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From FGW live updates:

Noted on the FGW website ::)

Line problem between West Drayton and Slough.
Train services have been disrupted due to a problem at a level crossing between West Drayton and Slough.Engineers have worked as fast as possible to restore services to normal. Short notice alterations, cancellations and delays of up to 20 minutes may still occur.


Last Updated: 30/05/2010 12:09

Don' think there are any level crossings between Slough and West Drayton - in face you have to go to beyond Reading before you hit a LC out of Paddington on the main lines.

FGW site now says
Airport Junction SSI module hiccup I wonder

Someone sneaked a level crossing in overnight, the devils  ;D

Well, the mention of a level crossing did strike me as a bit odd: however, I posted it anyway, just to see if any of our more 'local' members could clarify the matter.

Which you have: thanks!

Chris.  ;) :D ;D


Edit Note: I've now merged the two topics which both covered this 'blip' on the FGW website.  ;D

Wos one of them then? There are some here on the forum who ain't as rail tech savvy as the rest! ;)

Solid State Interlocking.

More details are available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_State_Interlocking

... and yes, I'll add it to our acronyms and abbreviations page!  ;) :D ;D

Well there you go then.. I was wondering why my (and other peoples) journey was delayed today.. I'm none the wiser then but I will look out for that new level crossing tomorrow  ;D

Also, new level crossing aside, information at Maidenhead today was non existent other than to announce trains pretty much as they were arriving but nothing in advance.. When I arrived at Maidenhead, the 11.36 to London was up as cancelled but no announcements were made to say why.. Also the the 11.31 to Bedwyn (I think) was up for ten minutes after it's due time as being on time..The total lack of information was quite amazing...

I know all the hats into pnz were delayedntoday - signalling problems apparetlu

FA - I'm sure we've all noticed a typo or two recently in your posts. Any reason for this? New technology maybe?

Quite how signalling problems delayed milliner's deliveries into Penzance made we wonder.  :P ;) ;D

All I had was an iphone!

Apologies

Sometimes it subs in crud

Note: I am officially dyslexic.  I auto spell check on the PC but the iphone sometimes has a life of its own. Its only apparent in written etc - ask me to spell it verbally and I can - ask me to write it - you may get gibber.  The iphone sort of fixes it but not as good as the computer.

An iphone? Wot. No iPad yet?

(By the way, am I the only one to think that yesterday's F1 coverage was the best publicity the BBC could give to Apple? There was Jake Humphrey using his iPad to show Mark Webber a video at the opening, and he continued to be glued to it until the start of the race. Apple must have been overjoyed.)

No offence meant FA with my comment on your post about 'hats into pnz.....'

I guess hsts would come out as 'hats' with a spellcheck!

I have a 17inch mac book pro - why do I need an i pad?  I just chose not to take my dongle with me!  Which was announced on here before hand!

spot on

work out how to fix my brain into writing what I mean to say and you get the bonus prize

Sorry, I'm not a brain scientist. Not very good at rocket surgery either. ;)

I actually heard someone* in a local hardware store describe putting up shelves as 'hardly rocket surgery' !!!

(Still way off topic, I blame the red wine!)

*And no, it wasn't a driver or a guard!

I was at a meeting recently when someone in their exasperation exclaimed, "Well you hardly need to be a rocket scientist to understand the concept!"

There was a brief silence, then a lady to my left quietly said, "Actually, I am a rocket scientist. And I'm really struggling with this..."