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Title: 2318 Gatwick/Reading 8 Nov Post by: Steve Bray on November 09, 2010, 00:20:11 Struggling quite badly with the rail conditions. I'm thankful to have got off at Dorking Deepdene at midnight, 20 minutes late having crawled from Redhill to Reigate and then stopping for several minutes short of Deepdene. I don't envy the traincrew or pax on board having to get to Reading.
Title: Re: 2318 Gatwick/Reading 8 Nov Post by: Pedros on November 09, 2010, 11:14:46 This route seems to have been quite badly hit by the leaf fall. I travel back and forth to Reading and Guildford each day and you can really feel that there are traction issues. Must be tricky.
Also, waiting on Guildford station yesterday, 3 of the Railtrack leafblowers/ sandblowers passed through the station on different platforms all within about 5 mins of each other. They're at least making an effort to keep things moving. What are the Railtrack engines? Title: Re: 2318 Gatwick/Reading 8 Nov Post by: JayMac on November 09, 2010, 19:56:46 What are the Railtrack engines? Is this what you saw? (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3254/4032675187_93db3296e8.jpg) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_MPV Were the ones spotted at Guildford really still in Railtrack livery? Title: Re: 2318 Gatwick/Reading 8 Nov Post by: Steve Bray on November 10, 2010, 00:04:36 Before I went to bed yesterday, the Live Running showed this service was 50 late at Guildford; does anyone know what time it reaching Reading?
Title: Re: 2318 Gatwick/Reading 8 Nov Post by: SDS on November 10, 2010, 00:46:02 0132. :-)
2318 9NOV10 isnt faring any better, started at Redhill, and is currently "delayed" at north camp! Title: Re: 2318 Gatwick/Reading 8 Nov Post by: Ollie on November 10, 2010, 01:09:41 0132. :-) And it just arrived at Reading 29 late.2318 9NOV10 isnt faring any better, started at Redhill, and is currently "delayed" at north camp! Title: Re: 2318 Gatwick/Reading 8 Nov Post by: Pedros on November 10, 2010, 10:24:27 Is this what you saw? (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3254/4032675187_93db3296e8.jpg) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_MPV Were the ones spotted at Guildford really still in Railtrack livery? Oh good god, what a schoolboy error!!! Sorry, attention to detail was never my strong point. Edited to fix quote. bnm Title: Re: 2318 Gatwick/Reading 8 Nov Post by: paul7575 on November 10, 2010, 18:43:46 Were the ones spotted at Guildford really still in Railtrack livery? Oh good god, what a schoolboy error!!! Sorry, attention to detail was never my strong point. Pedantically speaking, yes it is in Railtrack livery, with a Network Rail branding sticker applied on top... ;D Paul 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 |