Sure.ly that is a separate vinyl that can simply be peeled off at the time?

 
Q. How many more carriages are going to be adorned with 'Great British Railways Coming Soon' vinyls only for them to require replacement when GBR actually arrives - is there a Delay Attribution Code for government incompetence? - and at what financial cost to the taxpayer?

 
I think the message for this and all aspects of "renationalisation" should be "manage your expectations".

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/great-british-railways-south-western-london-waterloo-b2756798.html

 
GBR isn’t responsible for SWR.  The DfT are.  And wasn’t it them that mandated their removal in the first place?

 
Sunday May 25


Plus:

 

And they sort-of DO count is people have been habitually using them and find them unavailable.   

Withdrawing / reducing substantially the availability of advance fares that have been offered for long enough for them to be come part of people's routine is an easy and perhaps sneaky way of putting up the average fare you expect people to pay over and above other fare rises, without it being straightforward to hang a headline on what might be a substantial rise in the average amount paid.

Yes, it is possible to find a Wednesday to Wednesday round trip, probably at some time of day when few people want to travel, and hail that as "low fares still available" with a hurt look at anyone who suggests such fares are not available.  But that's not the point - the point is that potentially that for most people, the cheaper options may no longer be practically available.

 
Now that GBR is responsible for the former franchise of SW[TR], is it time for them to be Great British and consider restoring the through services from London via the County Town of Wiltshire - the nearest county town to London without a through train from the capital.

 
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ceqg73znzzeo


The article goes on to summarise the plans for each TOC, though I question whether the 2027 date is certain as I understood at least one may carry on to 2028


The article continues with discussions over ticket prices - which the government has refrained from saying will come down with woolly words that suggest to me that they will not (and "if GBR can find a way" which I'm sure they could with the right goverment environment).    It also talks of union concerns for services to the operator subcontracted out, which means that union members "not reaping the benefits of nationalisation".


I'll bet the journaislsts covering that will love the early start.  The cynical element of me questions the use of very light and very dark colours which may take a lot of keeping clean - though it has been done before - and the potential symbolic use of just part of a flag

 

Yes - it's a peninsula in the form of a long spit, with the land entry being via Kaliningrad - so the only way to it within Lithuania is by boat.


There is a bus service from the passenger ferry (connects off at least alternate ferries all way down to Nida) and I understand there's also a bus from central bus station that takes the vehicle ferry that's about 5kms down but, agreed, a car for a short stop at spots along the way would be useful.

The forest and outer beach, even walking into them from the foot passenger terminal with its hordes of children in school parties, was an oasis of quiet and beauty - tranquil - and, yes, I could have walked for miles. Ahead of me on the path I saw a deer - no discernible photo (the technology of the eye is better at seeing these things than the technology of a phone camera to this day). 

I could have spent another 2 days in Klaipeda ... but then I could have spent longer in Amsterdam, in Rostock, and in the other placates along the way.   Two full days in Vilnius now and we are booked on one of the two international trains from here on Tuesday.

 
Not even original nonsense - "borrowed" from Metro which had this originally in March (but reissued just before the Sun's one on 17th May):

 
Aaah...ok, thanks.

 

I was referring to his earlier post at 18:22

 
No, before your post.

At 1853 you posted about a URL....

Stuving posted that pic from Railforums at 1910. So what were you referring to?

 
The Sun says


Isn't the line over Chat Moss somewhat more floating than Ryde Pier which, my understanding, is firmly standing on the seabed.   Now - if you want a real floating train line try going to Sicily

 

If you quote source on stuving's post you will see

[img width=900]https://www.railforums.co.uk/attachments/ta52ncozle2f1-png.180546/[/img]

 
The only URL that I can see in this thread is for the BBC News item. No URL for railforums that I can see.

 

Ah. yes it does work that way, doesn't it. Well, if I upload a copy it will have the same restriction here (but may be a bit bigger than ideal):

 


I've taken a look at the URL posted and it appears that the image will only be visible to members who are also logged in to railforum ... "You must be logged-in to do that" is what I got when I tried to load the image.

 
When you can't be certain of something it's probably best not to double down.

Hoping a farmer is convicted, then the whataboutery from Slovakia... jeez.

 
Errrr....what picture?

 
This picture of a 701 with a bit of sticky tape along the side is on railforums, though I think it was "leaked" first via Reddit. Why it hasn't been used officially is a puzzle: that does look like an official Heidi Alexander. And while we might think it's such a limp squib it's too embarrassing to crow about, DfT's PROs don't embarrass easily (if at all).

 

Which is why I said 99.5%. There was a nasty incident in Slovakia last year where a level crossing wasn't working after track maintenance. The treadles were left switched off so the red warning lights didn't activate or the barriers lower. Unfortunately several people were killed when a train struck a bus.

In this recent incident I know the CCIL, NR incident log, has been locked so it cannot be generally viewed by NR staff. A previous comment on this thread mentions a information on NoFriendsBook.

We shall wait for the RAIB to say something.

And no doubt somewhere on the UK rail network today a locally operated crossing wasn't used correctly.

 
If I have this right, which will be a miracle, some figures: [Annual season, no railcard, daily cost] vs a return journey (With) / Without a railcard:

Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads super off peak return: [£59:29](£51:90) £78:00  118 miles. [25](22)33 pence per mile.
Paddington to Great Malvern, ditto: [£47:45](£48:75) £73:20 129 miles. [18](19)28 pence per mile.

Another comparison: Paddington to Penzance, super off peak, no railcard: £150:00 for 304 miles, so, 25 pence per mile. (Annual season ticket to Penzance works out as £76:98 per day & 13 pence per mile...)

The daily rate for an annual season ticket can perhaps be a good benchmark indicator for... something.

Advance fares sort-of do-not-count as they're here today gone tomorrow prices and changes to the allocations can be wildly inflationary for the individual - for fares, the floor for passengers is the buy-at-the-time-of-travel - as that's the one you'll need when life throws something at you.

In a way it would be good for everyone if the railway displayed the rate per mile in some fashion as those can take the sting out of a price (or not, as the case may be). Probably best not to put them on the seat reservation displays, mind...

Mark

 
Finally.....another win for the CLPG who have regularly been in touch with Chiltern over this!

 
As of the 18th May we now have through fares routed via Oxford Parkway to Chiltern line stations.

This has reduced the Pershore to High Wycombe Off Peak day return cost from £121.60 for the Any permitted off peak which includes a+ for via London to £38.80 for an Off peak day return via Oxford Parkway.

 
My understanding is that the first train out of Waterloo will be a GBR rebrand....