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« Reply #15 on: August 21, 2009, 23:39:35 » |
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Lost revenue costs a lot as well!!!
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« Reply #16 on: September 14, 2009, 18:49:07 » |
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« Reply #17 on: September 14, 2009, 19:02:07 » |
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When I came back from the Isle of Wight, they were giving out leaflets at West Cowes Red Jet terminal. Most ended up in the bin... (NOT mine!)
A few points: despite the fact that the leaflets and new report say "under 2 hours", the Southampton - London service takes 2 hours 19 minutes. The Portsmouth service takes 1 hour 59 minutes; in practice I expect these will take much longer, even off peak. The journey times do not look realistic: the rush hour services are given no extra minutes at all!
Ok, "fare" enough it's cheap, but I thought SWT▸ 's service was very good, an airy and fast train, (seats a bit hard and that Celia Drummond woman giving me a headache - Desiros have verbal diarrhoea!) and fares start from ^1 on Megatrain anyway. The journey time is well under 2 hours. There is no scope of journey time reductions due to the volume of trains and they probably want to make sure the train arrives at the Woking bottleneck dead on time.
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« Reply #18 on: September 14, 2009, 19:07:19 » |
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If I decide to go to Southampton Uni, this looks very attractive. Coaches look very comfortable and wi-fi is excellent. SWT▸ Desiros aren't that great. Celia babbling on is enough to drive anybody mad, let alone the price of train travel on SWT.
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« Reply #19 on: September 14, 2009, 19:32:10 » |
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Couple of weeks back, they had Greyhound 'touts' all over the up side foyer at Southampton Central.  Haven't seen any since though... Paul |
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« Reply #20 on: September 14, 2009, 21:13:31 » |
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If I decide to go to Southampton Uni, this looks very attractive. Coaches look very comfortable and wi-fi is excellent. SWT▸ Desiros aren't that great. Celia babbling on is enough to drive anybody mad, let alone the price of train travel on SWT.
Wifi is a plus point, and the Desiro seats are very hard - like FGW▸ 's HSTs▸ . As for Celia, she needs to be exterminated......... from train announcments. An MP▸ is already campaigning against her intrusions. Sorry, it needs saying - SWT need Phil as the onboard announcer. Do any TOCs▸ have him? |
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« Reply #21 on: September 14, 2009, 23:08:40 » |
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If I decide to go to Southampton Uni, this looks very attractive. Coaches look very comfortable and wi-fi is excellent. SWT▸ Desiros aren't that great. Celia babbling on is enough to drive anybody mad, let alone the price of train travel on SWT.
Wifi is a plus point, and the Desiro seats are very hard - like FGW▸ 's HSTs▸ . As for Celia, she needs to be exterminated......... from train announcments. An MP▸ is already campaigning against her intrusions. Exterminate: ^verb (used with object), -nat⋅ed, -nat⋅ing. to get rid of by destroying; destroy totally; extirpate: to exterminate an enemy; to exterminate insects. Slightly harsh one might say. Sorry, it needs saying - SWT need Phil as the onboard announcer. Do any TOCs▸ have him?
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« Reply #22 on: September 15, 2009, 00:33:06 » |
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I only said she needed exterminating from train announcements! Sorry should have used a "smiley". [slaps wrist] Sorry, what do you mean by "doesn't need saying". Is that meant to be a pun on Phil SAYER?  |
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« Reply #23 on: September 15, 2009, 15:26:18 » |
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The issue on SWT▸ is the number of announcements the system is programmed to make, compounded by frequent stops on many of their services.
Whoever the voice is making these announcements (and quite frankly, I'd rather have the dulcet tones of Celia Drummond rather than the infernally irritating Shouty Phil), it's their sheer frequency that is extremely grating.
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« Reply #24 on: September 15, 2009, 16:39:38 » |
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I personally find Celia irritating, and Phil not so. BUt that's just opinion.
THe thing I HATE about Celia is her pronunciations - which are often wrong - and her exaggerated posh voice - not needed.
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« Reply #25 on: September 15, 2009, 18:36:10 » |
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I personally find Celia irritating, and Phil not so. BUt that's just opinion.
THe thing I HATE about Celia is her pronunciations - which are often wrong - and her exaggerated posh voice - not needed.
Funny, I have a vague feeling you may have mentioned that before somewhere...  Anyway, they're not wrong per se, any more than pronunciation with a regional accent can be considered wrong. Presumably you don't have a froth attack if you hear a train manager with a west country accent pronounce "Bath" with the local "aa" sound rather than the so-called standard English (rhymes with "hearth"). This ain't any different. Pleeease change the record Btline  |
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« Reply #26 on: September 15, 2009, 20:31:17 » |
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I only said she needed exterminating from train announcements! Sorry should have used a "smiley". [slaps wrist] Sorry, what do you mean by "doesn't need saying". Is that meant to be a pun on Phil SAYER? You said "it needs saying that SWT▸ should have Phil", I was just disagreeing. You don't need to get all defensive about your beloved Phil... I (and most on here) get it, you love Phil, you don't like Celia. I on the other hand prefer Celia's voice, but then I like posh girls  ... let's move back to Greyhound buses....>>>>> |
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« Reply #27 on: September 15, 2009, 23:05:48 » |
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you love Phil, you don't like Celia. I on the other hand prefer Celia's voice, but then I like posh girls I have a posh voice! And I rather like Celia too. You're right though - let's get back to the business of Greyhound buses |
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« Reply #28 on: September 15, 2009, 23:17:49 » |
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It's nothing about being posh or well spoken etc. It's just that she exaggerates the poshness. Just listen to her saying London Euston; it could be from a black and white film from the 50s. That's why I prefer Phil - normal, non exaggerated (the exception is when he says London Midland). But I better stop barking on about Phil! I'm making myself bored, and many others by the sound of it!    |
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« Reply #29 on: September 15, 2009, 23:30:28 » |
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A voluntary moratorium on mentioning Phil Sayer would be splendid, thank you! And now back to a well-known brand of long-distance bus newly introduced to the UK▸ ... |
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