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1	All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: First Great Western rebrands to Great Western Railway and related department changes	on: August 13, 2015, 12:21:47
An auntie of mine posted a pic of herself in a rebranded GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) first class carriage this morning! I'll check with her if I can post it later for you!

2	All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Creepy hologram woman	on: August 09, 2014, 21:59:21
Ive seen it at Kings Cross! Made me jump and scared the shits out of me! Creepy too!

3	Journey by Journey / Transport for London / Re: Crossrail/Elizabeth Line. From construction to operation - ongoing discussion	on: July 09, 2014, 10:48:00
Quote from: bignosemac on July 08, 2014, 23:04:04 There is a three part BBC^» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) documentary series on the building of Crossrail starting next week, July 16th 2014, 9pm, BBC2. Quote This series follows a team of more than 10,000 engineers and construction workers as they race to build a brand new railway under London - Crossrail - London's new Underground. Costing fifteen billion pounds, it's the biggest engineering project in Europe and a huge challenge to pull off. As they burrow the forty-two kilometres of tunnels, engineers must battle to make sure that listed buildings don't crack, London Underground trains keep running, roads don't shut and the City stays in business. Crucially, they must drive one of their gigantic 1,000-tonne tunnel boring machines through a tiny gap in the congested underbelly of Tottenham Court Road station without the passengers on the tube platforms below knowing they are there. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04b7h1w Should be quite interesting! Over the last 7 years, BBC two seems to like these types of documentaries on transport! They have had the redevelopment of St Pancras International, The Tube, British Airways and now this one!

4	All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: End for Volo TV?	on: April 13, 2014, 12:39:14
Hey! I have just asked them on twitter and got this responce Quote @platypusfighter Hi. That's correct. It will be removed and replaced with WiFi. There is no official start date yet though. TJ

5	All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Management of Reading and Bristol Temple Meads stations - FGW to Network Rail	on: April 02, 2014, 23:28:30
Looks like they have been added to the NR^» (Network Rail - home page) site now! http://www.networkrail.co.uk/bristol-temple-meads/departures-arrivals/ http://www.networkrail.co.uk/reading-station/departures-arrivals/

6	All across the Great Western territory / Media about railways, and other means of transport / Re: Channel 5 documentary, 'The Railway: First Great Western'	on: March 19, 2014, 18:50:39
@Cynthia and anyone who hasnt seen it, it is still on Channel 5 on demand! http://www.channel5.com/shows/the-railway-first-great-western Enjoy!

7	All across the Great Western territory / Diary - what's happening when? / Re: Unique opportunity to travel the Portbury Branch Line - Saturday 29 Sept 2012	on: September 30, 2012, 21:34:17
Wow! Looks like the earlier ones were more exciting!! The 16:09 didnt have any collections or staff that I could see and they changed Platforms! It arrived for us and we got on and had the announcement about what were doing and it was a special Charter and then along the route updates about the Token and going from Network Rail to the Docks railway! Very enjoyable day and even better with the weather we had too!

8	All across the Great Western territory / Diary - what's happening when? / Re: Unique opportunity to travel the Portbury Branch Line - Saturday 29 Sept 2012	on: September 15, 2012, 23:30:00
I got all the 3 tickets I asked for and the email everyone got aswell. I have to say, I was expecting them to be the normal size ones too!! xD

9	All across the Great Western territory / Diary - what's happening when? / Re: Unique opportunity to travel the Portbury Branch Line - Saturday 29 Sept 2012	on: September 07, 2012, 17:04:25
They have added another carriage and I got tickets! Im on the 16:09 Cant wait.

10	Sideshoots - associated subjects / Campaigns for new and improved services / Re: Portishead Line reopening for passengers - ongoing discussion	on: August 31, 2012, 22:59:02
Just to say FGW^▸ (First Great Western) are running trains down the portbury part of the line on the 29th September during the Community Rail Festival http://www.fgwevents.co.uk/communityrailfestival/ 5 trains, booking in advance only and only the first 100 people will get on.

11	All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Proposed GWML IEP depot at Stoke Gifford	on: February 02, 2012, 18:46:03
The depot has been approved by SG council. Link - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-16834629 Quote A proposed train depot on the Great Western main line near Bristol has been given planning approval by councillors. Agility Trains wants to build the depot on land at Stoke Gifford, close to Bristol Parkway railway station. More than 700 residents signed a petition against the plans and 60 written objections were lodged with South Gloucestershire Council. Despite that, the authority's Development Control Committee voted in favour of the scheme. Agility Trains said it hoped it would take between 18 and 24 months to build the depot on land, called the Stoke Gifford triangle. Several railway lines cross at the site of the depot, which is on the route between Bristol and Cardiff. The main building would accommodate two full-length trains at once and would also include offices and storage space. Agility Trains said its studies showed the depot would not affect residents and that none of the statutory bodies had objected to the proposal. Protesters said the depot would be too close to houses in Stoke Gifford Andy Barr, from Hitachi Rail Europe, said: "I can understand the concerns but once the trains are parked you aren't going to know they are there. "During the main part of the night there will be no work going on in the yard itself. It's more like a car park." Mr Barr said repair work would be carried out in a sound-proofed maintenance shed. Agility Trains won a contract to supply the Intercity Express Programme for the Department for Transport and is a partnership between construction company John Laing Projects and Hitachi Limited.

12	All across the Great Western territory / Looking forward - after Coronavirus to 2045 / Re: Some thoughts on near and far future possibilities	on: December 31, 2011, 15:05:17
Quote from: TerminalJunkie on December 31, 2011, 01:44:51 Quote from: centralman on December 31, 2011, 01:09:46 What I'm saying is that the winner of the franchise should try and help with the investment of reopening it. But all they will do is plug that cost into the bid they submit, plus a bit extra to ~~screw more money out of the taxpayer~~ keep their shareholders happy. In effect, it will just end up costing more. Yeah, but if they put money in themselves it means less money for the taxpayer (North Somerset Council) to fork up getting it running.

13	All across the Great Western territory / Looking forward - after Coronavirus to 2045 / Re: Some thoughts on near and far future possibilities	on: December 31, 2011, 01:09:46
Quote from: TerminalJunkie on December 31, 2011, 00:20:59 Quote from: centralman on December 31, 2011, 00:17:18 I would like to see the winner of the new franchise pay half of the cost of reopening the Portishead railway line considering they will be running the service when it does reopen. Why? Don't you want it to reopen? Of course I do. What I'm saying is that the winner of the franchise should try and help with the investment of reopening it.

14	All across the Great Western territory / Looking forward - after Coronavirus to 2045 / Re: Some thoughts on near and far future possibilities	on: December 31, 2011, 00:17:18
I would like to see the winner of the new franchise pay half of the cost of reopening the Portishead railway line considering they will be running the service when it does reopen.

15	All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: New Customer Information Systems	on: December 04, 2011, 21:26:04
Quote from: Donkey Guard on November 22, 2011, 21:29:29 "New" announcements now at Reading Reading screens also show "Arrived" under the "Expected" column when the train rolls in. Also new PA^▸ (Public Address) announcements are active at TVP. Does that mean that Phil has been removed from his duties?

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