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Times, they are a'changing
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Times, they are a'changing
Posted by grahame at 13:28, 6th October 2024
 
Following up on all sorts of other posts (and probably to extent of causing confusion, a few picture that say to me just how much things have changed or will

Bicycles, wheelchair, luggage all waiting at Bristol Temple Meads to get on board a 158 headed for Portsmouth Harbour, and cycles in the rack in the incoming IET I arrived into Bristol on


From an old arial photo of London - said to be Kendal Green - and noting how much more building we are told will need to happen. I'm looking at the street scene and seeing an absence of vehicles


Where people would not be trusted to keep off the tracks, on indeed platform end slopes were there to let people get out of long trains, we have these pyramid things these days.


In the past, you would have had people sitting reading papers or books, or looking around or talking. But these days they are all staring into a little screen.   There ARE still some newspapers for sale, but I do wonder what their sales are like and how much longer they will continue.



I used to get on train at the buffet and buy myself a coffee before I down.   These days I'll purchase ahead or bring my own, as I won't know where the catering is on the train or indeed if there is any and only on the longest of journeys will I use a trolley if it comes through - or the "freebies" that are really included in the price on those rare 1st class occasions.


Rusty and dirty trains have given way to far too many with "amateur decoration' ...


Swindon Bus Station may have been a bit of a depressing place but I wonder at all this activity at the "Bus Boulevard" and I really hope it'w worth it.  Locally we could do with something as simple as buses that call at the stop and the station and with route maps and timetables there, and perhaps a shelter


Modern electronic clutter - a sign telling you where you are going, a CCTV camera, and a WC sign lit if it is vacant.


And I love these - a way on the platform (this is Bath Spa) to see what's actually happening ...


 
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