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Title: First it was squirrels..... Post by: bobm on September 24, 2024, 17:36:06 ...now
Quote 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. Title: Re: First it was squirrels..... Post by: Chris from Nailsea on September 24, 2024, 20:04:26 Hmm. That reflects on their cleaning staff team, methinks? ???
Title: Re: First it was squirrels..... Post by: Western Pathfinder 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. Title: Re: First it was squirrels..... Post by: Red Squirrel on September 25, 2024, 07:27:48 Hmm… undone by flies, one might say.
Title: Re: First it was squirrels..... Post by: Chris from Nailsea on September 25, 2024, 17:10:43 An old joke about one of the books allegedly written by W E Johns (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_W._E._Johns) - 'Biggles flies undone'. ;D
Title: Re: First it was squirrels..... Post by: Marlburian on September 25, 2024, 18:35:17 And now it's a seagull on a Hastings-Victoria train. (https://sussex.news/east-sussex/video-seagull-caught-wing-ing-it-on-london-bound-train/24638/)
Title: Re: First it was squirrels..... Post by: Chris from Nailsea on September 25, 2024, 18:51:57 PLEASE, don't tell Timmer. ::)
;D Title: Re: First it was squirrels..... Post by: Timmer on September 25, 2024, 20:03:29 PLEASE, don't tell Timmer. ::) You called?;D 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 Title: Re: First it was squirrels..... Post by: Trowres on November 19, 2024, 11:57:22 Quote 11:10 Weston-Super-Mare to Severn Beach due 12:23 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. Last Updated:19/11/2024 10:18 :o Title: Re: First it was squirrels..... Post by: Chris from Nailsea on November 19, 2024, 17:56:23 Yes, that third rail at Nailsea & Backwell has always been a bit of an issue ... ::)
Title: Re: First it was squirrels..... Post by: UstiImmigrunt on November 19, 2024, 19:29:17 Quote 11:10 Weston-Super-Mare to Severn Beach due 12:23 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. Last Updated:19/11/2024 10:18 :o The stabiliser rail always causes problems. At a guess the set was pinched to restart a Pompey Cardiff at the Temple Meads of Doom. Title: Re: First it was squirrels..... Post by: Trowres on November 23, 2024, 12:18:49 Continuing to widen the theme of weird messaging, this appeared on Journeycheck.com/greatwesternrailway today:
Quote Westbury: Staffing Westbury station will be single staffed from now until the end of the day. Additional Information Please be prepared to assist with dispatch or self dispatch if necessary. Last Updated:23/11/2024 11:00 Title: Re: First it was squirrels..... Post by: JayMac on November 23, 2024, 13:47:35 Next they'll be asking passengers to drive the trains!
Might help with regular driver shortages. Title: Re: First it was squirrels..... Post by: Zoe on November 23, 2024, 14:16:26 Next they'll be asking passengers to drive the trains! 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.Might help with regular driver shortages. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |