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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 18, 2019 13:26:04 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 18, 2019 13:29:03 GMT
Indeed though the system does need reform. People are being priced off the trains.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 18, 2019 13:30:30 GMT
The changes being driven by the train firms I could see the off peak prices being raised to peak levels
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Feb 18, 2019 21:17:35 GMT
Indeed.
Given the amount they are subsidised anyway - fuck them. I want the whole system nationalised again.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 22, 2019 21:04:56 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 16, 2019 7:31:25 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on May 16, 2019 18:14:56 GMT
Woah.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 18, 2019 12:27:34 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on May 18, 2019 12:58:47 GMT
Sad day. Pinwig has been on a train today. He's gone to town to watch Endgame. Trains are fun, even the boring DMUs down these parts.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 19, 2019 15:50:27 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 1, 2019 6:11:07 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 10, 2019 20:03:31 GMT
Still catching up with the last series of Great British Railway Journeys because so many come so quickly. Couple of episodes on Glasgow so I've learned about the subway. That looks great! I like the idea you can go round and round in circles and the fact it's called the clockwork orange. I will visit one day.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 10, 2019 20:22:04 GMT
In real life it is deeply unexciting.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 10, 2019 20:26:38 GMT
No! I don't believe you!
Have you ever been all the way round in one go?
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 10, 2019 20:29:28 GMT
I'm also surprised to find that because the buildings in Glasgow are laid out on a US style grid system that it has doubled for San Francisco in films!
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 10, 2019 20:36:15 GMT
No! I don't believe you! Have you ever been all the way round in one go? Yes. I'm from Glasgow. I've been on it a great many times. -Ralph |
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 10, 2019 20:39:23 GMT
Yes yes, but the Full Circle?
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 10, 2019 21:08:14 GMT
Yes. Many times. In both directions.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 10, 2019 21:10:08 GMT
Were there Marshmen?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 10, 2019 21:15:29 GMT
Or a State of Decay after it finished?
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 10, 2019 21:26:00 GMT
Neither. Merely much unpleasantness if I made the mistake of getting on when there was there a football game happening!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 10, 2019 21:28:47 GMT
Pity.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 16, 2019 6:29:35 GMT
Grand Moff Muffin Trains to London: Proposal for faster service from Cardiff www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-48615464Can't see it happening. or at least any faster. There might be space at the Wales end of business but the paths just aren't available, east of Reading. Swindon can be easily skipped - there's a central road used by freight trains - and Didcot p2 is occupied just 2-3 times an hour, but Reading? Nah. And surely any gain not stopping there would be lost with the proposed extra calls in Wales.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jun 16, 2019 6:32:12 GMT
I had a non-stopping train from Paddington to Bristol Parkway a week and a half ago, but that was because it was delayed leaving by almost half an hour and so almost caught up with the next service on the schedule.
Despite all the announcements, you can bet someone got onto it in a rush planning to get out at Reading or Swindon...
Martin
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 16, 2019 6:42:05 GMT
Can be done, but needs the right conditions in place.... which I don't believe are available on a regular basis.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 16, 2019 13:54:51 GMT
Missed the opportunity to do a Virginia Water reverse today
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 18, 2019 6:55:28 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 18, 2019 19:19:07 GMT
Aww, it's doing a steam train cosplay!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 9, 2019 14:55:12 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 13, 2019 7:46:31 GMT
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