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| Re: Bristol Temple Meads - station, facilities, incidents and events (merged posts) In "Bristol (WECA) Commuters" [357954/10737/21] Posted by Noggin at 16:49, 5th February 2025 |      |
I seem to recall from WECA's board papers that there was some kind of surveying of Temple Meads planned to see if the ironwork was robust enough to dangle OHLE from.
Does anyone have any inside knowledge on whether that took place?
I would imagine that it would be make electrification much cheaper if any required brackets could be installed whilst the crash deck above the platforms is in place.
| Re: Stop using the word ‘passenger’, Network Rail tells staff In "The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom" [357953/29845/51] Posted by TaplowGreen at 16:49, 5th February 2025 | |
.....And there is a clear case for helping people who speak to the public know how to ensure that what they say is clear and understandable.
What you say is absolutely correct.....trouble is stuff like 'pregnant person' does precisely the opposite.
Exactly this. It's nonsense. At the taxpayers expense.
| Free coffee - Waterloo, Valentine's Day, 2025 In "South Western services" [357952/29858/42] Posted by grahame at 16:21, 5th February 2025 | |
From Time Out
Londoners can get a free flat white coffee at two major train stations next week – here’s how
To mark a new collaboration, Oatly and Nespresso are offering Londoners a free caffeine kick on their way into work
So, flat white fans, mark your calendars. The first pop-up runs 7am-midday on February 10 at Victoria Station and the second is at Waterloo on February 14 (also 7am-midday). Best of all, you don’t need to do anything, just rock up and let the free coffee flow.
To mark a new collaboration, Oatly and Nespresso are offering Londoners a free caffeine kick on their way into work
So, flat white fans, mark your calendars. The first pop-up runs 7am-midday on February 10 at Victoria Station and the second is at Waterloo on February 14 (also 7am-midday). Best of all, you don’t need to do anything, just rock up and let the free coffee flow.
| Re: Bristol Temple Meads - station, facilities, incidents and events (merged posts) In "Bristol (WECA) Commuters" [357951/10737/21] Posted by Sulis John at 15:14, 5th February 2025 | |
The replacement glazing appears to have got half way along at the top of the roof and about 1/3 of the way further down - that’s presumably a bit of a guide as to how much is still to be done.
| Re: Uber credits In "Fare's Fair" [357950/29854/4] Posted by Clan Line at 14:42, 5th February 2025 | |
My credit was showing up below the value of the purchase, but was never taken into account with the full price of the ticket being charged to my card. I thought I would be clever and delete the card details................the full price of the ticket came up but my credit was no longer displayed, even though the credit was still being shown in my "Wallet" !!
| Re: All the fun of the fare. In "The Lighter Side" [357949/29856/30] Posted by ChrisB at 13:40, 5th February 2025 | |
Headline has been amended - however, the picture caption has not!!
Chiltern Railways said it had 8,064 cases of fair dodging in 2024
| Re: Landslips and landslides on the transport networks In "The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom" [357948/29849/51] Posted by Mark A at 13:26, 5th February 2025 | |
A bridge of the sort that has an embankment topping it, crossing something called the Mor Brook.
The link shows the site on NLS maps, with Google's satellite view as the background.
Looking at the satellite photography, the date of that is stated to be 2025 (which it isn't, cos, trees in leaf) but the bridge/embankment there already looks as if something was having a chew at it.
The structure looks to be able to take double track, but at some time since the 1950s an access road to a house has been taken across one side of it, which would complicate the business of slewing the track to allow the railway to restart services, if that was acceptable from the safety perspective.
Mark
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=19.4&lat=52.49544&lon=-2.39632&layers=258&b=GoogleSat&o=100
| Melksham to Europe - all in one book. In "TransWilts line" [357947/29857/18] Posted by grahame at 12:55, 5th February 2025 Already liked by Mark A, rogerw, Chris from Nailsea | |
I always get a feeling of ... achievement ... when I see Melksham included as part of the European Rail Timetable
| All the fun of the fare. In "The Lighter Side" [357946/29856/30] Posted by JayMac at 12:44, 5th February 2025 Already liked by Richard Fairhurst, IndustryInsider, rogerw, Hal, PrestburyRoad, Chris from Nailsea | |
I think the BBC News website needs a (better) proofreader.
