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« on: October 22, 2012, 13:21:16 »
Apparently there were lots of very unhappy people on Saturday afternoon/evening when the Avocet▸ (Branch line from Exeter to Exmouth) Line service seemingly failed to cope with a, not unexpected, higher than usual number of customers:

http://www.rugbynetwork.net/boards/read/s548.htm?1098,13588102

Although FGW▸ (First Great Western) may not have covered themselves in glory, some of the comments are pretty ridiculous.
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« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2012, 17:01:32 »
FGW▸ (First Great Western) could only have covered themselves in glory if they had more trains available to them.
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« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2012, 20:55:08 »
first are normally very very good at providing road transport to assist with volumes for the rugby, i would be surprised if they didn't provide any this time, i wonder how many of these people actually turned up with enough time to purchase tickets, as for the station being closed i wonder how many of the regular users buy tickets online or walk straight upto that self serve machine  then are surprised when the ticket office is closed  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2012, 20:56:16 »
also just to add... i recall fgw using a hst for this service once and it being near empty, so cant win i guess
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« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2012, 13:35:40 »
Normally I would agree with the shortage of units argument however, on a saturday evening there are plenty of spare units in the Exeter area!
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