Andrew dolan

[Andrew dolan @Textrant]

@ChrisAcourt @paultrowntree @diana_blamires @danielmgmoylan @LordPeterHendy On realtraintimes this time last year you could see the timetable (all services cancelled). Then at the next timetable change they disappeared. So it's not a real advance.

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@pashmerepat Be back to that next month when GitHub copilot gets nerfed. Only tool we are allowed unfortunately.

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@SimonMagus This is why these petitions are pointless. Without an automatic counter-petition we can sign, fringe nonsense like this can seem to have some backing from the public.

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@diana_blamires Hello. I did. Moved in 2019 having been given a 2023 opening date...

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@diana_blamires @_CallumAnderson End of the year? What changed?

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@paullewismoney I don't work Fridays. That's the hardest day of the week, I'm tired. So I'd get paid the least (take home) to work the worst day. I'd consider it if my take home was the same for the day, but not for considerably less.

I'd rather spend time with my daughter than have the money.

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@Sam_Dumitriu Will 'between tenancy rental inflation' increase if tenants can also challenge the rent on a new tenancy?

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@Sam_Dumitriu Well good news, the bill also starts the process of creating the 'Private Rented Sector Database', which is probably the only technical barrier in place before you can start regulating rent increases (i.e. inflation linked rises like they do for train ticket prices)

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@yimbyalliance East West Rail? You mean the line between Oxford and Milton Keynes which has been complete for a year now and has no passengers services running on it yet? How can you believe they will open a new line, when they won't open a complete one?

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@railexpress Chiltern removed the opening in 2025 commitment from their website recently (was there as recently as Sep 19th). The east west rail company update email this week had no information. Have they just quietly cancelled it?

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@dc_lawrence @JP_Spencer_ @Ben_A_Hopkinson @LabourTogether What are your thoughts on Oxford <-> Milton Keynes east west rail? Its been ready to open now for 6 months, and yet still no announcement of when it is going to have passenger services. Even when we build transit, it doesn't open for use!

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@lfg_uk Great campaigning. Love it.
Could you shine some light on farce that is the Oxford<-> Milton Keynes leg of East West Rail. Its been complete now for over 6 months, yet its not yet open for passengers. No one will communicate why, but the rumours are that the unions said "No".

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@chilternrailway @diana_blamires @claycon @MarkMjames92 @Marshrail @RichardCrouch1 That's not a very helpful reply. Some transparency here about what is going on would be appreciated.

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@NeilDotObrien Isn't this just a plot of Boris wave, AND independently the Ukraine war driven inflationary cycle? The rest of the chart seems fairly uncorrelated.
Two lines go up together doesn't imply causation.

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@NeilDotObrien Not that i disagree with the conclusions in principle, just that i think its a tough sell to draw any from a fairly random scatter.
BUT, would you actually expect the line to go up if immigration boosted local wage growth? Does the methodology here make sense?

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@transportgovuk @chilternrailway When will there be more concrete information on start date than 'later this year'? How about fares or timetables?

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@TodaysRailways You say "when it opens this summer"? Have you had some information, as all I can see online is a reference to 'in 2025'

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@ProgressEast "in 2025" seems a rather vague timeline for services given how late it is in 2024. Any idea roughly when in 2025?

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@humantravl @GreenPartyJack Agree 100%. Having water privatised is insane, whereas for energy its a bit meh, whatever.

[Phil Marsh @Marshrail]

1/2 @eastwestrail @VolkerRailUK @Laing_ORourke @atkinsrealis @networkrail @HuwMerriman A traditional golden spike ceremony took place today at Claydon. 4 years since work commenced at the start of covid. @LordPeterHendy @TheFactCompiler @Modern_Railways @transportgovuk 👇