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« on: December 04, 2011, 16:57:04 » |
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Fast ticket machines have been installed at most stations in Somerset with the exception of Castle Cary. It can be very busy there, so why no machine. Can anybody offer an explanation?
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2011, 18:35:28 » |
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I'm sorry that I don't have an answer to your question myself, 72c - but may I offer you a very warm welcome to the Coffee Shop forum instead? Chris  |
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« Last Edit: December 04, 2011, 18:42:05 by chris from nailsea »
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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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72c
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« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2011, 19:22:29 » |
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Thank you for your warm welcome.
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« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2011, 18:39:37 » |
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Unless it's been taken away, IIRC▸ there was a TVM▸ on the London Platform just outside the booking office. You can press a green button on the bottom left hand side of the screen to collect your tickets (You'll need your payment card and your booking reference  ) As an aside, I note that Frome now has it's TVM back only accepts cards though   |
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2013, 23:44:41 » |
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From the First Great Western press release: Ticket to ride: Glastonbury founder buys train ticket vending machine
Striking a chord with the local community, Glastonbury Festivals founder Michael Eavis is partnering with First Great Western to provide a new ticket vending machine at Castle Cary Station.
Helping you to get to Glastonbury, First Great Western will run over 50 additional trains to and from Castle Cary Station during the festival. Added to the regular hourly service from London Paddington, these trains will provide almost 13,000 extra seats.
First Great Western are delighted that Michael will mark the installation of the new ticket facility at 11.00 on Thursday 23 May.
Welcoming the festival founder and philanthropist, FGW▸ ^s Castle Cary Station Manager Nicholas Reid said: ^FGW are continually looking at ways to improve our stations and improve access to the full range of services that we can offer. In the last year over ^85 million has been invested across our network of 210 stations, by working with rail industry partners, the DfT» , and local authorities. The work we mark today will allow even more Castle Cary residents to use the station, whether you wish to go down by the seaside or just have the hots for nowhere -helping us to keep people moving in these congested times.^
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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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« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2013, 16:52:30 » |
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Who is claiming that the extra trains will be "added to the regular hourly service from London Paddington"? Someone is working to a different timetable, methinks.
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« Reply #7 on: May 23, 2013, 19:15:35 » |
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.. and from which services are the Turbos being "pinched"?
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« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2013, 21:47:24 » |
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They're only running the daytime services so presumably they will use units that would be stabling between the peaks anyway,
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #9 on: July 01, 2014, 23:13:16 » |
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From Central Somerset Gazette: Glastonbury Festival: Too early to say if 5,000 people skipped trains Glastonbury Festival revellers leave Worthy Farm in Pilton and Somerset for another year as they board the trains at Castle Cary train stationHave we lost nearly 5,000 Glastonbury Festival train travellers? First Great Western say it's too early to say if expectations of 15,000 were met yet. The number of people travelling to Castle Cary Railway Station to go to Glastonbury Festival grows every year. But First Great Western said the early number of 10,762 travellers arriving last week is "dubious". That is the number believed to have arrived at the station but spokesman James Davies said: "It's far too early to say how many people have travelled there via train. The figures will be released in due course. We transported 13,500 in 2010 and 2011 and about 15,200 last year." Travellers from Paddington Train Station on the 7.15am to Glastonbury had a special guest on-board with them, singer Gabrielle Aplin. She performed her chart hits Power of Love, Panic Cord, Please Don't Say You Love Me and Home before returning on the train to London to do an impromptu concert on the platform. But she obviously didn't miss her own train there as Gabrielle performed at Glastonbury Festival herself. |
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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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