Fair dodging:
| Re: Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsewhere - 2025 In "Across the West" [357945/29650/26] Posted by TaplowGreen at 12:38, 5th February 2025 | |
Alterations to services between London Paddington and Didcot Parkway via Reading
Due to a points failure between Slough and Hayes & Harlington some lines towards London Paddington are closed. Disruption is expected until 14:15 05/02.
Train services between London Paddington and Didcot Parkway via Reading will be suspended between Reading and London Paddington. All stations between Reading and London Paddington will not be served.
........also affecting services towards Newbury.
| Re: Uber credits In "Fare's Fair" [357944/29854/4] Posted by matth1j at 12:08, 5th February 2025 | |
I know I have to use my Nationwide banking app to authorize the payment twice for each purchase. It had stopped doing that, but started again a week or 2 ago.
| Re: Outstanding server / web site issues In "News, Help and Assistance" [357943/29715/29] Posted by grahame at 12:02, 5th February 2025 | |
I am aware of a slowing of some page delivery recently - caused partly by a build up of logs from the work done over the new year and tracking how the sight is performing. Also caused by my working some things out from scratch at each page call with less caching of results than before, and far higher robot traffic than we used to have now that we are https. I have made some adjustment already and will be making more. As I know what to look for, I'm seeing a difference; if you hadn't noticed the issue, you won't see any change - for you, we're fixing the issues before it breaks - preventative maintenance.
This - remains - really irritating - but remains for another few weeks to allow me to test ...
This is a test of GDPR / Cookie Acceptance [about our cookies]
Really irritating test - cookie expires in 24 hour! Accept Reject
Really irritating test - cookie expires in 24 hour! Accept Reject
| Re: Uber credits In "Fare's Fair" [357942/29854/4] Posted by Fourbee at 11:43, 5th February 2025 | |
Had a £5 off my first train ticket booking promotion from Uber yesterday which I used. Booked a ticket for under that value and it needed me to authorise £0.00 before completion. Appreciate that's not using Uber credits, but seems like there is an issue if it wants the full amount.
| Re: Coffee Shop - statement on the three day challenge In "The Lighter Side" [357941/29855/30] Posted by rogerw at 11:18, 5th February 2025 | |
| Re: Uber credits In "Fare's Fair" [357940/29854/4] Posted by Clan Line at 10:47, 5th February 2025 | |
| Re: Uber credits In "Fare's Fair" [357939/29854/4] Posted by ChrisB at 10:42, 5th February 2025 | |
Is the rail ticket for after May perhaps?
| Re: Millions of train tickets to be discounted next week In "Fare's Fair" [357938/29748/4] Posted by ChrisB at 10:41, 5th February 2025 | |
How might they work that out?
| Re: Greatest Gathering - 1st to 3rd August 2025 In "The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom" [357937/29728/51] Posted by ChrisB at 10:29, 5th February 2025 | |
90mins in, and tickets are still generally available.
So demand isn't *that* great.
| Re: Coffee Shop - statement on the three day challenge In "The Lighter Side" [357936/29855/30] Posted by Western Pathfinder at 09:54, 5th February 2025 | |
29th 30th 31st of Feb !....
| Coffee Shop - statement on the three day challenge In "The Lighter Side" [357935/29855/30] Posted by grahame at 09:44, 5th February 2025 Already liked by johnneyw, rogerw | |
From Facebook
The Coffee Shop will remain open from the last day of February without interruption to the first day in March. I appreciate the risk of coffee / caffeine addiction, but it is up to members how they address this concern personally and what notice if any they take of any calls for a pause in their drinking.
| Re: Stop using the word ‘passenger’, Network Rail tells staff In "The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom" [357934/29845/51] Posted by Bob_Blakey at 09:43, 5th February 2025 Already liked by rogerw, grahame, TaplowGreen | |
.....And there is a clear case for helping people who speak to the public know how to ensure that what they say is clear and understandable.
