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« Reply #2505 on: February 22, 2018, 20:45:46 » |
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Great Western Rodents.
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« Reply #2506 on: February 22, 2018, 21:25:47 » |
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Rats' teeth are harder than iron, so it takes a lot to stop them.
I read that in Australia 25kV polymer insulators were being eaten by wild parrots.
Bring back the station cat.
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« Reply #2507 on: February 22, 2018, 22:38:12 » |
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I see a rat or two scuttling around every time I walk along the Ladygrove Loop foot path, in the banks on the northern side of the railway station at Didcot. For every one seen there will be plenty more about.
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« Reply #2508 on: February 22, 2018, 23:29:15 » |
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Wot no exploding rat?
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« Reply #2509 on: February 23, 2018, 16:45:08 » |
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Wot no exploding rat?
No they just burn go crispy during which process they turn to carbon which shorts out the signalling power ........................ its a perpetual problem on older type signalling schemes When rats get into lineside trough routes it an take ages to fined all the damage caused, they even like eating so called vermin proof cables  |
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Starship just experienced what we call a rapid unscheduled disassembly, or a RUD, during ascent,”
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« Reply #2510 on: February 26, 2018, 17:26:24 » |
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Due to a fault with the signalling system between Reading and Basingstoke all lines are blocked.
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Train services running to and from these stations may be cancelled, delayed or revised. Disruption is expected until 18:15 26/02.
Lots of other problems across the wider network
Now pushed back until 20:15
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« Reply #2511 on: February 27, 2018, 07:42:58 » |
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Due to a fault with the signalling system between Reading and Slough some lines towards London Paddington are closed.
Impact:
Train services running to and from these stations may be delayed or revised. Disruption is expected until 08:30 27/02.
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« Reply #2512 on: February 27, 2018, 08:40:12 » |
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....................who needs the "Beast from the East" to cause chaos?  Due to a fault with the signalling system between Reading and Slough some lines towards London Paddington are closed. Train services running to and from these stations may be delayed or revised. Disruption is expected until 10:30 27/02. Customer Advice Owing to signalling problems affecting the track which would normally carry the express services between Reading and London Paddington that line has had to be closed. All trains between Reading and London Paddington will therefore need to share the same line between Reading and Slough. As a result of this Twyford and Maidenhead stations will see a significant reduction in direct train services to Slough and London Paddington and Taplow and Burnham will have NO services towards Slough or London Paddington. Any customers at Twyford, Maidenhead, Taplow & Burnham requiring stations towards Slough and London Paddington are advised to travel to READING and then return on an eastbound service. Similarly, any customers from Reading requiring Twyford, Maidenhead, Taplow & Burnham may need to travel through to SLOUGH and then return by a westbound service. |
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« Reply #2513 on: February 27, 2018, 09:22:22 » |
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Due to a points failure between Hayes & Harlington and London Paddington some lines are blocked.
Impact: Train services running to and from these stations will be cancelled. Disruption is expected until 11:00 27/02.
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« Reply #2515 on: February 27, 2018, 11:02:31 » |
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The service rather had a meltdown this morning
Meltdown? the 2 inches of snow hasn't even arrived yet? (................I'll get my coat) |
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« Reply #2516 on: February 27, 2018, 11:09:08 » |
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The service rather had a meltdown this morning
Meltdown? the 2 inches of snow hasn't even arrived yet? (................I'll get my coat) Ha ha and exactly... It can only get worse as the week goes on... I think the person in charge of the trains this morning was probably having a quiet cry in the corner rather than actually trying to get the passengers for the local trains anywhere.. The local train passengers were definitely forgotten this morning in their quest to get the long distance trains through |
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« Reply #2517 on: February 27, 2018, 11:47:16 » |
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Reports state two inches of snow in Kent, so you cant expect a proper train service in the Thames Valley.
We increasingly have a "fair weather only railway", they struggle a bit even in fair weather due to more trains than usual needing repairs, and the failure to engage enough staff to run timetabled services.
So don't expect too much if it is cold, wet, windy, or hot.
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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 #2518 on: February 28, 2018, 00:29:03 » |
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The service rather had a meltdown this morning
Meltdown? the 2 inches of snow hasn't even arrived yet? (................I'll get my coat) Ha ha and exactly... It can only get worse as the week goes on... I think the person in charge of the trains this morning was probably having a quiet cry in the corner rather than actually trying to get the passengers for the local trains anywhere.. The local train passengers were definitely forgotten this morning in their quest to get the long distance trains through That's normal for GWR▸ . As soon as a line is lost anywhere between Paddington and Didcot Parkway it is the stopping services which have stops cancelled just so their precious fast trains aren't delayed by a few minutes  . Why should the Relief line services be cancelled when it was the Mains that had an issue on this occasion? Until yesterday (Tuesday) I was looking forward to TfL» taking over the stopping services as I thought they'd be more stubborn at not removing stops for GWR's fast trains. But they gave up running services so easily on London Overground and TfL Rail on hearing about snow, and took ages to reinstate things once it was clear that there was no snow. And on Monday I had TfL Rail miss out two stations when the train was only 4 minutes late (only to gain 2 of those minutes), and there was no announcement on board. And I thought GWR's removal of the Southall stop at 7 minutes late without telling the station back in January was bad enough (train diverted to Up Main just before station, once again the thing about their beloved fast trains not being delayed comes into play). |
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« Reply #2519 on: February 28, 2018, 09:47:26 » |
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If you check the @TFLRail twitter feed, the service they run has serious faults being levelled at them already....be careful what you wish for.
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