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« Reply #75 on: February 02, 2025, 08:29:29 »
Quote from: IndustryInsider on February 01, 2025, 16:11:24
Of course, Bristol to Milton Keynes with no changes would be easily possible as well.  One might say, the perfect use of an IET▸ (Intercity Express Train)!

Or a 110mph EMU▸ (Electric Multiple Unit) with batteries.

Anyone know what is happening to the surplus 350s (the 37 units 350 231-267) which are only 16 years old
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« Reply #76 on: February 02, 2025, 18:56:27 »
Quote from: ChrisB on February 01, 2025, 15:40:38
I'm sure there is one - and a thread already to post it in?

Thanks, ChrisB - now done.  Smiley
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« Reply #77 on: February 22, 2025, 08:53:36 »
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17:12 Oxford to Bristol Temple Meads due 18:23 will be cancelled.
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« Reply #78 on: Yesterday at 11:40:04 »
Possible progress, with an hourly Bristol-Oxford service hoving in to view. Hopefully.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cedlxqg7ex5o
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« Reply #79 on: Yesterday at 16:24:46 »
Quote from: Mark A on Yesterday at 11:40:04
Possible progress, with an hourly Bristol-Oxford service hoving in to view. Hopefully.

Mark

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cedlxqg7ex5o

Long overdue I think it will prove quite popular especially if it ran beyond Oxford to Milton keynes
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« Reply #80 on: Yesterday at 16:26:32 »
Why would Milton Keynes be a more attractive destination than Oxford? Huh
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« Reply #81 on: Yesterday at 16:56:03 »
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Why would Milton Keynes be a more attractive destination than Oxford? Huh

On its own, it wouldn't.  But if you add the people attracted to Milton Keynes to the people attracted to Oxford, you may get better mass transit which is combining all the flows along a flow and sharing costs between all the various bums on seats.
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« Reply #82 on: Yesterday at 18:09:08 »
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Why would Milton Keynes be a more attractive destination than Oxford? Huh

On its own, it wouldn't.  But if you add the people attracted to Milton Keynes to the people attracted to Oxford, you may get better mass transit which is combining all the flows along a flow and sharing costs between all the various bums on seats.

Quite agree.  The more East-West rail becomes a true East-West service over time - Bristol<>Milton Keynes/Bedford/Cambridge and perhaps beyond to Norwich/Ipswich - the appeal grows and an ideal route for a 5-car IET▸ (Intercity Express Train).  Not dissimilar to the Cardiff<>Portsmouth or Norwich<>Liverpool routes where relatively low numbers of people are travelling the whole route, but taken as a whole with people joining/alighting at various points en-route, it's difficult to not see it being extremely popular.

But for now I'll be very happy for a new hourly Bristol<>Oxford service.  With a presumed target journey time of 70-75 minutes, three IETs would be needed with sensible layovers at each end of the route.  Platform 5 at Oxford should be ready by then and IETs should be available by then with Class 175s taking over existing IET diagrams in the west.  Crew availablility remains a slightly thorny issue, but drivers wise some Oxford based crew are about to 'sign' as far as Swindon and that would be the logical depot, along with Bristol, to work it.
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« Reply #83 on: Yesterday at 19:51:34 »
As this very welcome 'news' discussion develops, I've removed the link to last year's specific date in our calendar and expanded the heading of this topic - purely in the interests of clarity and ease of future reference.

CfN.  Wink
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« Reply #84 on: Yesterday at 21:18:14 »
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Why would Milton Keynes be a more attractive destination than Oxford? Huh

People could travel there to connect with other services and destinations plus this service would allow people to avoid have to travel across London or even changing at Birmingham new street etc
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« Reply #85 on: Yesterday at 22:04:50 »
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Quote from: ChrisB on Yesterday at 16:26:32
Why would Milton Keynes be a more attractive destination than Oxford? Huh

People could travel there to connect with other services and destinations plus this service would allow people to avoid have to travel across London or even changing at Birmingham new street etc

Taken to extremis, this is a pretty good - err "CrossRail 3"

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