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All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Problems with IET trains from April 2021
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on: February 05, 2024, 09:57:46
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In the early days of the project, many promises were made about the quality and reliability of these new trains.
In the early days of the project, many promises were made about the quality and reliability of these new ..............roads/hospitals/libraries/sports centres/airports/aircraft carriers/armoured cars/mail deliveries/bank availabilities/flood prevention schemes/electric cars/supermarket cashiers/Boeing 737s/etc/etc................this could be a whole new thread in itself for an election year
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All across the Great Western territory / Introductions and chat / Re: Greenwich to Melksham, 1st November 2023
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on: November 03, 2023, 03:26:10
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I spent 3 very frosty days in London in January of this year and was delighted to find a river roamer ticket for a day was half price with a ENCTS▸ card (bus pass) and that it was less than £10. . It was brilliantly sunny and I remember doing 3 return trips between Battersea Power Station and Greenwich,extending to Barking and Putney at peak time. The last trip was especially magical as all the lights of the skyscrapers came on gradually.
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Journey by Journey / Bristol (WECA) Commuters / Re: Portway Park and Ride Station
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on: August 03, 2023, 09:21:55
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Would love to see one of the Aida cruise ships docking at Portway park and ride. There are some bollards on the opposite bank from the days of the Pill 'hobblers' which might help !!
Perhaps TonyK would like to adopt a new moniker for this thread ...Four Cruisers Now !
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All across the Great Western territory / Fare's Fair / Re: Ticket Office Closure Consultation
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on: July 27, 2023, 09:36:01
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My observation FWIW▸ ...
Has anyone considered the following scenario.....
A blind person arrives at a station where the ticket offices are closed. He/she cannot see anyone on the concourse and is approached by someone who claims to be a uniformed member of staff and asks 'Can I help you?'.
The reply is 'I wish to buy a ticket to X from the machine.' He/she is escorted to the machine and the assister punches the details which just happen to be a first class return journey to the furthest point on the network. He then asks the blind person for their card, guides their hand over the keypad and watches as they tap in their pin number. In a very short period of time, the assister pockets the printed ticket.... and the card with the pin number...leaving the blind person with no ticket and no card with the pin number having been divulged.
This may be an extreme example, but it raises the question of just how secure a vulnerable person would be without a designated ticket office. Perhaps a machine in a booth with a shelter should be designated with a member of staff manning it ......isn't that just what the proposal is trying to get rid of ?
I do hope my illustration highlights the very real concern I feel about the closure of ticket offices.
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