On 17 Dec, 00:09, Tom Anderson wrote:
Hmm. It looks like a train from Wokingham to Waterloo takes 68 minutes; a
train from Twyford to Paddington which stops at Maidenhead only takes 32,
and one which stops at eight stations on the way takes 50 minutes.
Crossrail would presumably be more like 50 minutes. Would people use it
instead of the fast train? Would they even use it in place of the
Wokingham train? If not, the value of Crossrail at Twyford is maybe less
than the passenger numbers indicate.

Post-Crossrail Twyford's main service to London will be a diesel semi-
fast on the slow lines taking ca. 40 minutes (and probably few if any
fast trains). I'd hope this would also be the basis of any Crossrail
to Reading service, rather than extending the Maidenhead stoppers,
which would make Crossrail at Twyford a good thing.

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On 17 Dec, 19:14, Mr Thant
wrote:

Post-Crossrail Twyford's main service to London will be a diesel semi-
fast on the slow lines taking ca. 40 minutes (and probably few if any
fast trains). I'd hope this would also be the basis of any Crossrail
to Reading service, rather than extending the Maidenhead stoppers,
which would make Crossrail at Twyford a good thing.


Good thinking. I like that idea. They could use some of the Paddington
terminators to run a semi-fast Crossrail service to Reading in
addition to the all stations to Maidenhead.