Train GraphicClick on the map to explore geographics
 
I need help
FAQ
Emergency
About .
Travel & transport from BBC stories as at 12:55 29 Mar 2024
* Delays at Dover as millions begin Easter getaway
- Attempted murder charge after man stabbed on train
- KFC Nigeria sorry after disabled diner refused service
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
29th Mar (1913)
Foundation of National Union or Railwaymen (*)

Train RunningCancelled
09:30 Weymouth to Gloucester
12:17 Westbury to Swindon
12:30 London Paddington to Weston-Super-Mare
12:52 Bedwyn to Newbury
13:15 Swindon to Westbury
13:15 London Paddington to Cardiff Central
13:21 Newbury to Bedwyn
13:48 Bedwyn to Newbury
14:12 Newbury to Bedwyn
14:15 London Paddington to Cardiff Central
14:19 Westbury to Swindon
14:57 Bedwyn to Newbury
15:14 Swindon to Westbury
15:22 Newbury to Bedwyn
15:28 Weston-Super-Mare to London Paddington
15:50 Bedwyn to Newbury
15:54 Cardiff Central to London Paddington
16:15 Newbury to Bedwyn
16:23 Westbury to Swindon
16:54 Cardiff Central to London Paddington
16:55 Bedwyn to Newbury
17:36 Swindon to Westbury
18:37 Westbury to Swindon
20:13 Swindon to Westbury
21:16 Westbury to Swindon
22:30 Swindon to Westbury
Short Run
09:37 London Paddington to Paignton
10:35 London Paddington to Exeter St Davids
10:55 Paignton to London Paddington
12:35 London Paddington to Exeter St Davids
13:10 Gloucester to Weymouth
13:42 Exeter St Davids to London Paddington
13:55 Paignton to London Paddington
14:36 London Paddington to Paignton
15:42 Exeter St Davids to London Paddington
16:35 London Paddington to Plymouth
16:50 Plymouth to London Paddington
17:03 London Paddington to Penzance
17:36 London Paddington to Plymouth
18:03 London Paddington to Penzance
18:36 London Paddington to Plymouth
19:04 Paignton to London Paddington
20:03 London Paddington to Plymouth
21:04 London Paddington to Plymouth
Delayed
08:03 London Paddington to Penzance
08:15 Penzance to London Paddington
09:10 Penzance to London Paddington
10:04 London Paddington to Penzance
10:20 Penzance to London Paddington
11:03 London Paddington to Plymouth
12:03 London Paddington to Penzance
12:15 Penzance to London Paddington
13:03 London Paddington to Plymouth
13:15 Plymouth to London Paddington
14:03 London Paddington to Penzance
etc
PollsOpen and recent polls
Closed 2024-03-25 Easter Escape - to where?
Abbreviation pageAcronymns and abbreviations
Stn ComparatorStation Comparator
Rail newsNews Now - live rail news feed
Site Style 1 2 3 4
Next departures • Bristol Temple MeadsBath SpaChippenhamSwindonDidcot ParkwayReadingLondon PaddingtonMelksham
Exeter St DavidsTauntonWestburyTrowbridgeBristol ParkwayCardiff CentralOxfordCheltenham SpaBirmingham New Street
March 29, 2024, 13:07:52 *
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
[153] 2024 - Service update and amendment log, Swindon <-> Westbury...
[97] Infrastructure problems in Thames Valley causing disruption el...
[53] Travel for free on the m2 metrobus - Bristol - 4,5,6 April 202...
[41] would you like your own LIVE train station departure board?
[38] West Wiltshire Bus Changes April 2024
[37] Reversing Beeching - bring heritage and freight lines into the...
 
News: the Great Western Coffee Shop ... keeping you up to date with travel around the South West
 
   Home   Help Search Calendar Login Register  
Pages: [1] 2
  Print  
Author Topic: High Speed Classic - BBC interactive feature on the HST  (Read 7302 times)
old original
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 877


View Profile
« on: December 22, 2014, 13:11:48 »

I don't know if this is a new item from the business section of the bbc website or just a regurgitated one using some new tech, but it doesn't work on my machine!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30538277
Logged

8 Billion people on a wet rock - of course we're not happy
ironstone11
Full Member
***
Posts: 75


View Profile
« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2014, 14:13:37 »

I don't know if this is a new item from the business section of the bbc website or just a regurgitated one using some new tech, but it doesn't work on my machine!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30538277

It 'worked' on my machine, but was awfull. Jumpy motion, sound way out of sync.

I am on 'high speed' broadband, so what else do I need to do to view it properly?
Logged
tomL
Transport Scholar
Sr. Member
******
Posts: 212


View Profile
« Reply #2 on: December 22, 2014, 16:22:34 »

As it says...still experimental. It worked smoothly for me (although my gear is the exception not the rule), albeit blurry.

Quick fix (if you haven't tried it already) is use the google chrome browser.
Logged

ellendune
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 4452


View Profile
« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2014, 17:02:20 »

As it says...still experimental. It worked smoothly for me (although my gear is the exception not the rule), albeit blurry.

