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1  All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Weather disruption caused in 2014, and how to prevent it happening again - ongoing discussion on: February 07, 2014, 18:43:56
Quote from: SandTEngineer on February 07, 2014, 15:35:06
Well just for a little bit of light relief from all the gloom.  Found this on the NRE▸ (National Rail Enquiries) website as an alternative route between Penzance and London Roll Eyes:



Nice try, but Plymouth/Roscoff is also scuppered by the weather too!   :-(
http://www.brittany-ferries.co.uk/routes/sailing-updates
2  All across the Great Western territory / Buses and other ways to travel / Re: FGW announce link with Singapore Airlines on: January 27, 2014, 20:45:46
Interesting... http://rail-fly.com/
Anyone have any inside info on the SaverExpress, FlexiExpress & BusinessExpress FGW▸ (First Great Western)/HEX fares?
3  Journey by Journey / London to the West / Re: Whiteball Tunnel blockade - January / February 2014 on: January 27, 2014, 20:36:49
Quote from: grahame on January 27, 2014, 20:20:40
But HSTs▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) do have central locking - and indeed they have selective door opening.   So logic suggests that the train manager only needed to open a single door / carriage rather than the whole train, and then there's no chance of the other doors being on the latch. 

Thanks for the replies. Can confirm what Grahame says above as we'd not long before stopped at Castle Cary where passengers were (about 6 times!) informed that they could only alight from carriages A and B at the front due to a short platform.

I can also confirm that there was only one conversation with the guard, with the negative response, rather than him going off to check with "control" and reporting back etc.

Only 2 of us in my immediate party, but I did recognise other Waterloo refugees on the train (some/all may have been travelling to Exeter anyway of course).
4  Journey by Journey / London to the West / Re: Whiteball Tunnel blockade - January / February 2014 on: January 26, 2014, 21:51:00
Quote from: trainbuff on January 26, 2014, 20:34:54
It is just worth asking the Guard. Perhaps you might have to explain to the Barrier staff but is definitely worth a go. After all the Guard is human and will definitely appreciate you asking them first.

I'm afraid that's not always a given! I was due home on SWT▸ (South West Trains) from Waterloo to Honiton yesterday, but the SWT line was shut due to 2x fallen trees. We were advised to use the Paddington service instead and that our tickets would still be valid.

Of course, the Paddington line is currently diverted via Yeovil Junction/Honiton anyway. Our train stopped at Honiton for over 10 minutes (single line) but the guard flatly refused to let any Waterloo refugees alight there! We were forced to travel on to Exeter St. Davids where FGW▸ (First Great Western) promptly laid on a taxi back to Honiton, utter madness!!!
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