"Blood clot fears on UK?s ?cattle-truck? railways" - Mail on Sunday
Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:40:14 +0100
Well, I suppose it would have to be the Mail, but ...
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Re: Air France to launch 'quicker' train to Paris as Eurostar monopoly ends
Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:14:53 +0100
In message <mhqpc41ua7pid3ote8n77f7ifcijh1gv14@4ax.com>
Bill Hayles <groups@billnot.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:58:16 +0100, Graeme Wall
> <Rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote:
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> > Salisbury has now been explained.
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> Has it? Can you explain it to us - I thought the most likely theory wa ...
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Eurotunnel: All Services Operational
Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:17:07 +0100
As of 10am this morning Eurotunnel are reporting on their website that
all Channel Tunnel services are now operational, including the car
shuttle. The NRES website is also reporting the incident cleared.
Eurostar's website is still reporting a restricted service however. ...
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Re: Express Rail Alliance IEP Design Unveiled
Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:34:49 -0700 (PDT)
On 13 Sep, 20:51, Tony Polson <docnews2...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Charlie Hulme <i...@davenportstation.org.uk> wrote:
>
> >Who is asking a TOC to invest anything?
>
> You are! ?
>
> Or at least that is the implication, because you are complaining that
> profits are being made and not reinvested in new trains ...
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Re: Air France to launch 'quicker' train to Paris as Eurostar monopoly ends
Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:26:47 +0100
In message <mn9oc49tr7lpaibr2cp6ha626a3irgsqp4@4ax.com>, at 13:50:03 on
Sat, 13 Sep 2008, Hatunen <hatunen@cox.net> remarked:
>>The only bit of bad track I found on Eurostar was when it operated from
>>Waterloo and there was a section near Vauxhall station where it
>>consistently bottomed the suspension about onc ...
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Re: Channel Tunnel Fire?
Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:46:21 +0100
On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:02:33 +0100, Tony Polson
<docnews2011@googlemail.com> wrote:
>"BH Williams" <bhwilliams@letra.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>The unaffected parts of RTN are subject to a French judicial enquiry, and so
>>no access is available to them until the Juge d' Instruction (roughly
>>equivalent to the DA in ...
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Re: Express Rail Alliance IEP Design Unveiled
Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:23:41 -0700 (PDT)
On Sep 13, 10:59?pm, Charlie Hulme <i...@davenportstation.org.uk>
wrote:
> Tony Polson wrote:
> > Charlie Hulme <i...@davenportstation.org.uk> wrote:
> >> Who is asking a TOC to invest anything?
>
> > You are! ?
>
> > Or at least that is the implication, because you are complaining that
> > profits are being ...
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Re: Air France to launch 'quicker' train to Paris as Eurostar
monopoly ends
Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:45:34 -0700 (PDT)
> I'm pretty sure the sideways g exceeds more than that from time to time.
Flanges are a special case of sticky wheels: acceleration can be much
higher if you're not reliant on just friction to provide the
reaction. For an F1 car, the limiting factor is just lateral grip,
hence the obsession with downforce: ...
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'Simplification' effects on Luton Airport (+ Parkway) fares
Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:15:10 +0100
Since the new fare names came into play, I have noticed that the fares
for the shuttle between Luton Airport Parkway and the airport have
fallen. Previously, non-rail users had to pay more for the shuttle than
rail users, which was a potential issue for those who intended to use
the airport (the three letter c ...
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Re: Air France to launch 'quicker' train to Paris as Eurostar monopoly ends
Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:43:57 +0100
In message <1eqnc4tbg2oe5u5op00h6qhds5lmi6ckqn@4ax.com>, at 09:29:39 on
Sat, 13 Sep 2008, Hatunen <hatunen@cox.net> remarked:
>>I'm pretty sure the sideways g exceeds more than that from time to time.
>>I was on a particularly nasty train from Gatwick to Victoria the other
>>day where the random sideways lurching ...
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