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Title: Slow News Day
Post by: grahame on December 30, 2022, 08:17:02
Longest interchanges in London - my London (https://www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-news/london-underground-tube-station-takes-25857110)

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The 10 longest interchanges on the London Underground

Paddington - Bakerloo to Hammersmith & City - 15 minutes
Bank - Circle/District to Waterloo & City - 10 minutes
Euston - Northern to Overground - 10 minutes
Shepherds Bush - Central to Overground - 8 minutes
Baker Street - Bakerloo to Circle - 8 minutes
Kings Cross - Circle to Northern - 7 minutes 30 seconds
Charing Cross - Bakerloo to Northern - 7 minutes
Gloucester Road - Circle to Piccadilly - 7 minutes
Moorgate - Circle to Northern - 7 minutes
Highbury & Islington - Overground to Victoria - 6 minutes

Sheffield Star (https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/transport/sheffield-trains-stunned-rail-passenger-told-journey-to-sheffield-will-take-more-than-2000-years-3968725)

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Sheffield trains: Stunned rail passenger told journey to Sheffield will take more than 2,000 years

Twitter user Alex @crudengold shared a screenshot from the Trainline website’s Live tracker service showing him that his trip would supposedly take 17,724,422 hours and 17 minutes, with just the one change, via CrossCountry.

From NewsNow (https://www.newsnow.co.uk/h/UK/Travel+&+Transport/Rail) - nothing specific to the South West so far today

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No trains between Crowborough and Uckfield until 10:00 ** National Rail (Press Release)07:57
In the last half-hour
Delays between Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City expected until 08:30 ** National Rail (Press Release)07:47
Disruption between Redcar Central and Saltburn until 10:00 ** National Rail (Press Release)07:37
In the last 2 hours
Disruption between Dalmuir and Westerton expected until 09:00 ** National Rail (Press Release)07:06
Disruption between Leeds and Shipley / Ilkley until 08:00 ** National Rail (Press Release)07:06
The brand new Thameslink station set to transform rundown area of North West London that's… ** My London06:57
No trains between Hunts Cross and Liverpool Central until approximately 08:30 ** National Rail (Press Release)06:56
In the last 4 hours
'Short-sighted and bureaucratic': Leader's criticism as village's hopes for train station could be thwarted ** Shropshire Star06:03
New Austrian waste law will benefit rail ** International Railway Journal06:02
Severe weather affecting ScotRail services today ** National Rail (Press Release)05:34
Gearbox predictive maintenance collaboration ** Railway Gazette05:25
New Year rail fares hike no more with potentially dramatic changes to come ** The Scotsman04:56
Blind woman calls for U-turn on cruel plan to remove train station guards and close ticket… ** Leicestershire Live04:29
Paris ticket machines to be replaced ** Railway Gazette04:24
In the last 6 hours
Rail passengers returned at Christmas - but Greater Anglia faces New Year misery ** East Anglian Daily Times03:52
Disruption between Carlisle and Glasgow Central expected until 10:00 ** National Rail (Press Release)03:22
In the last 8 hours
5. 12 Of The World’s Most Luxurious Sleeper Trains ** The Handbook00:12
Latest rail strikes to cause further disruption to services for West Fife commuters ** Dunfermline Press00:10


Title: Re: Slow News Day
Post by: ChrisB on December 30, 2022, 12:18:25
Longest interchanges in London - my London (https://www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-news/london-underground-tube-station-takes-25857110)

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The 10 longest interchanges on the London Underground

Paddington - Bakerloo to Hammersmith & City - 15 minutes
Bank - Circle/District to Waterloo & City - 10 minutes
Euston - Northern to Overground - 10 minutes
Shepherds Bush - Central to Overground - 8 minutes
Baker Street - Bakerloo to Circle - 8 minutes
Kings Cross - Circle to Northern - 7 minutes 30 seconds
Charing Cross - Bakerloo to Northern - 7 minutes
Gloucester Road - Circle to Piccadilly - 7 minutes
Moorgate - Circle to Northern - 7 minutes
Highbury & Islington - Overground to Victoria - 6 minutes

Underground does NOT = Overground. My London journalists are just so crap...



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