What you say is absolutely correct.....trouble is stuff like 'pregnant person' does precisely the opposite.
| Re: Uber credits In "Fare's Fair" [357933/29854/4] Posted by Clan Line at 09:38, 5th February 2025 | |
I seem to have the opposite. I did go as far as authorising the payment to see if the Uber credit was deducted at that stage - it wasn't, so I stopped the payment. I then got a text from my bank asking if I did or didn't want to go ahead with the (full) payment. I said NO !
| Re: Greatest Gathering - 1st to 3rd August 2025 In "The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom" [357931/29728/51] Posted by PrestburyRoad at 09:16, 5th February 2025 Already liked by johnneyw | |
I've just booked a ticket successfully (for the Friday). The booking office site actually opened a few minutes after 09:00 - I thought to myself it was gently emulating a train that keeps closely to the timetable albeit not exactly, and matching my mental expectation of keeping within 5 minutes of schedule.
Credit to the organisers for finding a new ticket provider that works.
| Re: Vibrant or dangerous? Colourful roundabout redesign divides village in Berkshire In "The West - but NOT trains in the West" [357930/29847/31] Posted by eightonedee at 09:11, 5th February 2025 Already liked by PrestburyRoad, ray951, Witham Bobby, rogerw | |
Perhaps the Department for Transport should now update their guidance on roundabouts in the Highway Code.
Their current illustrations bear no resemblance to these increasingly artistic variations which are now springing up. Roll Eyes
Their current illustrations bear no resemblance to these increasingly artistic variations which are now springing up. Roll Eyes
Better still - update their guidance to prohibit non-standard road markings. Surely the whole idea of standard road markings is for safety, so that all road users know what the rules are, they can be taught as part of teaching children pedestrian road safety and safe cycling and learner drivers to drive.
I do not have a problem in principle with Dutch-style "home zones" where motorised traffic has to cede priority to others in the right places, but there needs to be clear and universal road signage and marking.
| Re: Vibrant or dangerous? Colourful roundabout redesign divides village in Berkshire In "The West - but NOT trains in the West" [357929/29847/31] Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 09:04, 5th February 2025 Already liked by PrestburyRoad | |
Perhaps the Department for Transport should now update their guidance on roundabouts in the Highway Code.
Their current illustrations bear no resemblance to these increasingly artistic variations which are now springing up.
| Re: Millions of train tickets to be discounted next week In "Fare's Fair" [357928/29748/4] Posted by grahame at 08:33, 5th February 2025 | |
From The Standard
More than one million discounted train tickets were bought during a promotion last month, the Department for Transport (DfT) said.
The total of 1.01 million tickets purchased during the Rail Sale brought in £8.73 million in sales revenue, representing an increase of more than 70% compared with a similar scheme last year.
The total of 1.01 million tickets purchased during the Rail Sale brought in £8.73 million in sales revenue, representing an increase of more than 70% compared with a similar scheme last year.
Do they tell us what proportion of the sales are for journeys that would otherwise not have been made, what proportion are a transfer of journeys from other modes, and what proportion are people who would be travelling by train anyway simply taking advantage of the scheme?
| Re: Stop using the word ‘passenger’, Network Rail tells staff In "The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom" [357927/29845/51] Posted by grahame at 08:09, 5th February 2025 | |
I get it - poking fun at this document. BUT.
But there IS a clear case for clear speech.
And there is a clear case for helping people who speak to the public know how to ensure that what they say is clear and understandable.
| Re: Stop using the word ‘passenger’, Network Rail tells staff In "The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom" [357926/29845/51] Posted by TaplowGreen at 07:54, 5th February 2025 Already liked by Bob_Blakey | |
I've got a good idea.
How about sacking the idiots that came up with this bull and using the over inflated salaries to employ staff to physically inspect the state of the permanent way?
How about sacking the idiots that came up with this bull and using the over inflated salaries to employ staff to physically inspect the state of the permanent way?
Can we say "cattle" rather than "bull" please?
You are assuming that the bovine in question identifies as male. Network Rail would also recommend that the preferred pronouns are ascertained.
| Re: 175s to GWR In "Across the West" [357925/28982/26] Posted by REVUpminster at 07:30, 5th February 2025 | |
175007 left Ely yesterday. Got as far as Leicester when it was realised they had the wrong unit, 175010, which has axle problems.
Apparently still at Leicester in the goods yard.
