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All across the Great Western territory / Fare's Fair / Re: Penalty Fares
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on: January 21, 2023, 18:48:39
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How do you buy an excess at an unmanned station, without a smartphone (assuming you can buy one with a smartphone). Or do I risk putting one foot on the train and ask the Guard/TM‡ for an excess?
Sorry but my cycle trips don't always run to the smooth pre-planning expected by the railway owners/operators.
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Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Which Big Four railway company is your favourite?
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on: January 16, 2023, 07:05:51
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People might be biased by where they were brought up - but how could anyone complete with the company that brought you ...
* Only international passenger trains
* The ultimate 0-6-0 (Q1 class)
* Schools class - most elegant and powerful 4-4-0
* Steam locomotive with thermic siphons, bogies and cabs at each end
* First heavily electrified mass transit railway
* First double decker train in the UK▸
* and was the only company with separate network on an island Were they the only company who collected tolls on road bridges (Hayling and Stetning branches)? |
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Journey by Journey / Portsmouth to Cardiff / Re: Looking to the future - Portsmouth to Cardiff
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on: January 14, 2023, 19:23:41
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Went through Fareham today (about 12:00), Basingstoke to Portsmouth train. Southampton to Fareham line shut due to flooding. A rather lonely deserted GWR▸ set in the stub platform. A Portsmouth to Cardiff train (or reverse) stranded due to flooding? Although most Southampton - Fareham traffic had been re-routed via Eastleigh.
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Journey by Journey / Thames Valley Branches / Re: Reading Green Park
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on: January 04, 2023, 14:22:07
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Not sure it is progress, but I managed to cycle up to the front entrance of Reading Green Park station. The person in the security hut was deep in their mobile/book.
Didn't hang about. Couple of people working on the down platform, one out the front loading a vehicle.
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All across the Great Western territory / Buses and other ways to travel / Re: be nice to bus drivers appeal
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on: January 03, 2023, 06:55:06
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Isn't this similar in most customer facing jobs. You are taken to be the "company" and are blamed for any and all the problems. Problem for doctors and nurses is that, unlike bus drivers, they don't have a screen to protect tham from physical violence.
On those who complain to the driver about being late, it is the ones who take two or three minutes doing it which make the bus even later.
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