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user's latest post:
New Channel Tunnel freight...
Published (2009-11-08 16:05:00)
On Nov 8, 8:31 pm, Matthew Geier <matt...@no.sleeper.no.apana.no.org.no.au> wrote: > But it's more than components, the Eurotunnel BoBoBo locos have a > specific internal structure as well, with multiple internal firewalls > separating the equipment groups and the cabs. If the safety people insist > on a fire in one converter group being absolutely contained so that other > group can...
user's latest post:
No Great Northern trains on...
Published (2009-11-09 16:20:00)
In message <Lz%Jm.84088$7Y2.13920@newsfe27.ams2>, at 21:08:09 on Mon, 9 Nov 2009, Rupert Moss-Eccardt <r.moss-eccardt@computer.org> remarked: >>>> Despite Richard Branson's belief that train drivers steer their >>>> trains(and apparently do so whilst they are unconscious) bus drivers do >>>> steer their buses and have no...
user's latest post:
No Great Northern trains on...
Published (2009-11-07 06:38:00)
Ian Bidwell wrote: > Yes its been on all week mainly effecting the Thames link services, > staff are refusing to work rest days What is the reason for this action? Charlie
user's latest post:
British HSL planners ignoring...
Published (2009-11-09 19:07:00)
Michael Bell wrote: > In message <Jt6dnV2LkpaO9WXXnZ2dnUVZ7qKdnZ2d@brightview.co.uk > > Arthur Figgis <afiggis@example.com.invalid> wrote: > >> Michael Bell wrote: >>> This seems to me to be one of these "talking up London, talking down >>> the rest" urban myths. Such as "2/3 of all rail journeys in Britain...
user's latest post:
Derisory fine for Welsh...
Published (2009-11-09 17:20:00)
In message <IKSdnYNMIJ-CFmXXnZ2dnUVZ8j6dnZ2d@bt.com> "Jonathan Morton" <jonathan.mortonbutignorethispart@ > wrote: > "Graeme" <rail@greywall.> wrote in message > news:63cfa7b750%rail@greywall.... > > In message <4af87343$0$16741$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> > > Matthew Geier...
user's latest post:
ECML - no trains to Glasgow -...
Published (2009-11-08 15:17:00)
On 8 Nov, 14:14, m...@nildram.co.uk wrote: > On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 08:22:53 +0100, "Willms" <l.wil...@domain.invalid> > wrote: > > How many would use them only to travel between Glasgow and > >Edinburgh? If you want to go to somewhere near Central, or to catch a train out of Central, there is very, very little in it. > Very few, there is a faster, much more...
user's latest post:
British HSL planners ignoring...
Published (2009-11-08 14:58:00)
Am Sun, 8 Nov 2009 15:40:23 UTC, schrieb Michael Bell <michael@beaverbell.co.uk> auf uk.railway : > To concentrate everything on Paris WAS classic French thinking, but > France is a much reformed country in that respect. France is a > "hexagon" and "hexagon-thinking" was much criticised. But it still prevails. > Britain is a long - thin country, if you disregard...
user's latest post:
Derisory fine for Welsh...
Published (2009-11-09 14:35:00)
Fines are pointless for this sort of thing. Make them resit the driving test and actually prove they're capable of driving according to the highway code.
user's latest post:
WHR extension to Portmadoc -...
Published (2009-11-05 18:48:00)
On 25 Oct, 17:36, Arthur Figgis <afig...@example.com.invalid> wrote: > Charlie Hulme wrote: [...] > > I've just read in 'A to B' magazine (whch also has a very interesting > > article on the Cambridge Busway) that the problem for cyclists has been > > solved by the simple expedient of putting up 'cycling > > prohibited/cyclists dismount'...
user's latest post:
Will Advance fares be any fairer...
Published (2009-11-08 16:05:00)
"Jonathan Stott" <jonathan@jstott.me.uk> wrote in message news:6dOdnfPuXMT6hGrXnZ2dnUVZ8oZi4p2d@eclipse.net. uk... > ... Doesn't help that there are no period return tickets from here to > Tamworth either! Where is 'here'? Offpeak and Anytime returns (valid 1 month) are available from Bournemouth and Southampton to Tamworth... Paul
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Latest active threads on UK Railway Forum::
Started 1 week ago (2009-11-09 18:30:00)
by Jonathan Morton
" Neil Williams" <wensleydale@pacersplace.org.uk> wrote in message
news:4af8a1a1.1301033284@news....
> On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:00:46 +0000, Mark Morton
> <mark@bustingmychops.com> wrote:
>
>>The NRES site is now showing a section called 'Stations Made Easy'
>
> I love the way it claims that wheelchair users can use the entrance on
> the old Aughton Park building (which has now been ...
Started 1 week, 1 day ago (2009-11-08 09:16:00)
by Railsigns.co.uk
On Nov 8, 2:08 pm, m...@nildram.co.uk wrote:
> I don't think anyone has ever proposed splitting a Glasgow & Edinburgh
> route south of Newcastle! or that there would be no traind from
> Newcastle to Edinburgh.
>
Serpell proposed the second part...
Started 1 week ago (2009-11-09 14:35:00)
by allanbonnetracy
Fines are pointless for this sort of thing.
Make them resit the driving test and actually prove they're capable of
driving according to the highway code.
Started 1 week, 4 days ago (2009-11-05 13:33:00)
by 4SUB
"Ian Bidwell" <i.bidwell@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:%4EIm.33389$df2.5376@newsfe06.ams2...
