"AstraVanMan" wrote

Having said that though - what is desperately needed is fast services from
Reading to Hayes + Harlington, as the only services that stop at H+H from
Reading are the slow "stop everywhere" services, which is madness
considering what a crucial link it is.

Reading to Hayes & Harlington is 4tph in 35-36 minutes, which would be quite
good for 25 miles, if it weren't for the trains on the Main Lines which do
it in under 15 minutes pass to stop. With a few exceptions the Relief Line
service is not all stations, trains normally calling at 5 or 6 of the 8
intermediate stations, and the intermediate stations do need trains to Hayes
& H, and to Ealing Broadway and Paddington. There isn't track capacity to
superimpose a fast service, nor for Main Line trains to call at Hayes & H.

Peter