Train GraphicClick on the map to explore geographics
 
I need help
FAQ
Emergency
About .
 Travel & transport from BBC stories as at 11:35 20 Apr 2024
- Three men killed in retail park car crash named
- Some Wales roads to revert to 30mph after backlash
- BBC presenter reports racist abuse on London train
- Three men killed in retail park car crash identified
Read about the forum [here].
Register [here] - it's free.
What do I gain from registering? [here]		 02/06/24 - Summer Timetable starts
17/08/24 - Bus to Imber
27/09/25 - 200 years of passenger trains

On this day
20th Apr (1789)
Opening of Sapperton Canal Tunnel
Train RunningCancelled
07:55 Bristol Temple Meads to Penzance
10:52 Worcester Foregate Street to Bristol Temple Meads
13:07 Salisbury to Bristol Temple Meads
18:52 London Paddington to Great Malvern
19:19 Carmarthen to Swansea
Short Run
06:40 Penzance to Cardiff Central
10:03 London Paddington to Penzance
10:09 Gloucester to Westbury
11:24 Reading to Gatwick Airport
11:42 Bristol Temple Meads to Salisbury
14:48 London Paddington to Carmarthen
21:07 Gloucester to Bristol Temple Meads
Delayed
08:15 Penzance to London Paddington
08:55 Paignton to London Paddington
09:09 Gloucester to Weymouth
09:30 Weymouth to Gloucester
•
PollsThere are no open or recent polls
•
Abbreviation pageAcronymns and abbreviations
•
Stn ComparatorStation Comparator
•
Rail newsNews Now - live rail news feed
•
Train companiesSelect from:
GWR
SWR
XC
Chiltern
TfL
TfW
WMR
Southern
• Site Style 1 2 3 4
Next departures • Bristol Temple Meads • Bath Spa • Chippenham • Swindon • Didcot Parkway • Reading • London Paddington • Melksham
Exeter St Davids • Taunton • Westbury • Trowbridge • Bristol Parkway • Cardiff Central • Oxford • Cheltenham Spa • Birmingham New Street
April 20, 2024, 11:51:32 *
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Forgotten your username or password? - get a reminder
Most recently liked subjects
[296] Somerset and Dorset Devonshire Tunnel flood
[235] Rail to refuge / Travel to refuge
[56] On reservations, fees and supplements - Interrail
[39] Rail delay compensation payments hit £100 million
[35] Problems with the Night Riviera sleeper - December 2014 onward...
[17] Difficult to argue with e-bike/scooter rules?
 
News: A forum for passengers ... with input from rail professionals welcomed too
 
  Home Help Search Calendar Login Register  
  Show Posts
Pages: 1 ... 222 223 [224] 225
3346  Journey by Journey / Plymouth and Cornwall / Re: Network Rail asks Truro ^Would it kill you to wait?' on: June 10, 2010, 21:36:24
Quote from: old original on June 09, 2010, 21:03:35
Quote from: slippy on June 09, 2010, 19:06:20
Gwinear Road Crossing has a 15mph restriction on it now, after some near misses with Polish farm workers...

I think this is only temporary as there was failure in the phone exchange in Truro station signal box meaning most of the lineside phones weren't working today.

There is no telephone exchange in Truro SB▸ (Signal Box).  The exchange is on the station.  Gwinear Road AHBC▸ (Automatic Half Barrier Crossing) level crossing is supervised by Roskear Junction SB and all telephones are direct lines to there.  I can assure you that if all of the telephones at Gwinear Road had failed then all trains would have been cautioned (for a very long time).
3347  Journey by Journey / London to Reading / Re: Train goes from Paddington Platform 13 BUT platform 12 is closed... on: June 08, 2010, 21:03:32
Reminds me a bit of last minute platform changes at the West end of Bristol TM‡(resolve)............... Cheesy Cheesy
3348  Sideshoots - associated subjects / Campaigns for new and improved services / Re: Okehampton-Tavistock. Discussion on reopening and potential use as a diversionary route on: May 31, 2010, 20:44:43
Quote from: Donkey Guard on May 31, 2010, 16:35:28
It was running yesterday.

Having said that, there was nothing on CIS▸ (Customer Information System) at EXD» (Exeter St Davids - next trains) Roll Eyes

Thanks for that.  I was looking at the Live Departures/Arrivals Boards on the FGW▸ (First Great Western) site and nothing was shown for the Okehampton trains (all day).
3349  Sideshoots - associated subjects / Campaigns for new and improved services / Re: Okehampton-Tavistock. Discussion on reopening and potential use as a diversionary route on: May 30, 2010, 15:08:47
Does anybody know what has happened to the service to Okehampton this year Huh.  It's in the FGW▸ (First Great Western) timetable but does not appear to be running (today 30 May 2010 at least).  I am planning to use it next Sunday.
3350  Journey by Journey / London to Reading / Level Crossing between West Drayton and Slough on: May 30, 2010, 12:24:20
Noted on the FGW▸ (First Great Western) website Roll Eyes

Line problem between West Drayton and Slough.
Train services have been disrupted due to a problem at a level crossing between West Drayton and Slough.Engineers have worked as fast as possible to restore services to normal. Short notice alterations, cancellations and delays of up to 20 minutes may still occur.


