeout which will end your ability to view the 06 site. 

Cookie expired.  Angry

Can anyone provide an update on the viaduct build progress?
5  All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Reading Station improvements on: November 29, 2013, 14:31:04

You are indeed most fortunate. I have not had such good luck.
This may be a quirk of your browser, as a few times when it was working I seemed to be able to view the cameras without having had to log on.


Bizarrely, I am still able to access the Viaduct set of webcams (in my Safari Browser in Mac OS (Ordnance Survey) X 10.9) without logging in as described by Ironstone11.

This still works when I've closed the window and then reopen later in the day.

However if I try to login in to lobstervision in Firefox I just get a message saying "incorrect username or password".

This suggest that some settings are cached. The question is will I lose these cached settings if I quit the browser or restart the iMac! I'll resist either of these situations for as long as possible!
6  All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Reading Station improvements on: November 28, 2013, 16:05:41
Yup, I'm "a wave of anger".

Suspect switching off access to the webcams is a predictable response if the NR» (Network Rail - home page) PR (Public Relations) bod felt they were (effectively) being told that they were an idiot (by pointing out their inaccuracy). Whoops! (I'm sure everyone forgives you Paul.)

A great shame to lose the viaduct webcams though. Fascinating to see the construction close up.

Perhaps NR might restore viewing if sufficient people contact them? (How...?)
7  Sideshoots - associated subjects / Campaigns for new and improved services / Re: Cheltenham to Kingham? on: October 20, 2013, 20:10:14
Red Squirrel makes the most significant point. Reinstatement of Cheltenham to Kingham extends the current East-West plans. Bring it on.
8  All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Reading Station improvements on: April 02, 2013, 10:10:15
It would be great if our friends at Lobstervision TV had some cameras directed at the station activity around platforms 7-11 as well as the new track layout East of the station. And whilst I'm compiling a wish list, it would also be good to see what is happening where the piling is taking place to the West too!

Really enjoyed being able to see the developments of the station and depot with the current set of cameras, but less to see these days as they are pointed at things that are pretty much complete or  nearly so.

Thanks go to the Flickr group who have contributed a lot of great shots over the Easter weekend that really brought the changes to life.

9  All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Reading Station improvements on: January 02, 2012, 21:59:11
More photos have popped up on:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=501601&page=7
10  Journey by Journey / London to the Cotswolds / Re: Cotswold Line redoubling: 2008 - 2011 on: September 06, 2011, 21:44:35
Stebbo, not sure if you've ever attempted to travel on the A40 towards Oxford in the morning but unless you are east of Witney by 6:00 you are in for an a slow crawl to get to the North Cotswold BMW dealership/Wolvercote roundabout frequently reaching a top speed of 15mph. (Return leg in the evening similarly painful. For the last 4 years I've avoided this route unless travelling between 11:00 to 15:00 or between 20:00 to 5:00.) Anything that adds to the traffic burden on the A40 west of Oxford and you might see gridlock as far back as Burford!
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