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September 09, 2010, 03:58:20 PM
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All across the FGW territory / Across the West / Re: Spare Adelantes - who wants them now? Plus current rumours of a return to FGW
on: Today at 03:54:28 PM
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| Started by brompton rail - Last post by ChrisB | ||
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Don't know for sure - can make enquiries though....
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All across the FGW territory / Other ways to travel / Re: London Tube trains sent on rush hour collision course - 8 September 2010
on: Today at 03:52:53 PM
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| Started by chris from nailsea - Last post by inspector_blakey | ||
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Nice to see some commendable restraint from an RMT spokesperson for once, rather than the usual barrage of bombast about how unsafe they think everything is.
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All across the FGW territory / Across the West / Re: Spare Adelantes - who wants them now? Plus current rumours of a return to FGW
on: Today at 03:50:44 PM
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| Started by brompton rail - Last post by inspector_blakey | ||
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All across the FGW territory / Other ways to travel / London Tube trains sent on rush hour collision course - 8 September 2010
on: Today at 03:40:54 PM
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| Started by chris from nailsea - Last post by chris from nailsea | ||
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From the BBC:
Quote A Tube train was sent into the path of another train during Wednesday morning's rush hour, it has emerged. The driver of the Hammersmith and City Line train realised it had been wrongly switched to an eastbound track shortly after leaving Plaistow station. Transport for London (TfL) said the train was stopped immediately and the nearest eastbound train was held at a red light almost 1km away at West Ham. The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has been informed of the incident. The Office of Rail Regulation has also been notified. Last month an out-of-control engineering train, without a driver, went through six stops on the Northern Line before coming to a stop. In the latest incident, a westbound train was turned around in sidings at Plaistow, east London, and incorrectly routed on to the eastbound tracks at 0818 BST. After picking up three passengers at Plaistow station it was given a green light and pulled away from the platform. It was only then that the driver realised the mistake. She stopped the train and raised the alarm. The train was then reversed into the station so the passengers could get off. Services on the District and the Hammersmith and City lines were partially suspended for about six hours to allow investigations to take place. Initial investigations are understood to have identified a fault with signalling equipment at Plaistow station. A TfL statement said: "The driver, following London Underground's stringent safety procedures, stopped the train immediately, and our signalling system prevented any eastbound trains from moving towards the stationary train. "The nearest eastbound train was stationary at red signals almost a kilometre away at West Ham." A spokesman for the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union said: "Our health and safety representatives are fully involved in the investigation into this incident and we are awaiting the outcome of the investigation process." |
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on: Today at 03:36:12 PM
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| Started by devon_metro - Last post by Ollie | ||
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i can email it to you if you want?
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All across the FGW territory / Across the West / Re: Spare Adelantes - who wants them now? Plus current rumours of a return to FGW
on: Today at 03:18:01 PM
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| Started by brompton rail - Last post by ChrisB | ||
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Chiltern have purchased those ex-Cargo D Mark IIIs - I think there's about 40 coaches now....! Sorry, was told this by Chiltern, so nothing in writing / on the web.
There is a mention further up about ukr newsgroup re the 180s....as I said, only the Mark Hopwood interview, otherwise its speculation. FGW are still in the investigation stage. |
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on: Today at 03:14:28 PM
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| Started by brompton rail - Last post by inspector_blakey | ||
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Its seems to be likely that FGW may get back some of the class 180's which could be used on London Worcester/Hereford services. I suspect that these will be the few that are on Hire to Northern which are due to be replaced by the class 142's & class 150's which are due to be recieved from FGW & London Midland from October I know I've asked you this before, but it would be really nice if you could give us some idea where you're getting these rumours/gossip from. Makes it much easier for people reading what you've posted to judge whether there's any substance behind it or if it's just idle tittle-tattle. The same goes for your postings on Chiltern acquiring the ex-CIE mark 3s which despite requests you haven't backed up with any hard information either! Thanks. |
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All across the FGW territory / Other ways to travel / Re: Greyhound coaches to start operating in South Wales
on: Today at 03:08:54 PM
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| Started by anthony215 - Last post by inspector_blakey | ||
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In fact i think that the London services should in fact all run through to Swansea instead of terminating at Cardiff providing a 15 minutely service when combined with the local stopping services between the 2 cities Why? Passenger numbers thin out significantly beyond Cardiff as it is, except during rush hours. Hardly a robust justification for doubling the frequency of the FGW trains. |
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on: Today at 03:04:12 PM
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| Started by inspector_blakey - Last post by inspector_blakey | ||
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This topic has been moved to Across the West.
http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=7567.0 Since we already have two other threads already covering this topic, I have moved and merged them together in order to avoid mass thread duplication. Please check before posting and don't start duplicate threads folks! Thank you muchly ![]() |
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on: Today at 02:20:25 PM
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| Started by brompton rail - Last post by ChrisB | ||
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FGWs MD was on Radio Wiltshire earlier in the week, where he mentioned that they were looking into getting some back. Anything more than that is currently pure conjecture from other newsgroups & bulletin boards.
The opinion elsewhere is that there are 5 that may become available. |
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