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- Sat Jan 28, 2006 12:11 am
- Forum: Real Railway Discussion
- Topic: Railway related 'Did you know...' thread
- Replies: 49
- Views: 3481
Hi I don't know for definate but I've got........... Longest current UK single platform Cambridge Longest ever in Europe Manchester Exchange (gone) Longest preserved Minehead WSR. Cheers Jon PS I've got a BR platform ticket in cardboard for Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch...
- Sat Jan 28, 2006 12:01 am
- Forum: Trams
- Topic: New Livery On Supertram
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3211
OH MY GOD!
Its a South West Trains class 450 on roads!
http://www.havant.gov.uk/images/desiro.jpg
AAARRRRGGHHHHH Souter Strikes Again !!!!!
(small print: yes I know its all Stagecoach owned - I am just being melodramatic)
Its a South West Trains class 450 on roads!
http://www.havant.gov.uk/images/desiro.jpg
AAARRRRGGHHHHH Souter Strikes Again !!!!!
(small print: yes I know its all Stagecoach owned - I am just being melodramatic)
- Sun Jan 22, 2006 5:50 pm
- Forum: Real Railway Discussion
- Topic: portsmouth and woking xmas works
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1343
- Sun Jan 22, 2006 12:55 pm
- Forum: Real Railway Discussion
- Topic: portsmouth and woking xmas works
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1343
IIRC, Woking Junction had its Switch & Crossing work renewed to the latest standards. Presumably there are follow-up works and related plain-line renewals still occurring. Woking now has those lovely HPSA point motors installed. Portsmouth is being resignalled using Siemens detection, control and i...
- Sun Jan 22, 2006 1:56 am
- Forum: Real Railway Discussion
- Topic: portsmouth and woking xmas works
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1343
Re: portsmouth and woking xmas works
can anybody shed any light on what actually has been alterd, rumors where that portsmouth would get LED signals and other improvements, like extra signals along the fareham tracks to improve rail capicty, and also i heard that all trains were being diverted via a certain junction and not calling at...
- Sat Jan 21, 2006 7:36 am
- Forum: Real Railway Discussion
- Topic: TRUST
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2956
- Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:14 pm
- Forum: Real Railway Discussion
- Topic: TRUST
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2956
- Fri Jan 20, 2006 5:58 pm
- Forum: Real Railway Discussion
- Topic: TRUST
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2956
- Thu Jan 19, 2006 8:33 am
- Forum: Real Railway Discussion
- Topic: Too harsh? Too lenient more like...
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1935
Yes but that was back when it was easy for drivers (and guards) to get away with drink, drugs and rock and roll while on duty. You always hear stories in depots of "back in the good old days" when sitting spare (IE awaiting service recovery, favours, incidents) involved sitting in the local railway ...
- Thu Jan 12, 2006 11:11 pm
- Forum: Real Railway Discussion
- Topic: The UKTS Challenge
- Replies: 88
- Views: 6425
- Thu Jan 12, 2006 12:34 pm
- Forum: Real Railway Discussion
- Topic: The UKTS Challenge
- Replies: 88
- Views: 6425
:) Small World. I got on at Basingstoke, and I honestly do not recall any announcements as to the reason. Being a railway employee myself I tend to listen for these things, but i'll assume I missed something. You'll know what you did better than me! You guys normally do an excellent job (the staff ...
- Sat Jan 07, 2006 1:19 pm
- Forum: Real Railway Discussion
- Topic: The UKTS Challenge
- Replies: 88
- Views: 6425
the 0545 Ports H - Wat via Basing. It was very annoying actually, because the guard didn't explain anything to us about why we weren't going to Waterloo, just "This is clapham, all change please". Your post is the first I've heard of why we were terminated. That and the fact that there were loads o...
- Fri Jan 06, 2006 2:16 pm
- Forum: Real Railway Discussion
- Topic: The UKTS Challenge
- Replies: 88
- Views: 6425
I added Clapham Jcn, Willisden Jcn and Euston this morning due to my train being terminated at Clapham for no apparent reason. What train were you on? There were a number of trains terminated at Clapham because of a Track Circuit Failure in the Waterloo area. One comment made was " **** SWT, all fu...
- Thu Jan 05, 2006 6:06 pm
- Forum: Real Railway Discussion
- Topic: The UKTS Challenge
- Replies: 88
- Views: 6425
- Thu Jan 05, 2006 6:01 pm
- Forum: Real Railway Discussion
- Topic: thae euroscout loco
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2214