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Title: xmas comes early for truro late night shoppers Post by: STATION MASTER on December 17, 2009, 00:35:37 most of the passengers going to truro late night shopping tonight must have thought xmas had come early! no gate line or rpis just a total free forall. 17.37 from penzance overloaded with scrotes from hayle camborne and redruth . last year everyone had to have a ticket or else.
Title: Re: xmas comes early for truro late night shoppers Post by: dooby13 on December 17, 2009, 09:33:26 It is extremely rare that you will be asked for a ticket between Penzance and Truro unless you're on one of those 2 carriage trains. In the return direction, you'll be asked probably once out of every 20 trips, but you'll probably have to stand anyway because of all the rubbish. Title: Re: xmas comes early for truro late night shoppers Post by: JayMac on December 17, 2009, 12:06:33 dooby, can I suggest you supply the forum with pictures of all this rubbish that is preventing you from sitting down on a FGW service beyond Plymouth. If not, then give it a rest, it's becoming tiresome.
Title: Re: xmas comes early for truro late night shoppers Post by: dooby13 on December 17, 2009, 12:17:23 I don't usually carry a camera when I'm on trains, but next time I do have one with me, on a fetid Worst Late Western, I'll let you know. Title: Re: xmas comes early for truro late night shoppers Post by: devon_metro on December 17, 2009, 14:16:27 dooby, can I suggest you supply the forum with pictures of all this rubbish that is preventing you from sitting down on a FGW service beyond Plymouth. If not, then give it a rest, it's becoming tiresome. Perhaps we should swap the FGW trains with 4 car wonderfully magical Cross Country trains. See what he thinks then. Title: Re: xmas comes early for truro late night shoppers Post by: dooby13 on December 17, 2009, 14:23:45 dooby, can I suggest you supply the forum with pictures of all this rubbish that is preventing you from sitting down on a FGW service beyond Plymouth. If not, then give it a rest, it's becoming tiresome. Perhaps we should swap the FGW trains with 4 car wonderfully magical Cross Country trains. See what he thinks then. As opposed to those 2 carriage pieces of junk that trundle between Penzance and Plymouth? Yes please ;D Title: Re: xmas comes early for truro late night shoppers Post by: Chris2 on December 17, 2009, 14:54:11 Between Penzance and Plymouth on a weekday, there are more HST operated services by FGW than services operated by units.
There are: 4 trains operated by XC in each direction FGW services in each direction 10 HST services 1 Loco hauled (Sleeper FYI thetrout) 7 operated by units That means that the majority of services in Cornwall are operated by intercity quality stock. I am not sure whether a Voyager is up to intercity standard. The longest journey I have ever had to endure was to Bristol Temple Meads. Regarding your comments about rubbish on the trains. It does not really matter what company you travel with, it depends on the passengers who have been on the train. I have been on FGW,XC and previously VT that have all needed a good clean. Title: Re: xmas comes early for truro late night shoppers Post by: jester on December 17, 2009, 17:52:55 Well Dooby13 those 'two carriage pieces of junk' are remarkably reliable.... ;)
Title: Re: xmas comes early for truro late night shoppers Post by: 6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01 on December 17, 2009, 17:59:37 to be honest and to back him up.... fgw trains are usually very clean however newton abbot onwards does tend to accumulate alot of rubish left on the train and not put in bins provided.... but nothing excessive or that is left there for days, its just one of those things, some simpletons dont tidy up afterthemselfs i once saw a youngish mum (early 30's) with two daughters one was about 10 the other was around 14/15 and she managed to down 5 cans of carling and a pizza between totnes and plym where she got off, her rubbish didnt... her poor kids this was only at like 11am
Title: Re: xmas comes early for truro late night shoppers Post by: thetrout on December 17, 2009, 18:48:50 Between Penzance and Plymouth on a weekday, there are more HST operated services by FGW than services operated by units. There are: 4 trains operated by XC in each direction FGW services in each direction 10 HST services 1 Loco hauled 7 operated by units That means that the majority of services in Cornwall are operated by intercity quality stock. I am not sure whether a Voyager is up to intercity standard. The longest journey I have ever had to endure was to Bristol Temple Meads. Regarding your comments about rubbish on the trains. It does not really matter what company you travel with, it depends on the passengers who have been on the train. I have been on FGW,XC and previously VT that have all needed a good clean. Whats the Loco Hauled Working...??! I thought it was only CDF - TAU that had Loco Hauled...??! Title: Re: xmas comes early for truro late night shoppers Post by: devon_metro on December 17, 2009, 18:49:29 Between Penzance and Plymouth on a weekday, there are more HST operated services by FGW than services operated by units. There are: 4 trains operated by XC in each direction FGW services in each direction 10 HST services 1 Loco hauled 7 operated by units That means that the majority of services in Cornwall are operated by intercity quality stock. I am not sure whether a Voyager is up to intercity standard. The longest journey I have ever had to endure was to Bristol Temple Meads. Regarding your comments about rubbish on the trains. It does not really matter what company you travel with, it depends on the passengers who have been on the train. I have been on FGW,XC and previously VT that have all needed a good clean. Whats the Loco Hauled Working...??! I thought it was only CDF - TAU that had Loco Hauled...??! Sleeper Title: Re: xmas comes early for truro late night shoppers Post by: thetrout on December 17, 2009, 18:53:16 Of Course...! ;D Having used it myself, How could I have forgotten that... Forgive me... It's been a long day :P
