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Re: Cyclist crashes onto track
Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:59:17 -0700 (PDT)
On Jul 3, 8:47?am, Tony Polson <docnews2...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> wensleyd...@pacersplace.org.uk (Neil Williams) wrote:
> >On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 22:29:45 ?, "Stephen" <newsmai...@ntlworld.com>
> >wrote:
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> >>But a big difference. Everyone is a pedestrian or at least uses footpaths
> >>(including wheelchairs, et ...
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Re: Travelling short: Would this be wrong, and would I get caught?
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:45:32 +0100
On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:38:33 +0100, Simon <bouncingaddy@aol.com>
wrote:
>No I do not seem to think any such thing and never said anything
>about acting daft being OK to travel without paying the correct
>fare. It is not. I was just noting that honest mistakes do happen
>as does fare dodging. I see lots of fa ...
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Re: Network Rail to Move Crewe Station
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:41:22 +0100
On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 06:39 -0700, allan tracy wrote:
> As for all those WCML trains that wona??t be stopping there, well surely
> thata??s what avoiding lines were built for a?? upgraded of course.
Crewe already has a pair of through lines up the middle (between 5 and
6).
Mike
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Re: BBC: Is this the new age of the train?
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:36:21 +0100
On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:16:32 +0100, Arthur Figgis
<afiggis@example.com.invalid> wrote:
>While I've not done a statistically valid survey, when I've been in the
>Netherlands I've noticed that cycling on the pavement seemed a lot more
>common than in Britain - over here it tends to be yoofs and people who
>are ...
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BBC - Loco celebrates top steam record
Thu, 3 Jul 2008 10:22:49 -0700 (PDT)
A railway expert has said a steam locomotive speed record set 70 years
ago will probably never be broken.
The Mallard steam locomotive reached 126 miles an hour on a stretch of
track near Grantham in July 1938.
etc
The museum plans to reunite the Mallard with three other "A4"
locomotives - the Bittern, Sir ...
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Re: Cyclist crashes onto track
Thu, 3 Jul 2008 10:15:09 -0700 (PDT)
On Jul 3, 5:06?pm, "Stephen" <newsmai...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> "Charlie Hulme" <i...@davenportstation.org.uk> wrote in message
>
> news:vA5bk.76466$GF6.41790@newsfe27.ams2...> Tony Polson wrote:
> >> Charlie Hulme <i...@davenportstation.org.uk> wrote:
> >>> I'm tired of this now.
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> >> Then don't waste your t ...
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Re: Manchester Metrolink Derailment
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:09:28 +0100
On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 15:55:08 -0700 (PDT), Connaire
<conn1231@googlemail.com> wrote:
>On 2 Jul, 22:17, Cheeky <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
>> On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 15:26:16 -0700 (PDT), Connaire
>> Not as bad (i.e. expensive) as getting it up from Deansgate!
>
>Knowing GMPTE and there crazy bus routing these days it ...
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Re: Cyclist crashes onto track
Thu, 3 Jul 2008 10:08:21 -0700 (PDT)
On Jul 3, 12:18?pm, "Stephen" <newsmai...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> "MIG" <googles...@doreenbird.co.uk> wrote in message
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> news:96eabdaa-3c33-4aef-b812-4b5a42aedb82@8g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> On Jul 2, 10:16 pm, "Stephen" <newsmai...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
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> > "collybs" <pe...@collybs.co.uk> wrot ...
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FGW for ¡ê10 at Weekends
Thu, 3 Jul 2008 09:12:29 -0700 (PDT)
Anyone who holds a monthly or longer season ticket on First Great
Western is entitled to a Standard Day Return ticket for ¡ê10 (First Day
Return for ¡ê20) for any travel on any FGW route/train on Saturdays,
Sundays or Bank Holidays between 5 July & 28 September.
The offer allows the season ticket holder, plus one ...
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Re: Travelling short: Would this be wrong, and would I get caught?
Thu, 3 Jul 2008 08:26:22 -0700 (PDT)
Ross wrote:
> What we should have done back in BR days was gone totally ATB
> ticketing (as per SNCB), with the time restrictions printed on the
> ticket in plain English:
> "On your outward journey, you cannot use this ticket to travel to
> London before 10:00"
> "On your return journey, you cannot use this t ...
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