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Title: Cyclist beats train on the Tarka Line Post by: John R on July 13, 2014, 16:01:38 http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Man-vs-machine-Cyclist-beats-Exeter-Barnstaple/story-21457724-detail/story.html?
Quite an interesting and amusing story. If you read to the end you'll see that they did stack the odds a little in his favour, but nevertheless a great way to raise over ^1500 for a good cause. Title: Re: Cyclist beats train on the Tarka Line Post by: grahame on July 13, 2014, 22:51:59 The "point to point" journey point is a good one, though. In other words, journey time should be measured from the time you set off from your start to the time you reach your destination. I met up with some people who live in Glastonbury today. Their friends drive to Castle Cary and then take the train to Paddington if they have a London appointment, whereas they take Berry's Superfast coach - http://www.berryscoaches.co.uk/timetables-fares-london-superfast . They recon by the time they drive to Castle Cary and pay to park there and then take the train ("from Castle Cary they stop everywhere") and have to get on the tube at Paddington, it's just as fast and much cheaper to get on the coach that's five minutes walk from their home and transfer to the tube at Hammersmith.
Title: Re: Cyclist beats train on the Tarka Line Post by: JayMac on July 13, 2014, 22:55:35 Far fewer journey opportunites with the coach service though.
Title: Re: Cyclist beats train on the Tarka Line Post by: Super Guard on July 16, 2014, 17:42:49 http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Man-vs-machine-Cyclist-beats-Exeter-Barnstaple/story-21457724-detail/story.html? Quite an interesting and amusing story. If you read to the end you'll see that they did stack the odds a little in his favour, but nevertheless a great way to raise over ^1500 for a good cause. Slight understatement ;D, but yes good cause wins in the end. 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 |