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This morning's "fun" delayed me by half hour in the end on the 7.59 Mai to Pad.. That's twice out of four journeys into work this week that I've been late.. I guess on the positive side 50% of the time I got to work on time  I was lucky, I got the 0702 from Maidenhead which arrived at Paddington "only" about 8 minutes late - managed 3 out of 5 on time this week so not too bad by GWR▸ standards! |
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« Reply #1697 on: April 02, 2017, 11:39:36 » |
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30 out of 5 only 60%!
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« Reply #1698 on: April 02, 2017, 13:19:16 » |
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30 out of 5 only 60%!
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« Reply #1699 on: April 02, 2017, 14:56:40 » |
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30 out of 5 only 60%!
600%! Very impressive OOPS finger trouble |
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« Reply #1700 on: April 03, 2017, 06:32:17 » |
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Lots of these this morning - National Rail or National Grid?
06:12 London Paddington to Reading due 07:14 will call additionally at Hanwell.
It will be delayed at Hanwell.
This is due to failure of the electricity supply.
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« Reply #1701 on: April 03, 2017, 06:58:22 » |
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A view of the future perhaps ! Let's hope not .
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« Reply #1702 on: April 03, 2017, 09:41:33 » |
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There are serious concerns that the UK▸ lacks enough generating capacity to reliably meet the peak winter demand.
We have got through the last few winters with a certain amount of luck.
However at present, this morning, there is no indication of an any general shortage of generating capacity. Demand is about normal for the time of year and considerable capacity is available but not needed this morning.
The "failure of the electricity supply" must therefore be some form of localised breakdown and not any general shortage of electric power as might occur in midwinter.
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A proper intercity train has a minimum of 8 coaches, gangwayed throughout, with first at one end, and a full sized buffet car between first and standard.
It has space for cycles, surfboards,luggage etc.
A 5 car DMU▸ is not a proper inter-city train. The 5+5 and 9 car DMUs are almost as bad.
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« Reply #1703 on: April 03, 2017, 09:45:36 » |
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National grid status http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/(note to anyone viewing this in the future, clicking the link shows the grid status at the time you click the link, and NOT the position when I posted this) |
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A proper intercity train has a minimum of 8 coaches, gangwayed throughout, with first at one end, and a full sized buffet car between first and standard.
It has space for cycles, surfboards,luggage etc.
A 5 car DMU▸ is not a proper inter-city train. The 5+5 and 9 car DMUs are almost as bad.
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« Reply #1704 on: April 03, 2017, 10:16:16 » |
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Problems on the Heathrow Express/Connect depot apparently. The GWR▸ Hayes electric shuttles were running as normal.
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To view my GWML▸ Electrification cab video 'before and after' video comparison, as well as other videos of the new layout at Reading and 'before and after' comparisons of the Cotswold Line Redoubling scheme, see: http://www.dailymotion.com/user/IndustryInsider/ |
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« Reply #1705 on: April 03, 2017, 10:18:55 » |
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National grid status http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/(note to anyone viewing this in the future, clicking the link shows the grid status at the time you click the link, and NOT the position when I posted this) The frequency is 50.03 Hz, suggesting that all is well at the moment. Coal (1.5%) continues to fall in popularity, although some of the plants are kept on standby. Gas (44%) and nuclear (22%) provide the lion's share, with significant imports via the interconnectors with other countries. Wind, statistically the most dangerous source of power with two workers killed in separate accidents in as many months in Scotland, chips in less than 4%. Biomass and solar barely trouble the scorers. Electricity accounts for under 40% of energy use in this country, with gas, petrol and diesel accounting for much of the rest. That means that some 80% of our energy comes from fossil fuels, which shows just how far we are from cleaning up our act, despite all the hot air from government and pressure groups. I am not sure what sort of difference the electrified GWR▸ and other lines will make to the overall consumption in the country as a whole, but I hope someone has done the maths and made provision. |
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Now, please!
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« Reply #1706 on: April 03, 2017, 10:24:12 » |
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There are serious concerns that the UK▸ lacks enough generating capacity to reliably meet the peak winter demand.
We have got through the last few winters with a certain amount of luck.
This last winter we were actually feeding to France for much of November to January as they had more power stations out than expected. Usually that and the Dutch interconnector are at maximum in the UK direction. Today it isn't very windy but it is rather sunny leading to the combined renewables total being a bit over 4GW. This is rather less than on a windy day when it can easily be 6GW. |
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« Reply #1707 on: April 04, 2017, 08:28:10 » |
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Due to a fault with the signalling system between Southall and Ealing Broadway some lines towards London Paddington are disrupted.
Impact: Train services running through these stations may be delayed. Disruption is expected until 09:15 04/04.
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« Reply #1708 on: April 04, 2017, 10:09:45 » |
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Now 11:45,,, and counting
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« Reply #1709 on: April 04, 2017, 10:21:28 » |
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Now 11:45,,, and counting
and now "may be delayed by up to 30 minutes", up from 20 minutes. (later edit)... and now "disruption is expected until 14:45". Certainly simmering away nicely! |
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