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« on: September 24, 2024, 17:36:06 »

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16:50 Plymouth to London Paddington due 20:23

Facilities on the 16:50 Plymouth to London Paddington due 20:23.

Catering is reduced between Plymouth and London Paddington No catering in rear set due to an infestation of fruit flys.
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« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2024, 20:04:26 »

Hmm.  That reflects on their cleaning staff team, methinks?  Huh
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« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2024, 21:34:31 »

Time flies Fruit Flys like a Banana,unless they catch a train that is
Or it might just be a case of Flys go mad in Devon
Now where did I leave my coat.
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« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2024, 07:27:48 »

Hmm… undone by flies, one might say.
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« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2024, 17:10:43 »

An old joke about one of the books allegedly written by W E Johns - 'Biggles flies undone'.  Grin

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« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2024, 18:35:17 »

And now it's a seagull on a Hastings-Victoria train.
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« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2024, 18:51:57 »

PLEASE, don't tell Timmer.  Roll Eyes

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« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2024, 20:03:29 »

PLEASE, don't tell Timmer.  Roll Eyes
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Absolute fare dodger if I’ve ever seen one.

Not the first time a seagull has travelled on a train of course:
https://youtu.be/qsztO2d9KaM?si=baBYTA9KNuTbf_Sg
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« Reply #8 on: November 19, 2024, 11:57:22 »

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11:10 Weston-Super-Mare to Severn Beach due 12:23 will be started from Bristol Temple Meads.
It will no longer call at Weston-Super-Mare, Weston Milton, Worle, Yatton, Nailsea & Backwell, Parson Street and Bedminster.
This is due to a fault with the electric third rail earlier today.
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« Reply #9 on: November 19, 2024, 17:56:23 »

Yes, that third rail at Nailsea & Backwell has always been a bit of an issue ...  Roll Eyes

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« Reply #10 on: November 19, 2024, 19:29:17 »

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The stabiliser rail always causes problems.

At a guess the set was pinched to restart a Pompey Cardiff at the Temple Meads of Doom.
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« Reply #11 on: November 23, 2024, 12:18:49 »

Continuing to widen the theme of weird messaging, this appeared on Journeycheck.com/greatwesternrailway today:

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Westbury station will be single staffed from now until the end of the day.
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Please be prepared to assist with dispatch or self dispatch if necessary.
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« Reply #12 on: November 23, 2024, 13:47:35 »

Next they'll be asking passengers to drive the trains!

Might help with regular driver shortages.
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« Reply #13 on: November 23, 2024, 14:16:26 »

Next they'll be asking passengers to drive the trains!

Might help with regular driver shortages.
I seem to remember back in the 1990s Great Eastern Railway having the idea of using commuters as guards although it never came to anything.
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