"Mortimer" wrote in message
o.uk...

Mention of Park and Ride prompts another question. My other half has heard
somewhere that if a station is advertised as Park and Ride (Haddenham,
Warwick Parkway), as opposed to Parkway (Didcot, Bristol) car parking is
required to be free. Is this the case?

Not sure, but you'll find that Warwick Parkway is advertised as...
"Parkway".

What rolling stock is likely to be used on the Chiltern route from Oxford?
I thought this too would be 165/6 or (if you were lucky) 168 - so the same
as or similar to FGW's stopping services that are not HSTs.

The idea seems to be to use the 168s. This is why the Class 67+ Mk III + DVT
push-pull sets are being fettled up. They will be used on (some of) the
Birmingham trains, freeing the 168s for the Oxfords.

Regards

Jonathan