What do YOU want

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[TeaStew]

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Oh - there ARE direct trains from Melksham to Bristol all this week, by the way ... just a pity they don't actually stop ;-).

Quite

[PhilWakely]

What I want
c) Shuttle service Paddington to Reading and some long distance services non-stopping at Reading in the evening peaks.

Last is to prevent the current situation where all trains leave Paddington standing room only and end up half full after Reading!

What I want is..........
'pick up only' to mean just that and policed!

[onthecushions]

The HOPS train crew etc to get its collective head around installing 18 masts/night, on average, to avoid the GW^▸ (Great Western) being the gravestone of UK^▸ (United Kingdom) electrification.

OTC

[ellendune]

The HOPS train crew etc to get its collective head around installing 18 masts/night, on average, to avoid the GW^▸ (Great Western) being the gravestone of UK^▸ (United Kingdom) electrification.

Is it the train crew, the manufacturer or a combination of the two?

[onthecushions]

Is it the train crew, the manufacturer or a combination of the two?

As a chartered engineer since 1981 I have to say; almost always the crew.

Sure, you won't get to the moon in a rowing boat but the preparation and investment made in this technology make the excuses of the wrong sort of soil, the wrong sort of masts and the wrong sort of signal cables very weak. Engineers are educated and trained to be problem solvers, even without optimal kit.

I'm tempted to say more but won't.

OTC

[ellendune]

Is it the train crew, the manufacturer or a combination of the two?

As a chartered engineer since 1981 I have to say; almost always the crew.

Sure, you won't get to the moon in a rowing boat but the preparation and investment made in this technology make the excuses of the wrong sort of soil, the wrong sort of masts and the wrong sort of signal cables very weak. Engineers are educated and trained to be problem solvers, even without optimal kit.

I'm tempted to say more but won't.

OTC

What I see is piles that have not been driven or only partly driven is this really the crew or is the equipment not strong enough for the ground.  PS I am also a Chartered Engineer, but only since 1982!

[Chris from Nailsea]

Going off at a complete tangent ... that reminds me of Lts Chard and Bromhead, in the 1964 film Zulu, comparing the dates of their respective commissions to decide who was the 'senior officer commanding' ... 

[Richard Fairhurst]

this enlarged area should be known as 'Bristol', not 'the West of England' or 'Fromeville' or any similarly-confected nonsense;

Froomeville, to celebrate the first Briton to win two Tours de France, sounds like an excellent name.

[TaplowGreen]

this enlarged area should be known as 'Bristol', not 'the West of England' or 'Fromeville' or any similarly-confected nonsense;

Froomeville, to celebrate the first Briton to win two Tours de France, sounds like an excellent name.

...........only for those who wish to live in a town that sounds like something out of "Deliverance"! .............then again, it is in Somerset!

[ChrisB]

The HOPS train crew etc to get its collective head around installing 18 masts/night, on average, to avoid the GW^▸ (Great Western) being the gravestone of UK^▸ (United Kingdom) electrification.

There is a report - I think from the ORR^» (Office of Rail and Road formerly Office of Rail Regulation - about) - that mentioned the original rate was only 9.5 piles/night, whereas the machine was built for 18. They've got the rate up to 13.5, I think....

[Red Squirrel]

this enlarged area should be known as 'Bristol', not 'the West of England' or 'Fromeville' or any similarly-confected nonsense;

Froomeville, to celebrate the first Briton to win two Tours de France, sounds like an excellent name.

...........only for those who wish to live in a town that sounds like something out of "Deliverance"! .............then again, it is in Somerset!

By way of clarification for readers who may not be familiar with Bristol's land drainage arrangements, I was alluding to the River Frome (historically the Froom) which rises in South Gloucestershire and meets its confluence in central Bristol, not the (doubtless very lovely) town in Somerset of similar appellation. In the latter quarter of the 20th Century, a county was created to encompas Greater Bristol, but to placate parochial interests was named after another local river, the Afon Avon.

[TaplowGreen]

this enlarged area should be known as 'Bristol', not 'the West of England' or 'Fromeville' or any similarly-confected nonsense;

Froomeville, to celebrate the first Briton to win two Tours de France, sounds like an excellent name.

...........only for those who wish to live in a town that sounds like something out of "Deliverance"! .............then again, it is in Somerset!

By way of clarification for readers who may not be familiar with Bristol's land drainage arrangements, I was alluding to the River Frome (historically the Froom) which rises in South Gloucestershire and meets its confluence in central Bristol, not the (doubtless very lovely) town in Somerset of similar appellation. In the latter quarter of the 20th Century, a county was created to encompas Greater Bristol, but to placate parochial interests was named after another local river, the Afon Avon.

1,000 apologies.

[IndustryInsider]

I'd like people not to quote four levels when they're replying to the last post in a topic- especially when the post they make is only two words long. 

[Bmblbzzz]

1. A re-drawing of Bristol's boundary to encompass the entire contiguous built-up area of Bristol, so that the city can be administered as what it is rather than as a balkanised set of overblown parish councils;
2. Further to (1), that this enlarged area should be known as 'Bristol', not 'the West of England' or 'Fromeville' or any similarly-confected nonsense;
3. That this area be served by an integrated public transport system, to include electrically-propelled light rail, and that the city's planning and transport decisions should reflect the requirements of the whole city and not those of the aforementioned overblown parish councils;
4. That I be granted the Moon on a Stick.

I suspect that (4) may be the easiest to achieve.

These!

And the reopening of the Portishead line, with a station at Pill and trains that will get there in time to take kids from Bedminster to school.

Regarding the municipal area, I'm not sure whether Red Squirrel is thinking of something larger but I'd be content with making the City of Bristol as large as the city of Bristol. As for Froomeville, how about Las Vegas? http://lvis.org.uk

[TaplowGreen]

I'd like people not to quote four levels when they're replying to the last post in a topic- especially when the post they make is only two words long. 

2,000 apologies.