Fare Question - Orrell Park (Liverpool) - Brighton
(6 messages)
Date: 20 Aug 2005 10:00:13 -0700
Hello all, I have a fares-related question for all you knowledgeable
types. On Friday 2nd September I am travelling from Orrell Park to
Brighton, returning on the Sunday (4th September). is there a cheaper
way of doing this ...
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Moulinearn crossing crash - a bit of sense at last
(30 messages)
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 15:39:06 +0100
Some may remember the rather foolish comments of a sheriff regarding
this crash, which http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1689415.stm
reflects.
According to http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4166234.stm a
Hutton has had ...
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Excessive Security Messages
(6 messages)
Date: 20 Aug 2005 04:59:47 -0700
There was some discussion before about whether people really need to be
told to take their belongings with them (as if they didn't want them).
But now I am getting increasingly frustrated (literally, in that I have
missed ...
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Accident Report online: Grantham 1906
(4 messages)
Date: 20 Aug 2005 01:56:26 -0700
The report into the mysterious derailment of the King's Cross -
Edinburgh passenger train at Grantham is now online at
http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/eventsummary.php?eventID=74 .
Salisbury 1906 is next for publicatiom.. ...
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Pricing anomaly
(11 messages)
Date: 19 Aug 2005 13:45:25 -0700
Something I (and, judging by the reaction when i buy the ticket, lots
of other people) have discovered recently is the following Chiltern
ticket anomaly:
Solihull - Marylebone peak return = 脗拢69
Solihull - Dartford peak return ...
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Telephones on trains
(60 messages)
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 17:20:47 GMT
I remember using Pay Phones on London - Manchester (WCML) trains some years
ago and being cut-off in tunnels!
I guess it was in the 1970's. Anyone confirm when they were in use?
KW
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Stirling - Alloa - Kincardine link to re-open
(2 messages)
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 16:08:41 GMT
I don't think this has had a mention here.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4163372.stm>
Rail link plan given green light
The bill for reopening an old railway line has doubled to nearly GBP
60m, but work ...
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Armchair ticket inspectors please note
(12 messages)
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 16:28:44 +0100
Powers of arrest for nasty ticket persons expecting people to pay correct
fare.
Regulations of Railway Act 1889.
:)
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Tunnels = Death ?
(9 messages)
Date: 19 Aug 2005 05:56:25 -0700
After the fire in a CTRL tunnel a few days ago. I was just wondering,
if there as ever been a tunnel built with out loss of life?
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Gerrards Cross status
(54 messages)
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 12:49:16 +0100
New thread to tidy up today's situation - and last night's!
I was on GX platform last night to see Chiltern set due to be used by
NR for tests on the system, due GX about 22:15, but finally
rescheduled at about 23:30 to 01:30 ...
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Train regulation trial
(1 messages)
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 12:33:11 +0100
I understand that there is some sort of trial of an experimental train
regulation procedure (described as "self-regulation") going on in the
Bristol area. Can anyone confirm this ? And if so, what is it all about
and is it ...
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Favourate railway sounds:
(69 messages)
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 10:44:23 +0100
I don't know if this has been brought up before but these are mine:
1: The scream of an HST loco.
2: An old slammer screeching and clunking its way across Hungerford Bridge
into Charing X
3: The futuristic sounding whine/squeak ...
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This is such a "Bolton-to-Turkey" seat, which is not pegged down on the 350s.
(58 messages)
Date: 19 Aug 2005 02:27:52 -0700
Hi, I know this seems rambling and off-topic at first, but bear with
me, and you'll see why I'm posting it.
I sometimes have what the doctors call "hypnagogic hallucinations". Or
in plain English, my dreams can sometimes ...
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Gerrards Cross route reopens a day early
(8 messages)
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 07:46:21 +0000 (UTC)
Because of signal problems at Amersham, from the NR site:
07:15 All Chiltern Railways services will be diverted and run via Gerrards
Cross. Diverted trains will call at High Wycombe, Gerrards Cross,
Beaconsfield and Denham ...
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Cheap Rail Tickets
(5 messages)
Date: 18 Aug 2005 17:15:26 -0700
Hi Guys,
Can anyone tell me the best resources for cheap online rail tickets,
I'm hoping to go from Birmingham New Street to Newcastle on a weekend
and I am looking for the cheapest option.
Any help would be appreciated thanks :)
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Robin Hood Line today
(5 messages)
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 00:44:49 +0100
I live right at the side of it (& the NET) & am used to the traffic on
it. If ever I hear something out of the ordinary I shoot to the window
& usually catch the back end of it sailing past. Today I just saw the
back end of ...
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Last Southern Slammer
(9 messages)
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 23:57:17 +0100
I haven't seen this mentioned on here much recently so for the benefit
of those who don't know, tomorrow (Friday 19th August) is the last day
of scheduled slam door operation on Southern. I believe the last train
ex London ...
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Midland Mainline 9-car Meridians
(5 messages)
Date: 18 Aug 2005 15:07:06 -0700
Now that the 9-car Meridian has been in service for a few weeks (06xx
Nottingham-London etc), has anybody been on them and what do you think
of them? How long is this one set meant to be in service for and does
anyone know ...
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Railway Byelaws
(12 messages)
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 21:48:49 +0000 (UTC)
It seems that a new set of railway byelaws came into effect early in July,
and all previous byelaws were revoked. There certainly seems to have been an
attempt to write them in (reasonably) plain English. I don't recall any
previous ...
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Sheffield Station
(1 messages)
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 22:41:30 +0100
I was in Sheffield the other day, first time I've been for about a year so I
notice there's been quite a few changes
A new open plan Midland Mainline ticket office has been opened on the site
of the old taxi rank, when ...
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