Quick fix (if you haven't tried it already) is use the google chrome browser.

Works for me too.
Logged
rogerw
Global Moderator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 1336



View Profile
« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2014, 18:13:58 »

Works fine for me as well - also using Chrome
Logged

I like to travel.  It lets me feel I'm getting somewhere.
Red Squirrel
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 5191


There are some who call me... Tim


View Profile
« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2014, 18:25:14 »

Whilst rooting around for something else the other day, I found the ticket shown in the attached image. That was my first ever visit to London; I seem to remember the promotional price was ^3 return...
Logged

Things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then they happen faster than you thought they could.
JayMac
Data Manager
Hero Member
******
Posts: 18896



View Profile
« Reply #6 on: December 22, 2014, 18:37:30 »

I have viewed the item on Chrome, Firefox, IE and Safari. Only on Chrome did it play faultlessly.

I'm pleased to see that, currently, the vote at the end of the item favours the IEP (Intercity Express Program / Project.) over the HST (High Speed Train). I'm a huge fan of the venerable HST, but they can't go on forever. Time now to retire gracefully.
Logged

"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."

- Sir Terry Pratchett.
Gordon the Blue Engine
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 752


View Profile
« Reply #7 on: December 22, 2014, 18:46:11 »

Looks like Hitachi still have some work to do on the WSP..... the wheels aren't going round.
Logged
TonyK
Global Moderator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 6435


The artist formerly known as Four Track, Now!


View Profile
« Reply #8 on: December 22, 2014, 20:00:53 »

Works fine for me as well - also using Chrome

Worked fine on my laptop using Opera.
Logged

Now, please!
old original
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 877


View Profile
« Reply #9 on: December 22, 2014, 20:39:56 »

perils of using IE9 on Vista!!

and thanks to admin for doing the necessary..
Logged

8 Billion people on a wet rock - of course we're not happy
Oberon
Sr. Member
****
Posts: 186


View Profile
« Reply #10 on: December 22, 2014, 21:41:32 »

Worked fine on Windows 7. I voted for IEP (Intercity Express Program / Project.), can't get too sentimental..
Logged
TonyK
Global Moderator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 6435


The artist formerly known as Four Track, Now!


View Profile
« Reply #11 on: December 22, 2014, 21:50:40 »

Worked fine on Windows 7. I voted for IEP (Intercity Express Program / Project.), can't get too sentimental..

Vote for IEP on IE9?
Logged

Now, please!
johoare
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 2818


View Profile
« Reply #12 on: December 22, 2014, 22:30:40 »

How many carriages on Hitachi's new train(s).. that one definitely didn't look to have 8.. it resembled a class 180 in length
Logged
marky7890
Sr. Member
****
Posts: 149


View Profile Email
« Reply #13 on: December 23, 2014, 01:23:03 »

Some will have 5 coaches others will have 9.
Logged
Rhydgaled
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 1500


View Profile WWW
« Reply #14 on: December 23, 2014, 08:37:43 »

How many carriages on Hitachi's new train(s).. that one definitely didn't look to have 8.. it resembled a class 180 in length
Some will have 5 coaches others will have 9.
Specifically, the ECML (East Coast Main Line) out of Kings Cross is expected to get a 9-car IEP (Intercity Express Program / Project.) for each of the current 9-coach IC125 and IC225 trains, plus 5-car IEPs to expand the fleet size. The Great Western, on the other hand, is only expected to have 18 9-car diagrams, which will be limited to the electrified routes (to Bristol and Swansea). Except that all the Swansea, Cardiff and Bristol services would require about 22 diagrams, so some workings even on those routes would be 5-car. Everywhere else on the Great Western is not planned to receive electrification and would be stuck with 5-car IEPs on all services (with one or two London-peak workings into strengthened to 10-car by running the fives in multiple). For further discussion on that, see this topic. The only exception is services to Plymouth and Penzance, which is currently not expected to be getting IEP.
Logged

----------------------------
Don't DOO (Driver-Only Operation (that is, trains which operate without carrying a guard)) it, keep the guard (but it probably wouldn't be a bad idea if the driver unlocked the doors on arrival at calling points).
Do you have something you would like to add to this thread, or would you like to raise a new question at the Coffee Shop? Please [register] (it is free) if you have not done so before, or login (at the top of this page) if you already have an account - we would love to read what you have to say!

You can find out more about how this forum works [here] - that will link you to a copy of the forum agreement that you can read before you join, and tell you very much more about how we operate. We are an independent forum, provided and run by customers of Great Western Railway, for customers of Great Western Railway and we welcome railway professionals as members too, in either a personal or official capacity. Views expressed in posts are not necessarily the views of the operators of the forum.

As well as posting messages onto existing threads, and starting new subjects, members can communicate with each other through personal messages if they wish. And once members have made a certain number of posts, they will automatically be admitted to the "frequent posters club", where subjects not-for-public-domain are discussed; anything from the occasional rant to meetups we may be having ...

 
Pages: [1] 2
  Print  
 
Jump to:  

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 pageJump to Forum Home Page