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« on: May 17, 2011, 21:37:45 » |
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Football meets FGW▸ . With Swansea and Reading meeting at Wembley in the Championship final I wonder if there will be any changes to services on the day to keep the fans apart. Would they run some South Wales services non stop through Reading or try to enforce set down only on the up journey and pick up only on the return?
Whatever they do it could have been worse. An all Wales final was on the cards til Reading beat Cardiff!
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« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2011, 22:37:57 » |
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They will probably lay on extra services, run dry services and have a load of BTP▸ around!
That's what the usual outcome is on the many other sporting events that have affected FGW▸ land!
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Here, there and Everywhere!!
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bobm
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« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2011, 22:42:54 » |
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True. But it's not often you get both sets of fans on the same route.
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« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2011, 00:08:44 » |
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True. But it's not often you get both sets of fans on the same route.
Um Stoke and Man City! VT▸ ran footexes tho. |
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« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2011, 13:45:52 » |
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True. But it's not often you get both sets of fans on the same route.
Imagine how much more of a headache it would have been had Cardiff beaten Reading! |
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« Reply #5 on: May 18, 2011, 13:50:42 » |
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Will it have much effect on late evening up services via reading? I'm thinking I'm on the 5ish departure from penzance gets into PAD» at 1030ish
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Ditched former sig - now I need to think of something amusing - brain hurts -I'll steal from the master himself - Einstein:
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love"
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bobm
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« Reply #6 on: May 18, 2011, 13:54:18 » |
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Yes, as I said BNM  Wouldn't have thought so Mookiemoo. Whatever forms that service from PNZ will have come down mid morning so going against the flow. I am planning a day out that day. Might try going against the flow and see if Swansea and the Gower are empty! Got the Isle of Wight on the Saturday. |
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« Reply #7 on: May 18, 2011, 14:02:21 » |
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It was me who was guilty of not reading the whole post. Not the first time poor old BMN has taken the rap for me I think! |
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To view my GWML▸ Electrification cab video 'before and after' video comparison, as well as other videos of the new layout at Reading and 'before and after' comparisons of the Cotswold Line Redoubling scheme, see: http://www.dailymotion.com/user/IndustryInsider/ |
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bobm
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« Reply #8 on: May 18, 2011, 14:07:06 » |
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Whoops. My apologies. I blame it on my continuing double vision. (and not alcohol induced!)
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« Reply #9 on: May 19, 2011, 00:11:06 » |
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Er...um... why am I being referenced in this thread? And II... I'm happy with 'poor', but less of the 'old' if you please!   |
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"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.
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« Reply #10 on: May 19, 2011, 00:20:34 » |
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I still haven't a clue why I attributed it to you. At least I didn't compound it with age references. But then as I reach a half century next month thoughts of stones and glasshouses would prevent me.
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« Reply #11 on: May 20, 2011, 13:01:39 » |
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FGW▸ are putting on 3 extra services to London in the morning and 2 back in the evening which will run non stop through Reading: www.thisissouthwales.co.uk
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« Reply #13 on: May 28, 2011, 20:45:09 » |
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From Newbury Today: Reading supporters travelling to Monday's match will not be able to buy group saver tickets with First Great Western
Reading Football Club fans in West Berkshire travelling by train to the play-off final on Monday will not be able to use group saver tickets through train operator, First Great Western (FGW▸ ).
The tickets, which can save each member of a group of four about ^10 for a day return trip to London, are not being permitted on all services on Monday, as it is one of the operator^s ^barred dates^ owing to the Run to the Sun festival in Cornwall and other Bank Holiday events.
This has however angered fans, who have hit out at the train operator with thousands of people expected to travel via public transport to the capital for the one-off game.
Nigel Chambers, who tried to buy a group saver ticket for Monday at Newbury train station yesterday (Thursday), said he was dismayed to find a sign at the station saying that First Great Western weren^t honouring the tickets on Monday, as he had not found such information on the operator^s website.
He said: ^I suggest with the large number of people travelling from Swansea and Reading on Monday, it is just blatant profiteering from First Great Western.^
FGW spokesman, John Ratchford, confirmed that Monday was one of the dates when group savers were not permitted due to specific events, as announced earlier this year, adding that people could still buy tickets in a group on Monday, but there would be no saving in doing so.
He added that the information should be communicated to customers at train stations, including via signage.
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William Huskisson MP▸ 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.
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bobm
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« Reply #14 on: May 30, 2011, 10:01:10 » |
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Well the FGW▸ website has certainly lived up to its reputation this morning. There is no mention of which trains from Swansea will not be making their booked calls at Reading either as a news story or on the live updates. (National Rail's live departures show some not calling and others are). As for Groupsave the list of restrictions ran out at the end of April so nothing about today. However if you want to look at last winter's timetable for historical research they are still there! |
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