> Yes its been on all week mainly effecting the Thames link services, staff
> are refusing to work rest days
>
> Ian
>
>
>
I think they are merely 'not available to work their rest day' that is not
refusing to. It is a Rest Day after all.
Started 1 week, 4 days ago (2009-11-05 02:56:00)
by Tony
On 5 Nov, 07:21, Sailor <apeterabra...@> wrote:
> Having recently verified that Birmingham and it's immediate railway
> area was never home to any of the LMS/MR large passenger locomotives.
> ( There were a good collection of 4-4-0s both 2 & 4P but nothing
> larger.)
> It thus provoked the idea that Birmingham was not therefore a terminal
> destination . Was this true? I thought that ...
Started 1 week ago (2009-11-09 13:07:00)
by tshanazt
On 9 Nov, 11:21, Chris Tolley <cj.tol...@bogus.co.uk (ukonline really)
> wrote:
> E27002 wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> What has any of that posting to do with the subject line?
It's left too?
--
gordon
Started 1 week ago (2009-11-09 09:27:00)
by Chris
On Nov 5, 3:07 pm, "John Clausen" <jhclau...@> wrote:
> I've been on two trains recently which were 2+7 formation including a micro
> buffet. Hopefully this is temporary.
Out of luck - All the 2+7 will have this micro buffet, while the
remaining 2+8s will have a refurbished buffet.
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Hot threads for last week on UK Railway Forum::
Started 1 week, 2 days ago (2009-11-07 07:50:00)
by Jonathan Morton
"Scott" <spiced.porkandham@virgin.net> wrote in message
news:tgpaf5h8amsbvpj0h5vi7ctkp2n1u5fsl7@...
> According to today's (Glasgow) Herald there is a proposal to withdraw
> ECML services to Glasgow Central and terminate the trains at Edinburgh
> Waverley. This is said to be partly driven by the improvements to the
> WCML services (and unrelated to the change of franchisee). There is
>...
Started 1 week, 1 day ago (2009-11-08 09:16:00)
by Railsigns.co.uk
On Nov 8, 2:08 pm, m...@nildram.co.uk wrote:
> I don't think anyone has ever proposed splitting a Glasgow & Edinburgh
> route south of Newcastle! or that there would be no traind from
> Newcastle to Edinburgh.
>
Serpell proposed the second part...
Started 1 week, 1 day ago (2009-11-08 11:11:00)
by Roland Perry
In message <kbCdnaGQS6fBeWvXnZ2dnUVZ8vidnZ2d@bt.com>, at 15:31:44 on
Sun, 8 Nov 2009, Jonathan Morton
<jonathan.mortonbutignorethispart@ > remarked:
>In any case, the OP's rant is misplaced. The fixing of prices at a given
>level may be many things - but it cannot be "unfair" any more than it can be
>"fair". Expecting TOCs to give away commercially-sensitive information such
>as how ...
Started 1 week ago (2009-11-09 14:35:00)
by allanbonnetracy
Fines are pointless for this sort of thing.
Make them resit the driving test and actually prove they're capable of
driving according to the highway code.
Started 1 week, 4 days ago (2009-11-05 13:33:00)
by 4SUB
"Ian Bidwell" <i.bidwell@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:%4EIm.33389$df2.5376@newsfe06.ams2...
> Yes its been on all week mainly effecting the Thames link services, staff
> are refusing to work rest days
>
> Ian
>
>
>
I think they are merely 'not available to work their rest day' that is not
refusing to. It is a Rest Day after all.
Started 2 weeks, 3 days ago (2009-10-30 06:40:00)
by Great Eastern
burkey wrote:
> Under the changes, which will now be subject to a 12 week DfT
> consultation, responsibility for the line would transfer from Network
> Rail to Hertfordshire County Council, which would then put the service
> out to tender.
Interesting, I wonder what would/will happen when the council starts
running out of money and can no longer fund it. At least as a proper
railway...
Started 1 week ago (2009-11-09 18:30:00)
by Jonathan Morton
" Neil Williams" <wensleydale@pacersplace.org.uk> wrote in message
news:4af8a1a1.1301033284@news....
> On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:00:46 +0000, Mark Morton
> <mark@bustingmychops.com> wrote:
>
>>The NRES site is now showing a section called 'Stations Made Easy'
>
> I love the way it claims that wheelchair users can use the entrance on
> the old Aughton Park building (which has now been ...
Started 1 week ago (2009-11-09 13:07:00)
by tshanazt
On 9 Nov, 11:21, Chris Tolley <cj.tol...@bogus.co.uk (ukonline really)
> wrote:
> E27002 wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> What has any of that posting to do with the subject line?
It's left too?
--
gordon
Started 1 week, 5 days ago (2009-11-04 06:33:00)
by Recliner
"Bruce" <docnews2011@> wrote in message
news:d6p2f5ti8k01pi1ak825hr4ap7d8etgrn4@
> On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:19:06 -0000, " Recliner"
> <recliner2-news.uk> wrote:
>>
>> Not compared to the loss of the NXEC premium, estimated at £380m
>> before the franchise qualified for cap and collar revenue support in
>> two years' time.
>
>
> It's wrong to quote the whole amount. It won't be as bad ...
Started 1 week, 4 days ago (2009-11-05 02:56:00)
by Tony
On 5 Nov, 07:21, Sailor <apeterabra...@> wrote:
> Having recently verified that Birmingham and it's immediate railway
> area was never home to any of the LMS/MR large passenger locomotives.
> ( There were a good collection of 4-4-0s both 2 & 4P but nothing
> larger.)
> It thus provoked the idea that Birmingham was not therefore a terminal
> destination . Was this true? I thought that ...
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