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Re: Express Rail Alliance IEP Design Unveiled
Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:37:20 -0700 (PDT)
On Sep 13, 12:34???pm, Andy Roden <and...@andrewroden.wanadoo.co.uk>
wrote:
> > >Tony Polson wrote:
>
> > >> Apart from the lighting, FGW refurbished HSTs are a pleasure to travel
> > >> in. ???Plenty of legroom, comfortable, supportive seats and a high
> > >> proportion of seats with good views. ???I am no fan ...
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Re: Air France to launch 'quicker' train to Paris as Eurostar monopoly ends
Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:36:55 +0100
In message
<ff3d9ca3-5802-4119-9331-256a5a8a0444@k37g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>, at
06:49:40 on Sat, 13 Sep 2008, i.g.batten@batten.eu.org remarked:
>On a train, you don't therefore need to be seated, never mind strapped
>in, because a train can only stop or accelerate at a few tenths of a g
>(someone will giv ...
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Re: Express Rail Alliance IEP Design Unveiled
Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:39:49 -0700 (PDT)
On 13 Sep, 14:11, Charlie Hulme <i...@davenportstation.org.uk> wrote:
> 826 wrote:
> > There are many, like
> > me who prefer airline seats because one is not having to play footsie
> > with the person opposite
>
> Me too, provided I can still stretch my legs, but I
> also see that certain sectors of the market ...
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Re: Air France to launch 'quicker' train to Paris as Eurostar
monopoly ends
Sat, 13 Sep 2008 06:49:40 -0700 (PDT)
> The assertion was based on the fact that the survivability of incidents
> of various types was greater for trains than planes. Others, yourself
> included have tried to engage me in a different debate, on the basis
> that some incidents involving planes are survivable, or that statistics
> show planes are pret ...
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Re: Express Rail Alliance IEP Design Unveiled
Sat, 13 Sep 2008 05:41:19 -0700 (PDT)
On 13 Sep, 12:34, Andy Roden <and...@andrewroden.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > >Tony Polson wrote:
>
> > >> Apart from the lighting, FGW refurbished HSTs are a pleasure to travel
> > >> in. ?Plenty of legroom, comfortable, supportive seats and a high
> > >> proportion of seats with good views. ?I am no fan of First G ...
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Re: Express Rail Alliance IEP Design Unveiled
Sat, 13 Sep 2008 04:34:31 -0700 (PDT)
> >Tony Polson wrote:
>
> >> Apart from the lighting, FGW refurbished HSTs are a pleasure to travel
> >> in. ?Plenty of legroom, comfortable, supportive seats and a high
> >> proportion of seats with good views. ?I am no fan of First Great
> >> Western, but their HST refurbs set a high standard.
>
<<snip!>>
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Re: Air France to launch 'quicker' train to Paris as Eurostar monopoly ends
Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:58:16 +0100
In message <ae4329b8-0beb-4044-a48a-2c3f3a097ba8@s50g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>
i.g.batten@batten.eu.org wrote:
[snip]
>
> It's probably about the same for railway journeys. Maybe it's an
> order of magnitude safer. Maybe it's an order of magnitude more
> dangerous. No one knows (because you're dr ...
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Chunnel reopened
Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:03:09 +0200
This past night, the south bore of the Channel tunnel was reopened
for traffic. Both freight trains and Eurostar passenger trains operate
at a reduced schedule.
The north bore remains shut for some time. The two crossovers in the
tunnel could be used later to reduce the single-track to the section
where ...
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NIMBY you toot !
Sat, 13 Sep 2008 01:38:26 -0700 (PDT)
http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/northyorkshire/display.var.2445365.0.too_many_toots_wensleydale_railway_complaint_rejected.php
and if it wraps http://tinyurl.com/42vkv9 ...
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OT as in US but LA train crash with dead
Sat, 13 Sep 2008 01:30:44 -0700 (PDT)
Google news http://news.google.co.uk/nwshp?hl=en&tab=wn&ncl=1245693848&topic=h
is probably the best way to keep track of all the stories about it -
currently aprox 1500 stories so far !
I'd suggest a SPAD by one of the drivers, looking at the aerial video
on the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7613 ...
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