Last Updated: 30/05/2010 12:09
3351  Journey by Journey / Plymouth and Cornwall / Re: Network Rail asks Truro ^Would it kill you to wait?' on: May 30, 2010, 12:00:07
My experience of level crossings in Devon and Cornwall is that Truro would be the least likeliest of concern (more likely to be one of the Open Crossings on the Newquay branch).  I do however, and always have, supported the NR» (Network Rail - home page) campaign.
3352  Journey by Journey / Chiltern Railways services / Re: Chiltern Evergreen 3 - Further new Track Access Agreement Application on: May 20, 2010, 20:52:18
I have seen a copy of the draft Signalling Scheme Plan and the Aynho Junction flyover is retained and new facilities added as described in the second post above.  Both lines between Princes Risborough and Aynho Junction will become fully reversible signalled (for 7-day Railway purposes).
3353  Sideshoots - associated subjects / Campaigns for new and improved services / Re: Okehampton-Tavistock. Discussion on reopening and potential use as a diversionary route on: April 01, 2010, 20:01:13
Quote from: woody on March 31, 2010, 22:36:07
Apparently the Dartmoor Railway now have one mile of brand new track, capable of supporting 125 mph trains completed in February by Network rail to trial its High Output Track Renewal Equipment.
http://www.dartmoor-railway.co.uk/news.html
 Any one know what lines speeds could be acheived if the entire former Southern Plymouth/Exeter route via Okehampton was re-opened with similarly ugraded track.
 Perhaps that was what Devon and Cornwall railways meant by "Improved rail links between Exeter and Plymouth".Just a thought.

Think this stinks a little bit.  Public money (ours) being used to upgrade a private railway.  There are pleanty of 'national' lines that could have been used for the trial (Looe branch on winter sundays comes to mind).
3354  Journey by Journey / Shorter journeys in Devon / Re: Yeoford Second platform project boosted by ^250k grant on: January 30, 2010, 21:58:22
Quote from: relex109 on January 29, 2010, 22:58:51
people used to say that about yeoford second platform

My response was intended to be 'tongue in cheek'.  I thought the deadline for timetable consultation for May 2010 had passed.  Also I have not seen any reference to any such 'service' application on the ORR» (Office of Rail and Road formerly Office of Rail Regulation - about) website.

So Cheesy Cheesy
3355  Journey by Journey / Shorter journeys in Devon / Re: Yeoford Second platform project boosted by ^250k grant on: January 29, 2010, 21:54:53
Quote:It is hoped there will be a through-train from Okehampton to Exeter by May or June, and one to London by December. Yeoford is the only station that will get a new platform, because it is a junction.

Pigs and flying come to mind................... Roll Eyes
3356  Journey by Journey / Plymouth and Cornwall / Re: Problems in Cornwall on: January 20, 2010, 12:41:19
Mmmm........

This should not happen.  Long Rock has two exits (as all properly designed depots should have) and not all stabled trains should be trapped so I would be interested to see exactly where the derailment occurred.
3357  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / London Stations in the 1960s on: January 19, 2010, 19:47:07
Some of you may like this:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xb7vys_londons-termini-in-the-swinging-60s_auto

I hope they had PTS▸ (Personal Track Safety) and a T2 when they took the shots at Paddington and by the way I'm not one of the spotters at the end of Plat 10 at KX (or at least I don't think so Cheesy).

Enjoy the music Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy

By the way it's about 20 minutes long Roll Eyes
3358  All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom / Phil Sayer, BBC presenter and railway announcer, died 14 April 2016: RIP on: January 19, 2010, 19:26:38
Try this Cheesy Grin

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-rail-transport/7004593/We-are-sorry-to-announce-Britains-most-apologetic-couple.html
3359  All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: BTP release CCTV images after thefts from passengers on trains in the South West on: January 08, 2010, 17:08:23
I beleive there was a similar incident between Exeter and Taunton just before Xmas.  A friend of my wife had her case stolen (and a number of other people had things stolen).  It has since been found broken in to but with nothing apparently missing.
3360  All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Snow/Wintry conditions on: January 08, 2010, 17:04:05

[/quote]

It would help if people shut the windows !!
[/quote]

I always shut the windows when I walk through an HST▸ (High Speed Train) Roll Eyes  The snow appeared to be coming up throughthe corridor connection Wink
Pages: 1 ... 222 223 [224] 225
Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.2 | SMF © 2006-2007, Simple Machines LLC Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!
This forum is provided by customers of Great Western Railway (formerly First Great Western), and the views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that the content provided by one of our posters contravenes our posting rules (email link to report). Forum hosted by Well House Consultants

Jump to top of page • Jump to Forum Home Page