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Title: Person hit by train between Oxford and Banbury - 27 March 2012 Post by: Chris from Nailsea on March 27, 2012, 23:35:16 From FGW JourneyCheck:
Quote Line problem: between Oxford and Banbury. Owing to a person hit by a train between Oxford and Banbury all lines are blocked. Train services running through these stations may be cancelled or delayed by up to 60 mins at short notice. An estimate for the resumption of normal services will be provided as soon as the problem has been fully assessed. Road transportation has been sourced for travel for First Great Western passengers from Oxford to/from Tackley, Heyford, Kings Sutton and Banbury. Message Received: 27/03/2012 23:16 Title: Re: Person hit by train between Oxford and Banbury - 27 March 2012 Post by: JayMac on March 27, 2012, 23:44:01 Ahh, that's a bit more informative than NRE managed via twitter:
https://twitter.com/NRE_FirstGW/status/184734389551370241 OK, 140 character limit, but I was expecting the ... to be followed by another tweet. Nothing came. I'll forgive them the typo as well. Title: Re: Person hit by train between Oxford and Banbury - 27 March 2012 Post by: Chris from Nailsea on March 27, 2012, 23:54:45 As with all such events: our thoughts are with the staff involved, and the family and friends of the person. :(
Title: Re: Person hit by train between Oxford and Banbury - 27 March 2012 Post by: EBrown on March 29, 2012, 19:13:16 Ahh, that's a bit more informative than NRE managed via twitter: Ollie and I had a little argument with NRE about the '...'. NRE say that it is to say; more available by following the link. Ollie & I disagree and think it looks wrong! https://twitter.com/NRE_FirstGW/status/184734389551370241 OK, 140 character limit, but I was expecting the ... to be followed by another tweet. Nothing came. I'll forgive them the typo as well. Title: Re: Person hit by train between Oxford and Banbury - 27 March 2012 Post by: inspector_blakey on March 29, 2012, 20:54:06 Going off topic (and I suspect this is an embarrassingly rookie question) but what's the significance of the #fb hashtag?
Title: Re: Person hit by train between Oxford and Banbury - 27 March 2012 Post by: EBrown on March 29, 2012, 22:08:03 Going off topic (and I suspect this is an embarrassingly rookie question) but what's the significance of the #fb hashtag? It automatically posts to/from facebook when you are using certain Social Network engines.Title: Re: Person hit by train between Oxford and Banbury - 27 March 2012 Post by: Ollie on March 29, 2012, 22:24:39 Ahh, that's a bit more informative than NRE managed via twitter: Ollie and I had a little argument with NRE about the '...'. NRE say that it is to say; more available by following the link. Ollie & I disagree and think it looks wrong! https://twitter.com/NRE_FirstGW/status/184734389551370241 OK, 140 character limit, but I was expecting the ... to be followed by another tweet. Nothing came. I'll forgive them the typo as well. I just don't really like the dots format. :) This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |