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31  Journey by Journey / Heart of Wessex / Re: Bath to Weymouth - day out article in the local "paper" on: August 12, 2023, 14:36:28
Tell me again – is it a big train?
32  All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom / Re: Southern - west coastway proposed changes on: August 11, 2023, 09:08:02
You'd think that with the decline of mass commuting, services might become less London-focused and therefore more inter-regional. At least you'd hope so.
33  Journey by Journey / Wales local journeys / Re: pa le yr oeddwn heddyw, y nawfed o Awst on: August 10, 2023, 12:30:41
Awst High Level, Awst Low Level, Awst Town, Awst Pier, and Awst Grand Central.
34  All across the Great Western territory / Fare's Fair / Re: Ticket Office Closure Consultation on: August 10, 2023, 12:26:12
Have closures by stealth started already?

I note that locally there has been some closures of ticket offices which break the hours stipulated.

St Austell has been shown on the station updates page, for the past few weeks, as "closed until further notice" and now it just says "Closed"

Truro and Penzance which were open until 20.00 and, I believe 19.00hrs M-F, both state on the station information page on the GWR (Great Western Railway) website they now close at 17.30.



Could be due to ticket office staff being on leave and there being no one available to cover the shifts

Yep, that is a possibility but it has been going on for a few weeks now. In my time it wouldn't have happened  but with the threats of closure around the staff may have started to decline o/t & rdw to make a point.
What is rdw? Google is only giving me "red cell distribution width".
35  Sideshoots - associated subjects / News, Help and Assistance / Re: Abbreviations and acronyms resolved within our pages on: August 09, 2023, 13:17:31
I think the issue is that the software can't tell which meaning of WC (Wiltshire Council (Unitary Authority)) is intended in any one usage. So if it marks every instance of WC as 'Wiltshire Council' it will sometimes be wrong. And if someone wants to write about, say, England's performance in the Women's WC in Australia...
36  All across the Great Western territory / Fare's Fair / Re: TVM - promoted "quick buy" tickets still cost more than they should on: August 09, 2023, 08:59:09
I haven't used a TVM (Ticket Vending Machine) for a couple of months, but the last time I did, the Super Off-Peak was right there on the first screen. There wasn't even the vaguest description of the difference between that and Off-Peak, or of what constitutes peak. I expect that to do so would require several screens' worth of verbiage, and therein lies the bigger problem.
37  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Where am I - 2023-08-08 on: August 08, 2023, 15:04:22
I like how they've turned the wheel of the wheelchair into a train track. Possibly more Brio than Network Rail, but the intent is there.
38  Journey by Journey / Cross Country services / Re: A journey on a real HIGH speed train (HST 125) - perhaps my final one on: August 07, 2023, 18:40:04

After releasing his "silent but deadly", Grahame was delighted to enjoy the luxury of an empty first class carriage.
39  Journey by Journey / Cross Country services / Re: A journey on a real HIGH speed train (HST 125) - perhaps my final one on: August 07, 2023, 17:46:37

From left to right: Broadgage, Red Squirrel and TonyK get to try out their dream jobs for a day.
40  Sideshoots - associated subjects / Railway History and related topics / Re: Brisish Mail Train Robberies on: August 06, 2023, 09:02:31
We still talk of the "the Great War", a name given over a hundred years ago when usage was slightly different to today. Which reminds us that this train robbery was closer in time, and quite possibly in terms of use of the word "great", to the end of WW1 than to today.
41  Sideshoots - associated subjects / Railway History and related topics / Re: Brisish Mail Train Robberies on: August 05, 2023, 13:19:05
Preparing for the 60th anniversary of the Great Train Robbery on 8th August 1963 ...

Should I warn Thames Valley Police to be on the lookout for a suspicious  character from Wiltshire hanging around Train Robber Bridge in Buckinghamshire HuhGrin

Nah - but your could  bring this to their attention: http://www.passenger.chat/foss8.html
Then you could visit Tom Long's Post. The 18th century equivalent of a train robber!
42  All across the Great Western territory / Fare's Fair / Re: Pass, Freedom ticket, Rover, Ranger, Season on: August 04, 2023, 15:50:13
Perhaps this field is in almost as much need of simplification as fares? Almost, but not quite.
43  All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom / Re: HS2 - Government proposals, alternative routes and general discussion on: August 04, 2023, 15:26:13
The protest industry may have to reset, because its efforts have so far succeeded mainly in bringing about more draconian legislation, with actions now actually having consequences. Those chaps who climbed up the motorway gantry and the ones who tried to wreck the police station in Bristol actually looked surprised when they were given lengthy prison terms.
The people who need resetting, judging by yesterday's events in Yorkshire, are security. Even though the house was empty, it's amazing that protesters were able to walk up to the PM's door, knock on it and announce a protest, then climb up to the roof. Black and white peaked caps may roll.

Sorry, no railway content there, let's get back to HS2 (The next High Speed line(s)).
44  All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom / Re: HS2 - Government proposals, alternative routes and general discussion on: August 04, 2023, 11:11:36
As for opposition from Swampy the Treehugger and Mrs Blue-rinse Nimby (who probably have far more in common than either dare admit), these were predictable enough that the costs could have been (maybe were?) factored in at the beginning.
45  All across the Great Western territory / Fare's Fair / Re: Ticket Office Closure Consultation on: August 04, 2023, 11:00:54
Floor walkers – are you being served?! If they won't be able to issue tickets, there will have to be far more TVMs (Ticket Vending Machine) on each station, and hopefully they'll also be more usable by people of various heights, with various levels of vision, in various lighting situations, etc. But as TG points out, this elimination of staff is the clear direction of travel across everything with a retail element.
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