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« Reply #15 on: February 20, 2011, 21:44:43 »
Thanks all - now on the 2143 to Ealing - pad is colder than nailsea by the way
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« Reply #16 on: February 20, 2011, 22:07:32 »
Quote from: Mookiemoo on February 20, 2011, 21:44:43
... pad is colder than nailsea by the way

Blame Ollie for that!  Grin
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« Reply #17 on: February 20, 2011, 22:23:16 »
Quote from: chris from nailsea on February 20, 2011, 22:07:32
Quote from: Mookiemoo on February 20, 2011, 21:44:43
... pad is colder than nailsea by the way

Blame Ollie for that!  Grin
Noo I was in Exeter today, not my fault. Tongue
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« Reply #18 on: February 20, 2011, 23:01:56 »
Well I got to kew as anticipated - thanks all

I just hate the word *delayed* on the status reports

*delayed* is usually a precursor to cancelled
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« Reply #19 on: February 21, 2011, 09:34:59 »
Quote from: Mookiemoo on February 20, 2011, 23:01:56
*delayed* is usually a precursor to cancelled

It used to be, but more often that not it means just a minor delay now.  I think the software was changed to display 'delayed' whenever a train is overdue at a reporting point by even a small amount of time - whereas before I think it was only displayed if it was over 10 minutes late leaving its origin station.

It can be misleading - for example, the 09:27 Paddington to Oxford was showing delayed for the whole journey, but actually left just now only five minutes late.  With pathing allowances/padding etc, it should be back on time by Reading, and certainly at Didcot where it sits for seven minutes!
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« Reply #20 on: February 21, 2011, 11:03:56 »
The 2127 Paddington to Worcester didn't sit at Didcot for 7 minutes. I think it ran forward from platform 1 [down main] to Foxhall and then shunted back to the down relief[platform 3].  The 2127 pulled out of Pad just as I arrived panting at the buffer stops after sprinting up from the tube. Luckily only 10 mins to wait until the 2137 Swansea which I travelled on to Didcot. The Oxford connection unusually arrived in platform 3 from the west, and then  reversed and carried on to Oxford and beyond. I deduce that this was the 2127 Pad = Worcester service.
Both the 2127 Pad = Worc and 2137 Pad = Swansea had refreshment service, with customer hosts announcing their wares over the tannoy, though no hot food on the Swansea as the oven had failed.  I haven't travelled on a Sunday evening for a long time, and was quite surprised at the provision of catering facilities. Also was gripped on the 2137 Pad = Swansea between Pad and reading -- very rare to be gripped on an evening train on weekdays, but then they're usually turbos not HSTs▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)).
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« Reply #21 on: February 21, 2011, 15:16:59 »
Seeing as this thread was urgent last night but isn't anymore, I've taken the liberty of removing the offending word from the thread title. Wink

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Nuts. That didn't work. Oh well, never mind.
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« Reply #22 on: February 21, 2011, 17:38:17 »
Hard luck, inspector_blakey!  Roll Eyes

Never mind - I've now made the final minor adjustment, to complete your improvement.  Wink

CfN  Grin
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