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Title: Station codes Post by: Red Squirrel on October 08, 2013, 15:24:32 Oh dear !.. how unfortunate that you dropped your coat and your initial search whilst your train was still in St D plat 5 (there is no plat 7) did not find your coat....regretably your experience is not untypical of the lengthy & roundabout procedures now applicable in trying to locate a lost item. All lost property is these days centred on just a few major railway stations...FGW's lost property concentration depot/office is at Bristol TM (in the subway). The vast amount of lost/unclaimed items there as seen in the TV series on FGW would seem to indicate many passengers experience similar difficulties and just give up. I remember years ago leaving a pullover in the Bradford/Paignton 'Devonian' which I realised as the train left St D; to then report it to a porter on the platform;his immediate actions (to ring a colleague at N.Abbot to retrieve said item and send it back to St D by next train), saw it re-united with me in under one hour ..now that's service ! Your best bet is probably to try and contact FGW Helpline 08457 000125 so contact can be made with the FGW BTM Lost property office where your coat should have ended up; ie. NOT at Birmingham. Erhem; BTM? ::) Title: Station codes Post by: grahame on October 08, 2013, 15:31:28 Erhem; BTM? ::) Oh come on - we know what he means and not all of us can memorise all the Station codes! Title: Station codes Post by: chuffed on October 08, 2013, 16:47:05 Hear, hear grahame ! BTM is easy to remember 'cos it's BTM of the best kept station list !
Title: Station codes Post by: ellendune on October 08, 2013, 17:19:28 Hear, hear grahame ! BTM is easy to remember 'cos it's BTM of the best kept station list ! Except of course (as has been said before) BTM is not a a valid station code. The station code for Bristol Temple Meads is BRI. If you want to abbreviate it here I suggest most people would understand Bristol TM without the need to explain. Or if you wish to use BRI please could you explain it the first time you use it in a post. Title: Station codes Post by: Red Squirrel on October 08, 2013, 17:34:58 My intention was to (gently, I hope) draw AMLAG's attention to the forum guidelines on use of abbreviations, and to (gently, I hope) point out that BTM is not a valid station code - even if we probably could work out what was meant.
Must drop by for a chat next time I'm in MEL, grahame! Title: Station codes Post by: John R on October 08, 2013, 17:54:29 My intention was to (gently, I hope) draw AMLAG's attention to the forum guidelines on use of abbreviations, and to (gently, I hope) point out that BTM is not a valid station code - even if we probably could work out what was meant. Though bearing in mind the poster was only on his third post, I think it may have come across as rather heavy handed.Must drop by for a chat next time I'm in MEL, grahame! Title: Station codes Post by: Phil on October 08, 2013, 18:00:42 R Railway
E Enlightenment D Department (responsible for) S Shovelling Q Quantities (of) U Useful I Information R Relatively R Reliably (for) E Every L Line :D Title: Station codes Post by: grahame on October 08, 2013, 18:20:38 My intention was to (gently, I hope) draw AMLAG's attention to the forum guidelines on use of abbreviations, and to (gently, I hope) point out that BTM is not a valid station code - even if we probably could work out what was meant. Though bearing in mind the poster was only on his third post, I think it may have come across as rather heavy handed.Must drop by for a chat next time I'm in MEL, grahame! Thanks gents, yes ... it did read (and I think for a relatively new poster) rather heavy which is why I jumped in. Remind me to tell you about the flight I had from Mexico City to London with a beautiful young lady traveling to St Johns ... on which we ended up tracking about social media, and how people are treated and treat one another on forums above and beyond their official forum rank. Let's move on ... Title: Station codes Post by: Chris from Nailsea on October 08, 2013, 20:54:56 From this forum's very own list of Acronyms and Abbreviations (http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/acronyms.html):
Quote BRI ... Bristol Temple Meads (formal station code - see also BTM) ... BTM ... Bristol Temple Meads (strictly, it should be BRI, but BTM is a commonly used alternative) ;) Title: Station codes Post by: AMLAG on October 08, 2013, 21:34:27 An interesting issue of Bristol Temple Meads (Rly Stn) being given the (new) abbreviation of BRI instead of BTM which was and still is to many the abbreviation.
To Bristolians and tens of thousands of others BRI stands for Bristol Royal Infirmary ! Who would have chosen BNP for Barnstaple I wonder?! Title: Station codes Post by: JayMac on October 08, 2013, 22:32:38 The use of BNP for Barnstaple predates the formation of the racist organisation.
Title: Station codes Post by: bobm on October 08, 2013, 22:47:08 The use of BNP for Barnstaple predates the formation of the racist organisation. It's also a handy reminder, for me at least, that the North Devon town has a P in it rather than a superfluous B! Title: Station codes Post by: JayMac on October 09, 2013, 21:53:49 I echo the sentiments of CfN. Welcome railfan. :)
And my apologies for contributing to the way off topic debate about official station codes. Which I shall now continue... ... there is a possibility that when the CRS/NRS (Computer/National Reservation System*) codes were being decided upon way back when, BTM was discounted/discarded for Bristol Temple Meads, lest there be any confusion with the next station down the line, Bedminster - BMT. *Used far more widely these days than just for reservations. Title: Station codes Post by: Alan Pettitt on October 10, 2013, 06:09:24 I think that BTM is a readily understandable acronym and does not necessarily have to be intended as a station code. I frequently receive a text from my better half saying 'meet at btm about 12' which I redily understand, whereas if she suddenly started texting 'BRI I would immediately know that she had secretly joined this forum.
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