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3631	Journey by Journey / Heart of Wessex / Re: Last Weymouth loco Hauled	on: September 05, 2009, 19:21:03
Well I didn't see them but sure heard them as they rumbled their way through Bath.

3632	Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Can you id?	on: September 05, 2009, 19:19:03
Brockenhurst

3633	Journey by Journey / Heart of Wessex / Re: Last Weymouth loco Hauled	on: September 04, 2009, 20:49:09
Certainly one way to guarantee the last loco hauled service of the summer is full and standing. Good thinking by FGW^▸ (First Great Western) and DBS^» (Deutsch Bahn Schenker - UK^▸ (United Kingdom) website) which is nice to see a TOC^▸ (Train Operating Company) thinking outside the box as it were by doing something different. If anyone is travelling on this service and is able to post some pics that would be great.

3634	Journey by Journey / London to the West / Re: Fully booked to Cornwall	on: August 23, 2009, 17:30:05
Confirmed by SWT^▸ (South West Trains) MD Stewart Palmer during last week's SWT Webchat that a 158 takes over the Lymington branch Mon-Fri from May 2010 with a 450 running the service at weekends. http://www.southwesttrains.co.uk/SWTrains/Customerservice/LC/TrainsRollingStock.htm Quote I can confirm that the units will be withdrawn from the Lymington branch at the May timetable change in 2010. We evaluated all the options for rolling stock on the Lymington branch and came to the conclusion that the most cost-effective solution in the long term is to provide a Class 158 diesel Monday to Friday and a Class 450 at weekends.

3635	All across the Great Western territory / Fare's Fair / Rail staff 'quote higher fares'	on: August 20, 2009, 06:15:01
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8210465.stm Quote Poor advice from rail staff means some travellers pay more than double the cheapest fare, reports Which? magazine. Enquiries to ticket office staff and the National Rail Enquiries Service (NRES^▸ (National Rail Enquiry Service)) found prices quoted higher than the lowest fare in 27 out of 50 cases. Two in three station clerks and two in five NRES staff did not offer the cheapest fares and some offered tickets over twice the cost of the cheapest. Train company representatives said the report was "seriously misleading".

3636	All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture - related rail and other transport issues / Re: London-Norwich Sleeper service trialled	on: August 19, 2009, 22:14:09
Quote from: Cornish Traveller on August 19, 2009, 22:03:00 Why is everyone stealing my Sleeper term of phrase for this train (on another forum this morning)- even the BBC^» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) !! LOL^▸ (laughing out loud) First thing that came to my mind when I read the article.

3637	All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture - related rail and other transport issues / Re: London-Norwich Sleeper service trialled	on: August 19, 2009, 22:00:48
Quote from: bignosemac on August 19, 2009, 21:46:58 Be careful Timmer, we don't want to rufflle any feathers.... very good.

3638	All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture - related rail and other transport issues / Re: London-Norwich Sleeper service trialled	on: August 19, 2009, 21:39:44
They were a bit stuffed on and off the field it would appear.

3639	All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture - related rail and other transport issues / London-Norwich Sleeper service trialled	on: August 19, 2009, 21:16:03
I was tempted to post this in The Lighter Side but if I had been on this service I wouldn't have found it very amusing: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/8210158.stm Quote Passengers are to be compensated after a train broke down twice and took seven hours to complete a two-hour journey from London to Norwich. The train left Liverpool Street at 2330 BST on Tuesday, but broke down at Ingatestone and Colchester in Essex. Delays in dealing with both problems meant the train was stuck for several hours. It reached Norwich at 0630 BST on Wednesday. National Express apologised and said it would carry out an investigation. Many on board were football fans returning from Norwich City's defeat at Brentford. I bet the atmosphere on that train was jolly after yet another defeat for Norwich City. They are obviously very well behaved fans as it doesn't report that the train was trashed.

3640	Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Class 67 collides with pig.	on: August 19, 2009, 21:07:54
Whoops!

3641	All across the Great Western territory / Who's who on Western railways / Re: First Great Western management team	on: August 18, 2009, 21:54:35
No connections with Burt's Crisps by any chance?

3642	All across the Great Western territory / Fare's Fair / Re: First train fare increases are 'legalised mugging'	on: August 17, 2009, 17:39:49
A more detailed article regarding fares out of Bristol from the Bristol Evening Post: http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/s-peak-Bristol-London-rip/article-1253412-detail/article.html

3643	All across the Great Western territory / Fare's Fair / Re: First train fare increases are 'legalised mugging'	on: August 17, 2009, 17:21:38
Wow thats quite a strong headline from my local paper.

3644	Journey by Journey / Portsmouth to Cardiff / Re: "New improved inter-urban Porstmouth-Cardiff services" from 2018/2019	on: August 16, 2009, 09:54:22
Quote from: Jez on August 16, 2009, 09:46:22 Sorry didnt realise Trowbridge was a busy station. I knew Westbury was an important one as people connect into many other services there. There are many other trains which call at Filton tho so people could connect at Bristol Temple Meads. This would provide a non stop service from Cardiff/Newport to Bristol TM^‡(resolve). Could there be scope for a limited stop between Southampton to Portsmouth and Southsea? What other TOC^▸ (Train Operating Company) run services along this line? I think a limited stop Cardiff-Portsmouth service returning to what it was a few years ago would be a good idea provided good stopping services are provided in between the fast services. I find it surprising there isn't demand for 1st class particularly between Bath/Bristol-Cardiff. In answer to your question, the other TOCs operating on the line between Southampton and Portsmouth are SWT^▸ (South West Trains) and Southern (not all the way to Portsmouth)

3645	All across the Great Western territory / Fare's Fair / Re: Millions of passengers face 20 per cent fare rise	on: August 14, 2009, 21:27:07
Quote from: devon_metro on August 14, 2009, 21:22:11 but passengers still willing to use the trains. Yep and FGW^▸ (First Great Western) and all the other TOCs^▸ (Train Operating Company) know this. Yes there will be a bit of hot air from the media for a few days but in a few weeks it will all be forgotten about until January when the process starts all over again.

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