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31  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Where were Finn and I today, 30th January 2024? on: January 30, 2024, 21:26:58
All correctly identified.

Finn and I have been enjoying a couple days away in Cardiff. I got myself an Explore Cardiff & Valleys day ranger to tick off a few lines I'd not travelled over before. The journeys were thus:

Cardiff QS - Penarth
Penarth - Grangetown
Grangetown - Bridgend
Bridgend - Maesteg
Maesteg - Cardiff Central

I had intended to go up one of the valleys after returning to Cardiff, but I was flagging a little by mid-afternoon.

The journey to Penarth was on one of the new(ish) Class 231s. Another example of the excellent and versatile Stadler FliRT family of multiple units. I really do hope we see FLiRTs in the Greater Western area in the not too distant future. They'd also make a great replacement for the SWR» (South Western Railway - about) Class 159 fleet which is approaching 35 years old.

32  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Where were Finn and I today, 30th January 2024? on: January 30, 2024, 19:04:27
All correct so far.
33  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Where were Finn and I today, 30th January 2024? on: January 30, 2024, 18:03:13
Finn and I have been out and about today on the railways. You may spot a theme...

Several locations to identify. One guess each please for first 24 hours.

1. Grangetown - brooklea


2. O

2. Penarth - IndustryInsider


3. Maesteg - bradshaw


4. Tondu - TonyN


5. Bridgend - grahame


6. Cardiff Queen St - stuving
34  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Annoying / amusing use of completely irrelevant stock photos to illustrate press articles on: January 30, 2024, 17:44:22
BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) news at 07:05am Tuesday 30 January 2024

LIVE from London Waterloo.with a location described as WESTMINSTER.

Did they use a stock photo that was irrelevant to the news item? That's what this thread is for.
35  Journey by Journey / South Western services / Re: Car Parking, APCOA (in this case, Oriental Road, Woking) - a cautionary tale on: January 30, 2024, 17:41:08
Buck passing buckers.

I predict RingGo and SWR» (South Western Railway - about) will continue the buck passing. Car parking penalties are a racket that all parties (except the customer) benefit from.

Were it me I'd ask them to take me to court. APCOA (Car parking company used at GWR (Great Western Railway) - controlled stations in the area) can't as the land is under railway byelaws and they have no standing, being merely the agent of the land owner. So it's down to SWR who manage the land on behalf of Network Rail.

APCOA want their pound of flesh as it's the only way they make a decent return for their shareholders. Their small cut from the parking tariff and the 'management' fee from the landowner doesn't cut it for them. The penalty charges are their main income.

Court would be my preferred option. Even if you lose APCOA and SWR get nothing. In the Magistrates Court any costs award wouldn't cover their actual expenses in taking you to court. Any fines and victim surcharge goes to the state. That's why the private parking pirates and those they act for so rarely do court for parking 'transgressions' on railway land.
36  Journey by Journey / South Western services / Re: Car Parking, APCOA (in this case, Oriental Road, Woking) - a cautionary tale on: January 27, 2024, 10:34:01
Pay only the parking fee due. Don't pay any penalty. Railway land covered by byelaws so they'd have to take you to magistrates court. Highly unlikely.
37  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Pigeon Post set to return? on: January 23, 2024, 11:31:11
Following on from the news about anti pollution devices being installed on SWR» (South Western Railway - about) stations, is this another 'green' initiative? Returning to a traditional message delivery system?

38  All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom / Re: Anti pollution filters being installed at Salisbury Station on: January 23, 2024, 11:18:54


Stick a rubber plunger on it and you've got yourself Environmental Dalek.

RECIRCULATE!
39  All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom / Re: Anti pollution filters being installed at Salisbury Station on: January 23, 2024, 11:14:09
Its a good idea,just thinking do ALL Bristol/Cardiff bound services use platform four?

I think SOME SWT (South West Trains) services heading towards Exeter use platform four.

Most GWR (Great Western Railway) services toward Westbury use P4, but not all. Today, for example, five services are booked to use P3.

SWR» (South Western Railway - about) services toward Gillingham are roughly two thirds P4, one third P3.
40  Journey by Journey / Shorter journeys in Devon / Re: Damage to bridge on Barnstaple line - January 2024 on: January 21, 2024, 21:34:05
41  All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom / Re: Are you overheard? Who hears your conversation on a train? on: January 21, 2024, 21:27:26
Most often I'm to be found talking to Finn. And that's despite the fact he's now deaf.
42  All across the Great Western territory / Fare's Fair / Re: The Great British Rail Sale returns on: January 21, 2024, 13:20:23
There is no current GWR (Great Western Railway) sale. It ended on 10th January.
43  All across the Great Western territory / Fare's Fair / Re: GWR Advance Purchase ticket sale, up to 50% off, January 2024. on: January 21, 2024, 13:19:48
GWR (Great Western Railway)'s sale ended on 10th January.
44  Sideshoots - associated subjects / Railway History and related topics / Re: Model Railway News - a closure and a cutback on: January 13, 2024, 22:00:17
Using the IEA to back up a pro-Brexit point of view is hardly in depth analysis.

If Hatton's blame Brexit then I'd like to believe they are merely stating a fact, not expressing a political opinion.
45  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The West - but NOT trains in the West / Re: "Shortlisted" - UK's most depressing town, 2024 on: January 08, 2024, 20:57:13
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