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All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Electrification delays
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on: November 08, 2016, 12:18:19
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Agreed, if you can change from Diesel to Electric on the move then what is the point of completing electrification, it can be postponed indefinitely.
Although not quite sure what they will do with the electrification 'substation' at Radley which was only installed a couple of months ago.
I don't think the 387s can swop on the move. I think that is just an IEP▸ capability. The 387's don't need to be, the OXF» to PAD» stoppers can be a diesel shuttle to Didcot and 387 from DID» to Paddington and the fasts can be IEP changing from diesel to electric at Didcot East Junc.
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All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Electrification delays
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on: November 08, 2016, 11:38:27
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Agreed, if you can change from Diesel to Electric on the move then what is the point of completing electrification, it can be postponed indefinitely.
Although not quite sure what they will do with the electrification 'substation' at Radley which was only installed a couple of months ago.
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All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Infrastructure problems in Thames Valley causing disruption elsewhere - ongoing, since Oct 2014
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on: September 16, 2016, 12:15:36
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Twitter reporting that the Didcot station flood water contains sewage and so station will need a deep clean / disinfection before reopening.
I'm I right in thinking that the route through Hinksey which recently was raised as part of flood prevention work has been tested by this rainfall and passed?
No because flooding at Hinksey is usually caused by the rainwater as it accumulates in the Thames and flows towards Oxford, it therefore tends to be several days after the rain has fallen. I also believe that this morning's rain was very localised to Didcot and area and the rainfall in Oxford was much less and therefore won't impact on Hinksey.
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Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Garlic Sauce OK, locked out not.
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on: July 30, 2016, 21:36:17
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This was more inappropriate rather than interesting but I once heard a passenger discussing with her friend whether she should have an abortion. And too cap it all (no pun intended) she then said she couldn't understand why she was pregnant as she had only had sex once with her boyfriend!
Obviously sex education lessons at school had completly passed her by.
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All across the Great Western territory / Who's who on Western railways / Re: Minister for Transport, and Ministers of State, at the Department for Transport
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on: July 14, 2016, 16:07:50
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But his time at the MOJ was a disaster nearly all his decisions were later reversed by Gove.
I wouldn't know how to declare something a "disaster", but I'm afraid I don't have a great deal of respect for Mr Gove. Could it perhaps be that he (Mr Gove) was looking to put his political mark on the ministry rather than because further change was actually desirable? It was more likely the other way around, Grayling was being ideological and trying to put his political mark on the department where as Gove was more pragmatic and realised that the Grayling changes either didn't or couldn't work. This was a completely different Gove than the one who was at Education where he certainly put his political mark on that department. I'll stop there as I could rant for ages about Gove at Education, all I will say is that my daughter has just completed her Year 6 SATS and I was not impressed with either the curriculum or the tests.
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