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27496  All across the Great Western territory / Fare's Fair / Re: Was I overcharged by Virgin Trains? on: July 15, 2013, 16:13:15
When is this all stations train?

The only one that comes close in the timetable seems to be the 20:20 off New Street - but that skips 8 stations such as Hatton, King's Sutton and Sudbury Hill ... me thinks there might have been a bit of lilly-guilding in the original post ;-)

Welcome to the forum, Ralph Ayres!
27497  All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Smokers at Paddington Station on: July 15, 2013, 16:03:47
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or other lighted item
These rules presumably apply to staff as well as passengers.
Is it permitted to use a match or lighter to light the fire in a steamer  Smiley
Or the gas fire or cooker in the staff mess room ? Smiley
Read pedantically, it goes wider still ...
27498  All across the Great Western territory / Fare's Fair / Re: Penryn to Looe with Newquay on return on: July 15, 2013, 15:58:19
http://www.railrover.org/pages/thames-rover.html

"It extends from Moreton-in-Marsh, Banbury and Bicester in the north to Basingstoke, Guildford and Redhill in the south and from Bedwyn in the west to London Paddington in the east and includes Reading, Didcot, Oxford and Newbury plus the Thames valley branch lines."

Mondays to Fridays the ticket is not valid until 09.30 or on inter-city services that depart London Paddington and Reading between 16.00 and 19.15
27499  All across the Great Western territory / Buses and other ways to travel / Re: On time performance - aircraft rather than trains on: July 15, 2013, 09:08:33
Thanks Grahame.  My point was that although we had arrived at (outside) the gate we had not actually parked (or docked) at the gate itself as there was nobody present to switch on the docking guidance system.

Ah sorry ... it was the end of a very long weekend
27500  Journey by Journey / London to the West / Re: Problems with Up Sleeper (14 Jul 13) on: July 15, 2013, 07:40:19
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Additional Information:

Cross Country have kindly agreed for those First Great Western ticket holders who would have travelled on this altered train service to travel on their 08:28 Penzance to Glasgow service between Penzance and Exeter St Davids in order to connect with alternative train services.
27501  All across the Great Western territory / Buses and other ways to travel / Re: On time performance - aircraft rather than trains on: July 14, 2013, 22:13:10
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Definitions of Delays
The following terms are used to describe and categorize the magnitude of flight delays:
^  On time ^ A flight is considered on time if it arrives or departs at the gate less than 15 minutes ater the scheduled gate time.
^  Late ^ A flight is classified as late if it arrives or departs at the gate delayed from 15 to 29 minutes ater scheduled gate Ime.
^  Very Late ^ Very late includes flights that arrive or depart at the gate from 30 to 44 minutes ater the scheduled gate Ime.
^  Excessive ^ Excessive includes flights that arrive or depart at the gate 45 minutes or more ater the scheduled gate time.
27502  All across the Great Western territory / Buses and other ways to travel / Re: On time performance - aircraft rather than trains on: July 14, 2013, 19:33:21
I find it surprising that no data is included for Ryanair ...

See page 42 of the .pdf - Ryanair are unconventional in some aspects, and that may extend to data availability

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Carrier SelecIon Criteria

Carrier flight performance is assessed only for airlines where FlightStats can accurately determine the flight status gate data on a significant percentage of the scheduled passenger flights (no charter or unscheduled passenger flights, or cargo flights are considered). Typically 80% coverage is needed to for a carrier to be included in the analysis with coverage oten in the upper 90% range.

Airport Selection Criteria

Performance is assessed only for airports where FlightStats can accurately determine the outcome of a significant porIon of an airport's departures of scheduled passenger flights (no charter or unscheduled passenger flights, or cargo flights are considered). Typically 80-^‐90% coverage is needed for an airport to be included in the analysis with coverage oten in the upper 90% range. However, in Europe and Asia the coverage threshold was set lower to include a couple of key airports in the analysis.
27503  All across the Great Western territory / Buses and other ways to travel / On time performance - aircraft rather than trains on: July 14, 2013, 18:53:05
We often look at whether trains arrive on time, franchise by franchise.  Here's a chart for aircraft, carrier by carrier, for last month.

http://cms.flightstats.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/June-2013-FlightStats-Major-International-Airlines-On-time-Arrivals.png

"On time" appears to mean "arrives no more than 14 minutes late" to the airline industry. Full report:
http://cms.flightstats.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/FlightStats-On-time-Report-June-2013-.pdf
27504  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: twenty questions on: July 14, 2013, 18:46:34
...from which I infer that you think they should all be wearing helmets?

The law leaves it up to the individual.  But I do think it might be a good idea for the chap who's promoting cycling to set a good example.   Rather like the law letting us cross the road against red pedestrian lights, but it being a good idea to hold back and set a good example by waiting in front of our or other people's children.

Interesting perspective at
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/bike-blog/2013/jul/09/bike-blog-cycling-road-safety
27505  All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture - related rail and other transport issues / Guidance for Customer Hosts on: July 14, 2013, 18:42:39
http://travel.cnn.com/shanghai/life/china-sets-amusing-rules-shanghai-beijing-bullet-train-attendants-287576

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Rules for would-be bullet train attendants include:
Smile with only eight front teeth showing, a feat achieved by daily chopstick-biting training.
Smile through the eyes. Training for this talent involves covering all facial features save the eyes and smiling to each other.
The ability to carry out impressive talent shows.
Provide ^5S^ service to passengers. Although many indiscreet Chinese jokes can be fashioned out of it, ^5S^ actually refers to smile, speed, standards, sincerity and satisfy.

Posted here for comparison purposes ...

27506  Journey by Journey / TransWilts line / Re: Melksham Connections on: July 14, 2013, 18:34:58
Real time trains shows some odd goings on at Westbury ... the 16:58 arrived from Cardiff on time, but didn't leave until 17:19 ... perhaps that's the train that had the "earlier fault" and the TransWilts unit was sent to Portsmouth.  I do hope it wasn't a 153  Grin

27507  Journey by Journey / TransWilts line / Re: Melksham Connections on: July 14, 2013, 17:39:15
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17:20 Westbury to Swindon due 18:04
This train will be cancelled.
This is due to an earlier train fault.

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18:19 Swindon to Westbury due 19:05
This train will be cancelled.
This is due to an earlier train fault.

So that leaves the 19:35 Westbury to Swindon as today's only service in either direction.  Connection into Elstree and Borehamwood (my most common Sunday evening journey at present) at 23:24 rather then 20:41.   Lovely  Embarrassed
27508  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: twenty questions on: July 14, 2013, 17:28:20
Cambridge is Britain's top cycling city:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23274432

Of 16 riders on cycles in the video, only 3 were wearing helmets.   And the chap who's job it is to promote cycle use wasn't one of them.  He rode up helmetless.


27509  Sideshoots - associated subjects / News, Help and Assistance / Re: About Twitter feed @PassengerForum on: July 14, 2013, 14:23:10
Further testing
27510  All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture Overseas / Re: Canada train blast Lac-Megantic on: July 13, 2013, 14:00:35
Here are some UK (United Kingdom) ones from a long time ago .... err NOT always!

Armargh, 1889: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armagh_rail_disaster
Tebay, 2004: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-11043428
London, 2010: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-10964766

From Canada, arial images including a before and after (at end of page):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22953194
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