In my experience, 30 seconds in the railway world is faster than the speed of light

Upgrades needed to town’s railway services 40 years on.

https://melkshamnews.com/upgrades-needed-to-towns-railway-services-40-years-on/

How are they going to deal with border formalities at Ebbsfleet?   

Gemini, and other contenders, are however asking the ORR for access to Temple Mills depot, which is managed by Eurostar. This is also a question of limited space, and it's not clear yet much space can be made available and how this might constrain the umber of new services or operators.

No one has been able to compete until the exclusivity clause for Eurostar using HS1 (or is it the Channel Tunnel?) expires

Directive 2007/58/EC on the liberalisation of international rail passenger services is part of the Third Railway Package measures, designed to open up international passenger services to competition within the EU from 1 January 2010. The Directive is now implemented in Great Britain. It was implemented through an amendment to the Railways Infrastructure (Access & Management) Regulations 2005 made by the Railways Infrastructure (Access & Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2009, and by an amendment to the Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements) Order 2005, made by Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements) (Amendment) Order 2009.

The Directive grants new rights of access for the purpose of operating international rail passenger services, and imposes new duties on rail regulatory bodies in relation to access to the infrastructure for those purposes.

With the power to the signalling at Newbury restored, the latter pair above have now been re-instated.

17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury due 20:06

17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury due 20:06 was terminated at Swindon.
It will no longer call at Chippenham, Melksham, Trowbridge, Westbury, Dilton Marsh, Warminster and Salisbury.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

20:06 Westbury to Cheltenham Spa due 22:06

20:06 Westbury to Cheltenham Spa due 22:06 will be started from Swindon.
It will no longer call at Westbury, Trowbridge, Melksham and Chippenham.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

And the previous incumbent didn't notice that?

Anyway, I'm off on Friday to the new station at Wilmslow, to check it out for accessibility.

Complain now because you're now in the role of representing the people of your constituency which wasn't a role you were in when the project was initially classified, perhaps?

I don't believe that this has only just been classified as an England & wales project at this stage - so why complain only now?

Cancellations to services between Newbury and Westbury
Due to a fault with the signalling system between Newbury and Westbury all lines are blocked.
Train services running through these stations may be cancelled, delayed by up to 30 minutes or revised. Disruption is expected until the end of the day.

There is anger that a multi-billion pound project to build a railway line between Oxford and Cambridge has been classed as an England and Wales project.

The £6.6bn line will see no tracks laid in Wales, but because of the way it has been classified, it means the country will not benefit from any extra cash.

David Chadwick, Liberal Democrat MP for Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe, told Radio Wales Breakfast it was "HS2 all over again", while former Welsh Labour transport minister Lee Waters called for Westminster colleagues to "fix" the system.

14:18 Westbury to Swindon due 15:00
15:15 Swindon to Westbury due 15:59
16:23 Westbury to Swindon due 17:06
17:35 Swindon to Westbury due 18:19

17:35 Swindon to Westbury due 18:19 will be cancelled.
This is due to a fault with the signalling system

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Scale production was the goal of Yadea. Zhou said at the talk show that the firm was seeking to bring sodium batteries to tens of millions of ordinary commuters by not only fitting them into two-wheelers, but also building a charging ecosystem to enable people to use these models without stress.

To test the waters, in 2024 Yadea began a pilot programme with 150,000 food delivery couriers working in Shenzhen, a mega city of 17.8 million people in southern China, reported Shenzhen News. The goal was to enable them to hand in a spent Yadea sodium-ion batteries at its partners' battery-swapping stations in exchange for a fully charged one within 30 seconds, Yadea said.

08:18 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington due 10:25 will be started from Oxford.
This is due to a points failure.
Will be formed of 5 coaches.
Last Updated:03/06/2025 07:50