In message , at 07:24:21 on
Wed, 2 Oct 2019, Roger remarked:

4 tph peak, 2 tph off-peak, with 9-car 345s.

https://www.railmagazine.com/news/network/paddington-reading-crossrail-trains-to-begin-running-from-december-15

Not mentioned in the story is that these services will be free for Freedom
Pass and 60+ Oyster card holders.

Paddington to Hayes & Harlington is already free at any time.
Which means that the only change is that the Hayes & Harlington
to West Drayton section will be available at any time rather
than restricted to after 09:30 weekdays.

Or are you suggesting that the passes will be usable beyond the
current boundary?

They are usable to Shenfield (on TfL trains) so why not to Reading?

https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stati...reedom_pass_ma
p.pdf
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Roland Perry