Train GraphicClick on the map to explore geographics
 
I need help
FAQ
Emergency
About .
Travel & transport from BBC stories as at 13:55 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
12:30 London Paddington to Weston-Super-Mare
13:15 Swindon to Westbury
13:15 London Paddington to Cardiff Central
13:48 Bedwyn to Newbury
14:12 Newbury to Bedwyn
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
16:55 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
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
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
14:15 Penzance to London Paddington
15:03 London Paddington to Penzance
15:15 Plymouth to London Paddington
16:03 London Paddington to Penzance
16:15 Penzance to London Paddington
19:04 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, 14:01:33 *
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: .....swing low........  (Read 8864 times)
Chris from Nailsea
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 17865


I am not railway staff


View Profile Email
« Reply #15 on: February 07, 2015, 20:36:18 »

Come on England!

..is no one going to mention that England one?! I suspect there may have been a few locals in red shirts drowning their sorrows in Cardiff last night.

Great England come back and win, by the way  Smiley

My commiserations to Coffee Shop member John R ...  Wink Cheesy Grin
Logged

William Huskisson MP (Member of Parliament) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.

"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner."  Discuss.
bobm
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 9810



View Profile
« Reply #16 on: February 07, 2015, 22:13:17 »

At least the Welsh U20s managed to beat their English counterparts 21-15.
Logged
LiskeardRich
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 3457

richardwarwicker@hotmail.co.uk
View Profile
« Reply #17 on: February 07, 2015, 22:47:12 »

..is no one going to mention that England one?! I suspect there may have been a few locals in red shirts drowning their sorrows in Cardiff last night.

As someone who lived in Wales for 15 years it never ceased to amazed me how patriotic and passionate the Welsh are about their rugby. If you walked down the Main Street in Cardiff on international day it was often just a sea of red jerseys.

This is what I like about the location of the Millennium Stadium, right in the city centre so the atmosphere builds before the game. Cardiff City Centre on match day is a great place to be even if your not attending the match just for the atmosphere.

Twickenham on the other hand has no such city centre around so other than a couple of local pubs, the crowd go to the game and back out again straight after.

When I go to Millennium Stadium I make a day of it and spend the whole day in Cardiff. When I go to Twickenham I arrive in the area an hour before kick off and leave pretty much at the final whistle.

I've been known to go to watch Wales rather than England just because of the Cardiff atmosphere on match days.

"Couple of local pubs?" which Twickenham have you been going to? There's at least 8 between the station and the end of the High St including the huge Weatherspoons, then there's Richmond just down the road, Whitton, and it's v easy to get into London.........all this dispersal makes it a much nicer place to have a beer than central Cardiff, which although pleasant enough is v small and what pubs there are (especially since the late lamented Vulcan!) are absolutely rammed.....coupled with the early last trains back to England (even on a normal Saturday!) give me Twickenham any time! Smiley

......but Stade de France, now there's a stadium - excellent public transport for one thing, puts the UK (United Kingdom) to shame, back into central Paris in a matter of minutes!

At twickenham, generally park on site or next to the stoop, for somebody who doesn't know the area I discovered two pubs and a Tesco.
Cardiff no parking at the stadium, so naturally end up parking somewhere that involves walking through the city centre.
As an Englishman it ashames me to say the cardiff match day experience is ten times that of twickenham.
Logged

All posts are my own personal believes, opinions and understandings!
TaplowGreen
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 7750



View Profile
« Reply #18 on: February 08, 2015, 17:39:32 »

Worth remembering of course that all the other 6 Nations venues are in  capital cities, whereas Twickenham is in the suburbs, so you're bound to miss out on a few of the logistical benefits.............if anyone is in search of decent hostelries in the wider Twickenham area to visit on matchdays I'd be happy to share the details of a few less well known venues, some of which you might even get a seat in! Smiley
Logged
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