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Journey by Journey / Bristol (WECA) Commuters / Re: Bonaparte's at Bristol Temple Meads
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on: May 26, 2021, 23:27:47
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I, for one, hope it will reopen as a bar. I always enjoyed a pint in there after work if I had a bit of a wait for the next train to Sea Mills.
Dave
I rarely venture as far east at Bristol, but my usual approach is to end up drinking in the Cornubia in Temple Street, then making sure I leave 15 minutes before my train (and I'm sure others will walk faster than me). Easiest way of killing 45 minutes in my experience (and others would have jogged on and caught the previous hour's train, no doubt!).
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All across the Great Western territory / Looking forward - after Coronavirus to 2045 / Re: Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail / Great British Railways
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on: May 23, 2021, 19:38:26
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I'd suggest staging it as ordering extra 9-car 80x's ASAP, with the new-spec interiors. As they come online, use that as a convenient time to refit the existing 9-car units. Then once there are enough 9-car units to cover the Paddington services, cascade the 5-car units onto routes where the interiors will be considered less sub-standard, such as the West Wales services, Cardiff-Portsmouth, and Cardiff-Nottingham. This would create a timescale for getting terminus stations ready for 9-car trains (resiting that bloody starter signal at Carmarthen, etc) and clearing obstructions (e.g. singling or gauntletting the Hamble Viaduct).
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Journey by Journey / Wales local journeys / Re: more plans for cardiff to bristol corridor
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on: May 23, 2021, 16:14:08
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There's even one case of three stations with the same name!
Can anyone identify this? Whitchurch. Shropshire, Hampshire and Cardiff Did the Wales & West service to Waterloo ever call at the Hampshire one? If it did, there will have been a time when all three had direct train services from Cardiff Central.
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All across the Great Western territory / Looking forward - after Coronavirus to 2045 / Re: Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail / Great British Railways
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on: May 20, 2021, 11:44:15
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The best bit: Great British Railways will introduce new design and ride standards that will make sure all new trains are more comfortable than their predecessors. Subject to negotiations with suppliers and business case approval, Great British Railways will bring forward the normal replacement cycles on existing trains equipped with "ironing-board"-like seats, beginning with long-distance trains, in order to make the seats signifcantly more comfortable, or to replace and eventually remove them altogether. Can we have buffet cars and drop-sash windows you have to lean out of to open the doors back as well, please?
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Journey by Journey / London to South Wales / Re: Temporary arrangements - London to South Wales - May 2021
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on: May 13, 2021, 20:03:35
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The thing that gets me with the buses that they mention is that they've missed off the Swansea-Neath-Merthyr X75 again. Taking a bus to the next line across that's running a normal service is completely reasonable, especially considering that Cardiff Central station is at the extreme south end of Cardiff city centre, and a good chunk of passengers change for the Valley Lines to Queen Street or Cathays anyway – if you're travelling at a time that lines up with the very infrequent X75, it's a practical route. (And, yes, if only we had the Vale of Neath in times like this.)
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