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All across the Great Western territory / Buses and other ways to travel / Re: Plymouth-France 3-Hour Ferry Service Trial
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on: March 03, 2008, 11:41:17
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It's my understanding (and only that - it's not confirmed fact, and I would welcome corrections!) that Val de Loire was swapped/exchanged/bartered... from DFDS as the running costs were too high for B/Ferries to maintain. In the interim B/Ferries are using Pont L'Abb^ on the Roscoff sailing - It's actually not bad vessel! As for Roscoff - a good friend of mine once described it as "Biddestone-on-Sea", which will mean more if you live in the Chippenham area. Basically it's a tiny village, with one pub, one post office, and a few houses! |
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Journey by Journey / London to Swindon and Bristol / Between the Western Portal of the Western Box Tunnel and Bathampton Junction...
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on: January 31, 2008, 17:34:53
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Hi,
On the train between Chippenham and Bath today, I noticed that between the western portal of the western Box tunnel and Bathampton Junction there is a building of some sort on the left hand side (going Down). Let me describe it...
It's long and thin, with, at one end, a curved end with some, what look to me like, machine gun slots! It's made of brick, and is not very high in stature.
Sorry, it's not a very clear description!
51.405417, -2.289681 on Google Maps to see a picture, which might help!
Simply, I wondered if anyone knew what it is/was, and what is/was used for and the history around it!
Cheers,
Adam
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Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Really Random Question!
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on: November 26, 2007, 15:24:09
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Hi! I'm still relatively new to the forum, so not entirely sure, if this is thr right place to post this....but here goes! A few months ago, my neighbour passed away, and his relatives let me have some railway memorabilia and things (he used to work on the railway.....many moons ago!). Among the things were uniforms, which went to the Mid Hants railway, and a torch used on stations to give the all clear to train managers/conductors....it's rectangular, almost, in shape, and has a handle on the top, there is a knob which turns through 4 settings...white, green, red, and off! The thing is, it has no battery, I was wondering if someone on here could tell me what sort of battery it would need, and if there is somewhere I could get one! Thanks in advance..... Adam  |
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All across the Great Western territory / Your rights and redress / Re: Missing out stops to avoid penalties
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on: October 31, 2007, 15:20:39
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This really annoys me when train companies do this though I dont think they miss a penalty for doing it, anyone confirm this? It just means more chance that the next service that the late running train is booked on either runs on time or not as late if the previous service had stopped at every station. Either way it's not a good practice as far as the travelling public are concerned and FGW▸ appear to be doing it quite a bit.
I had this the other day, when i wanted to commute back from Bath, I found my train had been terminated at Chippenham, then returned to Padd. Presumably they ran it down to Thingley Jnct and back, although if anyone could shed any light on what is most likely to have happened.... |
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All across the Great Western territory / Introductions and chat / Hi!
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on: October 31, 2007, 15:00:18
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Good afternoon everyone....
I'm Adam and I'm a student (awaits anti-student rants) at the University of Bath (studying French & German)...
I commute between Chippenham (where I live) and Bath...not a long journey, but still interesting nonetheless.
I found this forum on Google, meant to come back later, and forgot....but I remembered now.
I would like to say, that on the whole the staff of FGW▸ , who I have met are really helpful, cheery and generally a pleasure to meet!
I look forward to contributing on this forum....
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