*Trout hides before someone notices he's been a complete pillock...!* Title: Re: xmas comes early for truro late night shoppers Post by: vacman on December 17, 2009, 22:36:23 dooby, can I suggest you supply the forum with pictures of all this rubbish that is preventing you from sitting down on a FGW service beyond Plymouth. If not, then give it a rest, it's becoming tiresome. Perhaps we should swap the FGW trains with 4 car wonderfully magical Cross Country trains. See what he thinks then. As opposed to those 2 carriage pieces of junk that trundle between Penzance and Plymouth? Yes please ;D As for ticket checking, won't matter next september when ticket barriers are installed at Truro, all the Cambornites will have to start selling the big issue to actually buy a train ticket to get to Truro crown court every week. Title: Re: xmas comes early for truro late night shoppers Post by: devon_metro on December 17, 2009, 22:51:33 As for ticket checking, won't matter next september when ticket barriers are installed at Truro, all the Cambornites will have to start selling the big issue to actually buy a train ticket to get to Truro crown court every week. LOL Title: Re: xmas comes early for truro late night shoppers Post by: Super Guard on December 18, 2009, 01:59:44 Bravo vacman ;D
Title: Re: xmas comes early for truro late night shoppers Post by: gaf71 on December 18, 2009, 09:17:20 Bravo vacman ;D Hear! Hear!Title: Re: xmas comes early for truro late night shoppers Post by: slippy on December 18, 2009, 13:22:00 In the return direction, you'll be asked probably once out of every 20 trips, but you'll probably have to stand anyway because of all the rubbish. Novel idea but how about putting the rubbish in a bin and then sitting down....? Title: Re: xmas comes early for truro late night shoppers Post by: Phil on December 18, 2009, 13:33:06 Novel idea but how about putting the rubbish in a bin and then sitting down....? There's probably some unionised health and safety executive ruling which dictates that passengers undertaking such activities do so in contravention of rules governing collection of discards under subsection 2.5.9a of paragraph 76 Title: Re: xmas comes early for truro late night shoppers Post by: 6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01 on December 18, 2009, 17:15:57 actually on the refeshed hst's.... due to the hds arrangement are there now less litter bins? not that giro'nites would pay any attention
Title: Re: xmas comes early for truro late night shoppers Post by: JayMac on December 18, 2009, 20:32:32 Wos a giro'nite? Someone on state benefits? I myself am on benefit and I clean up after myself. Leave the random generalisations to the Daily Mail.
Title: Re: xmas comes early for truro late night shoppers Post by: devon_metro on December 18, 2009, 20:45:01 actually on the refeshed hst's.... due to the hds arrangement are there now less litter bins? not that giro'nites would pay any attention Yeh, but if I can't find a bin, I take the litter with me, why other people don't I have no idea! Title: Re: xmas comes early for truro late night shoppers Post by: 6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01 on December 18, 2009, 20:47:00 exactly... there are bins on the station you wouldnt want to move other peoples rubbish so why would people leave it for others,,, it irritates me
Title: Re: xmas comes early for truro late night shoppers Post by: old original on December 18, 2009, 22:25:52 the name for passengers, as overheard from a member of staff at Truro "it's travelling with the great unwashed"
I rest my case Title: Re: xmas comes early for truro late night shoppers Post by: The Tall Controller on December 20, 2009, 22:48:49 dooby, can I suggest you supply the forum with pictures of all this rubbish that is preventing you from sitting down on a FGW service beyond Plymouth. If not, then give it a rest, it's becoming tiresome. Perhaps we should swap the FGW trains with 4 car wonderfully magical Cross Country trains. See what he thinks then. As opposed to those 2 carriage pieces of junk that trundle between Penzance and Plymouth? Yes please ;D As for ticket checking, won't matter next september when ticket barriers are installed at Truro, all the Cambornites will have to start selling the big issue to actually buy a train ticket to get to Truro crown court every week. Saw a XC lady cleaning west of Newton Abbot on Saturday, unless she was a passenger cleaning for the fun of it, id say she was being employed to clean the train! ;D Title: Re: xmas comes early for truro late night shoppers Post by: devon_metro on December 20, 2009, 22:52:26 That will have been the trolley dolley.
Title: Re: xmas comes early for truro late night shoppers Post by: inspector_blakey on December 21, 2009, 02:35:03 Tsk d_m... That's a bit sexist wouldn't you say... :o
Title: Re: xmas comes early for truro late night shoppers Post by: JayMac on December 21, 2009, 09:01:30 Male or female, I refer to them as trolley dollies. :D
Title: Re: xmas comes early for truro late night shoppers Post by: thetrout on December 21, 2009, 09:10:16 I prefer Customer Host... sounds alot more friendly than Retail Services Manager... that sounds more like:
I will slap you if you pay for a 50p packet of shortbread with a ^20 note ;D Title: Re: xmas comes early for truro late night shoppers Post by: devon_metro on December 21, 2009, 11:53:41 Tsk d_m... That's a bit sexist wouldn't you say... :o Rob T did state is was a lady ;) And as bignosemac says, its fairly unrelated to the gender. Title: Re: xmas comes early for truro late night shoppers Post by: inspector_blakey on December 21, 2009, 15:43:54 Dear oh dear. You'll be calling the conductors "clippies" next... ;D
Title: Re: xmas comes early for truro late night shoppers Post by: devon_metro on December 21, 2009, 15:45:09 Dear oh dear. You'll be calling the conductors "clippies" next... ;D Hadn't thought of that one :D Title: Re: xmas comes early for truro late night shoppers Post by: Branch Line Connor on December 21, 2009, 17:19:07 Travelling with First Great Western to Truro and back yesterday. Nobody came to collect tickets. I think it was to cold for the train manager ;) Also when travelling on swt back in the summer when they had no ticket collectors a 'scroaty' family came on at Teignmouth and got into 1st class for free... funny though they came running out at Newton Abbot as the door in first class is emergency only! :)
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