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Hi @SW_Help. Which will be the next WAT->WIN train please?

Hi @SW_Help. What's the best way to get WAT->WIN this afternoon?

@SW_Help @swtrains_watch No. That train was full and standing. Am on a train to BSK now.

@de2bee @swtrains_watch There was a service that departed at 19:50 did you manage to catch this? ^GG

@SW_Help best way to get WAT->WIN? @swtrains_watch

@SW_Help @swtrains_watch To Winchester? From London? Are you mad bro? No taxi is going to do that and if they do it will be £100s. Seriously, what's the plan?

Hello, we do have taxi claim back in place. In order to claim a refund you will need to provide: • Full contact details. • The time and date of your journey. • The stations you travelled to and from. • A description of the series of events that took place. • Copies of your train tickets and taxi receipt. To submit your claim with these details, please use our website at: southwesternrailway.com/contact-and-he… ^GG

@SW_Help @swtrains_watch That appears to have been incorrect @sw_help. What's the current plan?

@de2bee @swtrains_watch Hello, there is a service expected depart at 19:14. ^GG

@SW_Help sigh. Literally whats the point? You guys may as well just get the last person out to turn the lights off, it's like you've given up running a train company for the actual purpose of moving people around efficiently.

@de2bee Hi, this is because there is engineering works meaning the service will run diverted and not down the mainline. ^RC

hi @sw_help. Why are trains from WIN->WAT taking 1 hr 45 mins on Saturday? They appear to be taking an hour to get from WOK to WAT?

@SW_Help @swtrains_watch You expect people to just know and then get up and to the station an hour or half an hour earlier? It’s absolutely disgraceful behaviour and treats your customers incredibly poorly

@SW_Help @swtrains_watch Ok, maybe I misspoke. One of the first trains, but are you serious? The 0618 is in the published timetable and you gave no notice of it not running for the whole week.

@SW_Help why is the 0618 WIN->WAT not showing as running for the rest of this week? That's the first direct train to waterloo of the day, super busy and crazy to be not running. Any idea? @swtrains_watch

@swtrains_watch @SW_Help I don’t understand how that is even possible though. To cancel a train referenced in the published timetable with zero notice surely can’t be allowed. @SW_Help can you please confirm I can claim for the delay incurred by these trains being cancelled without notice?

@de2bee @SW_Help It looks like SWR is P-coding services like this to protect flagging performance stats. By scrubbing it from the 'Plan of the Day' now, it won't show up as a cancellation tomorrow and passengers lose their right to Delay Repay. Can @SW_Help please confirm if this is the case?

@SW_Help @swtrains_watch For the whole week though? I’m going to miss all my early meetings this week. I’m assuming we can claim delay repay? (Although I’d rather have an operating reliable train service tbh)

@de2bee @swtrains_watch Hello, this is due to the signalling problem between Brockenhurst and Southampton service alterations will be in operation from the start of service. ^GG

@SW_Help Hi there @SW_Help. Everything looking good for winch tomorrow?

🚧 Planned engineering works are taking place on the South Western Railway Network from Saturday 28 February to Sunday 1 March. The Winchester, Staines and Leatherhead areas will be affected. For full information, please check our website: southwesternrailway.com/plan-my-journe…

@SaulStaniforth Graduates are the UK’s tax engine. They make up ~50% of the workforce but contribute ~65% of all Income Tax. Higher median salaries and tax brackets mean they pay back the cost of their degree many times over through general taxation alone, even before student loan repayments.

Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, is asked what she's going to do about the scandal of student loans/debt. Phillipson blames the Tories for the mess but explains the govt won't be doing anything to sort it out.

@BBCPolitics 5/5 When you add loan repayments, marginal tax rates hit 37% (basic) and 51% (higher). Graduates aren't just "paying for their education"—they are disproportionately funding the NHS, infrastructure, and state pensions for the whole of the UK. 🏛️📈

@BBCPolitics 1/5 There’s a common misconception that student loans are the only way the state "recovers" the cost of a degree. In reality, the UK’s progressive tax system ensures graduates are the primary engine room for public services. 🧵

“I want a fairer system for students and graduates” Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson says the government will "look at" how it can improve the student loan system but does not commit to reforms called for by opposition parties #BBCLauraK bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

@BBCPolitics 4/5 The tax gap is sharp. A median graduate (£40k) pays ~60% more in annual tax/NI than a median non-graduate (£29.5k), despite the salary being only ~35% higher. This means the state profits significantly from every degree through general taxation alone.

@BBCPolitics 3/5 It’s a high-yield investment. While a degree costs roughly £27k–£50k to deliver, a male graduate provides a net benefit of ~£100,000 to the public purse over their lifetime—even after accounting for all education costs and potential unpaid loans.

@BBCPolitics 2/5 Graduates make up ~50% of the workforce but contribute an estimated 60-65% of all Income Tax revenue. Because they are significantly more likely to reach the 40% and 45% tax brackets, they provide the lion's share of Treasury funding.