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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 22, 2015 16:05:28 GMT
The only time I've ridden the Weybridge/Virginia Water loop has been during Engineering or in an emergency. Ditto the line from Westbury through Trowbridge to Chippenham, which connects the Templemeads and Exeter lines forming a longer route from Reading to Swindon (90 mins instead of 30)
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 3, 2015 10:46:14 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 3, 2015 15:13:11 GMT
Well I have a jaunt to Glasgow by way of Edinburgh planned but that's it. So fingers crossed I am spared.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 3, 2015 17:08:24 GMT
You have Fife trains and travel between two major cities. You're fucked.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 3, 2015 17:24:18 GMT
I may be safe!
Andy
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Post by kayevcee on Apr 3, 2015 18:02:39 GMT
If it would ease your mind I can stay in the house until you make it to Glasgow.
-Nick
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 3, 2015 19:29:14 GMT
You have Fife trains and travel between two major cities. You're fucked. -Ralph i may be safe! Andy You're proper fucked and you know it. -Ralph |
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Post by kayevcee on Apr 3, 2015 21:58:14 GMT
We shall see.
-Nick
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 3, 2015 22:34:06 GMT
I believe it might be okay.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 3, 2015 22:48:12 GMT
Completely fucked.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 3, 2015 22:51:04 GMT
You are such a ray of sunshine.
Did you enjoy the Moomin trailer?
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 3, 2015 22:51:49 GMT
You're doooooomed.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 3, 2015 22:52:12 GMT
We shall see...
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 3, 2015 18:18:21 GMT
This could be fun: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33762707Now I was planning to travel on the 31st: I have booked tickets with reserved seats to ride the Swindon to Portsmouth Harbour service. I'm unable to travel before the 31st because of other commitments. From the 1st onwards the service I have booked tickets on will no longer be calling at Swindon, as it's only visiting us on a diversion during August. I fully expect this one not to go ahead though: 31st is the day the Reading Festival kicks out and severely limiting the service through Reading that day won't go down well. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 30, 2015 17:57:21 GMT
I'll be betting you'll be seeing Reading Station on the News tomorrow. This one could backfire horribly on the union.
Meanwhile my train runs as far as Salisbury. From there I'm probably going to catch a SWT towards Southampton and make my way to Portsmouth from there.... at which point the tickets for the second half of the journey kick in!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 12, 2015 19:29:33 GMT
As some of you know I'm rather keen on Timetables. This service from Waterloo to Bristol was intriguing me. Turns out by looking at the timetable there's some very clever things going on. For a start most of the service is provided by just one unit. It enters service at Salisbury at 6:40 and goes to Bristol spending it's day running back and forth taking 6 hours to do the round trip each way. Every time it passes through Salisbury it merges or divides with an Exeter St David's service running together to and from London Waterloo. It eventually returns from Bristol at 23:23 to stable at Salisbury at 23:35 The clever bit is one extra train which runs from Waterloo at 9:20, gets into Bristol at 12:05, turns back at 12:49 and arrives back at Waterloo at 15:49 (the service I was on today) Again there's accompanying divisions and mergers at Salisbury mid journey. The use of an extra train in the middle of the day seems odd but a little digging in the timetable reveals that it's left Exeter at 05:10 to arrive Waterloo at 08:46, effectively the rush hour train from Exeter which has run whole to provide extra seating. The extra seats aren't needed in the day so it does a run to Bristol and back then forms into a non dividing evening peak service to Exeter My sad little brain is happy at having cracked what's going on :-) www.southwesttrains.co.uk/uploads/ptt20may2015.pdf |
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 25, 2015 17:21:48 GMT
Mid-Hants Railway Autumn Gala Weekend! I've spent the entire day thoroughly enjoying getting off and on trains and going back and forth up and down the same ten mile stretch of track.   |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 11, 2016 20:53:37 GMT
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jan 12, 2016 17:32:41 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 12, 2016 18:13:42 GMT
On the buses one of the first pieces of advice you get is buy a really good pair of sunglasses!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 27, 2016 9:43:21 GMT
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Post by Benn on Jan 27, 2016 18:52:13 GMT
So I must encounter a short train journey on Friday. Derby to Nottingham. Literally could not be shorter. I expect to be on this train until Monday.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 8, 2016 13:36:03 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 8, 2016 21:08:41 GMT
I'm really feeling sorry for FGW tonight. Having had an "eyes down for a full house" day with weather related cancellations and delays all over the place (I clocked a S Wales train 3 hours down at Didcot at one stage!) leading to them removing the peak hour ticket restrictions and saying they'll accept all today's tickets tomorrow, they've now got a One Under at Langley that's wiped out the service from Paddington :-(
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 3, 2016 21:01:57 GMT
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Post by Stomski on Apr 15, 2016 8:12:30 GMT
There's an exhibition celebrating the 40th anniversary of some GWR thing on May 2nd in Bristol. Display of old train carriages etc.
Thought you might be interested, Phil?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 15, 2016 8:20:52 GMT
Possibly, ta!
Any more details/link?
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Post by Stomski on Apr 15, 2016 9:02:30 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 26, 2016 10:52:47 GMT
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Post by primenova on May 26, 2016 11:54:38 GMT
I've just got my self tokens for unlimited travel for 1 day on Northern for £10 or £17.50 for sat/sun. the only thing is Northern only run train Mon-Sat so to take advance of the weekend it means driving to Doncater & then paying £2 for all day parking - but still saving £60 on train ticket. Can go anywhere Nottingham, Leeds, Sheffield, York, Scarborough, Manchetsre, Lievrpool. I've never looked round Bradford centre much or coudl look round halifax/Huddesfield too.
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