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Title: International Level Crossing Day Post by: Bmblbzzz on June 03, 2015, 09:39:30 Wishing everyone a happy International Level Crossing Day!
:) ;D :D 8) May all your Crossings be smooth, fast and safe, today and on all other days. I have no idea who thought up this day or what, if anything, happens in relation to it. Is it a UN safety initiative, for instance? Perhaps someone here knows? Title: Re: International Level Crossing Day Post by: patch38 on June 03, 2015, 09:52:24 Isn't an International Level Crossing the trip from Dover to Calais by ferry?
Title: Re: International Level Crossing Day Post by: Tim on June 03, 2015, 09:55:24 maybe it is just something invented by the greetings card industry..
"Roses are red, violets are blue, please raise the barrier, I have to get through" Title: Re: International Level Crossing Day Post by: stuving on June 03, 2015, 11:16:06 I have no idea who thought up this day or what, if anything, happens in relation to it. Is it a UN safety initiative, for instance? Perhaps someone here knows? It's run by the UIC, now styling themselves "UIC-International Union of Railways". It was based on a European initiative, broadened so as to give them an international day to punt to the media. It has its own website (http://www.ilcad.org/ILCAD-2015.html), of course. Title: Re: International Level Crossing Day Post by: Bmblbzzz on June 03, 2015, 17:48:13 maybe it is just something invented by the greetings card industry.. :D :D :D"Roses are red, violets are blue, please raise the barrier, I have to get through" Title: Re: International Level Crossing Day Post by: Bmblbzzz on June 03, 2015, 17:49:36 I have no idea who thought up this day or what, if anything, happens in relation to it. Is it a UN safety initiative, for instance? Perhaps someone here knows? It's run by the UIC, now styling themselves "UIC-International Union of Railways". It was be based on a European initiative, broadened so as to give them an international day to punt to the media. it has its own website (http://www.ilcad.org/ILCAD-2015.html), of course. I heard about this on R3 news (!!!), I don't know if it's been publicised anywhere else (or how it ended up there). Title: Re: International Level Crossing Day Post by: BerkshireBugsy on June 13, 2015, 11:31:15 maybe it is just something invented by the greetings card industry.. :D :D :D"Roses are red, violets are blue, please raise the barrier, I have to get through" I imagine several car drivers who sit for what seems like hours near Thatcham crossing will sympathise with this :) Title: Re: International Level Crossing Day Post by: TonyK on June 18, 2015, 16:24:29 maybe it is just something invented by the greetings card industry.. "Roses are red, violets are blue, please raise the barrier, I have to get through" Beats my offering: "Roses are red, Violets are glorious, Quick! Hit the deck! It's Oscar Pistorius!" 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 |