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Title: Crystal Ball? Post by: grahame on August 27, 2016, 07:37:56 Message at 07:30 this morning ...
Quote 15:00 London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads due 16:39 This train will no longer call at Chippenham and Bath Spa. This is due to overcrowding because of a sporting event. I suspect it's to do with the Bristol Rovers v Swindon Town that kicks off at 13:30. Title: Re: Crystal Ball? Post by: Gordon the Blue Engine on August 27, 2016, 12:08:48 I was perplexed by this, until I realised that the match is actually Swindon Town vs Bristol Rovers.
Title: Re: Crystal Ball? Post by: Adelante_CCT on August 27, 2016, 12:28:22 Correct, Graham needs to go and sit in the naughty corner!
Title: Re: Crystal Ball? Post by: grahame on August 27, 2016, 12:42:31 As Swindon is my 'home' team, I was just being naturally polite and putting guests before family in my writing.
Title: Re: Crystal Ball? Post by: TaplowGreen on August 27, 2016, 15:58:05 Abandoned after 10 minutes due to a thunderstorm!
Title: Re: Crystal Ball? Post by: grahame on August 27, 2016, 17:03:38 Abandoned after 60 minutes according to the BBC and to returning followers at Melksham. 45 off and 4 on ... estimate around 150 on the train into Melksham at (due 16:26, arrived 16:29, left at about 16:31)
Title: Re: Crystal Ball? Post by: Gordon the Blue Engine on August 27, 2016, 17:27:40 As Swindon is my 'home' team, I was just being naturally polite and putting guests before family in my writing. I should have realised there was an entirely plausible reason for the apparent misstatement of the facts, and TaplowGreen and myself should of course now offer you our unreserved apologies. Given your skills in creatively defending the indefensible, have you considered a career as a Delay Attribution Manager? I’m sure with you in charge your employer would never ever concede any lost minutes! Title: Re: Crystal Ball? Post by: grahame on August 27, 2016, 17:44:37 I should have realised there was an entirely plausible reason for the apparent misstatement of the facts, and TaplowGreen and myself should of course now offer you our unreserved apologies. Given your skills in creatively defending the indefensible, have you considered a career as a Delay Attribution Manager? I’m sure with you in charge your employer would never ever concede any lost minutes! Nah ... my woolly statement, knowing diddly-squat about football - sorry about that. It's on a par with my wife (who's native tongue is Amercan not English) getting caught between "Two fish and chips" and "Fish and chips twice". But, yeah, I do sometimes find myself looking for positive outcomes in apparently dire negative situations. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |