Yep: it's been pulled. 

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08:56 Great Malvern to London Paddington due 11:24 will be started from Worcester Shrub Hill.
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On an off-peak 'Via Salisbury' ticket, a friend's returning from Brighton to Bath Spa during the blockade: they've been advised by one of the online booking services (just asking which one) that a temporary easement means that it'll be ok for them to travel on that ticket via Gatwick Airport - Reading and then to Bath.

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My work here is done. 

I have now refined the Coffee Shop forum's original 'The Wider Picture - related rail and other transport issues' board, by moving all topics to more specific geographic locations and hopefully making them easier to find and reference in the future.

This particular board will remain in public view until well into the New Year, purely for our readers' information, before I then move it 'behind the scenes' - just to avoid cluttering up the external face of the forum.

Happy New Year!  Chris from Nailsea. 

I'm looking forward to 2025

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It's (Bath - Hove) on page 36 of the easement document - even though the title is "negative easements" this is largely a positive one with a negative twist at the end of it reducing its availability on certain dates and times on cross county.    There is no apparent Waterloo to Bristol via Salisbury easement, as this routing is described in the fare manual as "via Warminster" which is not in the list of routings to when the other easement applies.

It's December 31 today....

Hear Hear - and as I mentioned elsewhere, we are fortunate that Graham has Sunday in the working week............without getting double time? 

Thanks for your efforts and glad to hear that it went well.
The only problem that I have noticed is that the search function seems slower and more complex.

Thank you for all your hard work over the weekend although I cannot understand the technology behind it all. It is a pleasure to see that the Coffee Shop has not been affected by "overrunning engineering work".

Partial reopening of storm-hit port on 16 January



One of Britain's busiest ports is on course for a partial reopening on 16 January after it was damaged by Storm Darragh, it has been announced.

Stena Line, which owns Holyhead port as well as operating some of the crossings, confirmed only one of the two main ferry berths is due to reopen.

The port in Holyhead on Anglesey has been closed since 7 December after damage by strong wind and waves.  No date has been given for the reopening of the second berth - the one which suffered the most damage.

Stena Line said it was not able to immediately confirm how a partial reopening would affect ferry services, but added a revised timetable would be confirmed on 2 January.  Before the temporary closure, two ferries would often unload and load side by side, something which would not be possible with only one berth reopened.

A spokesperson for Stena Line said: "We are pleased to share a positive update regarding the ongoing closure of the Terminal 3 and Terminal 5 ferry berths at Holyhead Port.  After diligent assessments and planning, we can now confirm that the timeline for reopening the Terminal 5 ferry berth by 16 January 2025 remains achievable.  This prediction is subject to reasonable weather conditions, and we will provide further updates as our progress continues."

Holyhead is one of Britain's busiest ferry ports, and the shortest crossing between the UK and Ireland.  On average, two million passengers use Holyhead a year and about 1,200 lorries and trailers make the crossing every day.  Before the temporary closure, Stena Line and Irish Ferries each operated up to four sailings to Dublin, often leaving within half an hour of each other.

Irish Ferries said it would continue a "flexible approach" to sailings, putting a larger ship on the Rosslare to Pembroke route, a new car service on the Fishguard to Dublin route during the festive period and temporary car and freight service on the Dublin to Pembroke route from 7 January.

The Stena Line spokesperson added: "Our priority is focusing on resuming services and we'll share more information as soon as we can."  Stena Line was unable to give a timescale for repair work for the second berth, and a full reopening of the port.

A Welsh government spokesperson said: "We are pleased that Stena is making positive progress, continuing to work towards the safe re-opening of the port, so that services can start again for people wanting to travel and for businesses transporting goods."

GWR are offering 50% off selected Advance Purchase Fares from 2nd-9th January 2025 for travel between Friday 10th January and Sunday 13th April 2025 inclusive.