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1  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: A daily picture from my recent travels on: March 19, 2024, 12:59:34
If it's Tuesday...it must be Taunton Huh
2  Sideshoots - associated subjects / Campaigns for new and improved services / Re: Portishead Line reopening for passengers - ongoing discussion on: March 15, 2024, 08:15:06
Looks like a pared down version of Ebbw Vale Town/Parkway. Given the exposed nature of the site at the head of the Gordano valley, I can't help thinking the whole lot will be blown away in the first good gale! As it stands, I cant see any shelter from the weather whatsoever.
3  Sideshoots - associated subjects / Campaigns for new and improved services / Re: Portishead Line reopening for passengers - ongoing discussion on: March 14, 2024, 17:06:14
The proposed Portishead station plans are up for consideration on the North Somerset website. It is also referenced on the Portishead Railway group website and can be found by following this link...24/P/0474/DCW...
4  All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Problems with IET trains from April 2021 on: February 05, 2024, 09:57:46

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
5  All across the Great Western territory / Buses and other ways to travel / Re: X replacement Y - what's possible? on: November 09, 2023, 19:53:46
Don't tell Rishi ....or we might get Network North joined up by whirlybirds dodging the Amazon drones.
6  All across the Great Western territory / Introductions and chat / Re: Greenwich to Melksham, 1st November 2023 on: November 03, 2023, 03:26:10
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 (English National Concessionary Travel Scheme) 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.
7  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: The only place is Essex! on: October 31, 2023, 11:30:08
He/she might be leaving the Grays dreys behind to visit our Red cousin here in the West Country. He will have to take a trip on the Severn beech line !
8  All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom / Re: HS2 - Government proposals, alternative routes and general discussion on: October 04, 2023, 16:50:59
Call me cynical, but by the time all these schemes come to fruition...... don't forget 3 miles of track to Portishead has taken 20 plus years and is still 3 years away.....and has been subjected to  7.5km of paperwork and too many reviews and revised costings to count.....I can't see much loose change from £36 billion!
9  Journey by Journey / Bristol (WECA) Commuters / Re: underground plans for Bristol update. on: September 27, 2023, 21:07:06
Given the width of the guidedbusway rails on the m2...I wouldn't be a bit surprised if Marvin ordered some broad gauge trains to replace the buses.....as a parting shot to a certain WECA» (West of England Combined Authority - about) mayor.
10  Journey by Journey / Bristol (WECA) Commuters / Re: Portway Park and Ride Station on: August 03, 2023, 09:21:55
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 !
11  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Where's this train on: August 03, 2023, 08:28:58
3. Ferrol ?
12  Journey by Journey / Bristol (WECA) Commuters / Re: Portway Park and Ride Station on: July 31, 2023, 12:56:13
Did the SoS at the last minute, declare it open as.....  Markway Harpway ? Huh
13  All across the Great Western territory / Fare's Fair / Re: Ticket Office Closure Consultation on: July 27, 2023, 09:36:01
My observation FWIW (for what it's worth)...

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.
14  Journey by Journey / Bristol (WECA) Commuters / Re: Portway Park and Ride Station on: June 26, 2023, 21:46:56
Wondering if Ashley Down is the hare to Portway Parkway's tortoise.....
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15  Sideshoots - associated subjects / Campaigns for new and improved services / Re: Portishead Line reopening for passengers - ongoing discussion on: June 21, 2023, 14:16:07
The only deity they might dig up in constructing the Portishead line might be an effigy of St Dawn of Primarolo, coloured bright red, eating Richard Cotterell previous chair of ATA ..Advanced Transport for Avon.
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