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« on: October 24, 2021, 19:22:31 »
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« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2021, 19:53:57 »
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« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2021, 21:29:30 »
Quote from: eightonedee on October 24, 2021, 19:53:57
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Yes - with a plan poster board - I think that's where the SWR» (South Western Railway - about) timetable used to be ... looks almost like they don't really care if passengers use their trains or not ...
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« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2021, 22:36:51 »
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Quote from: eightonedee on October 24, 2021, 19:53:57
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Yes - with a plan poster board - I think that's where the SWR» (South Western Railway - about) timetable used to be ... looks almost like they don't really care if passengers use their trains or not ...
Interesting you should post a picture of station timetable boards (or in this case lack of!)
The Telegraph reporting of a plan to scrap printed timetables and posters with QR▸ (QR Code - Quick Response code (2D bar code)) codes:
http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=25604.0
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« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2021, 22:54:00 »
Number two is on a train with what looks like a 9:2 mask/no mask ratio.  Good to see given it’s clearly a busy service.
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« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2021, 22:55:03 »
Quote from: IndustryInsider on October 24, 2021, 22:54:00
Number two is on a train with what looks like a 9:2 mask/no mask ratio.  Good to see given it’s clearly a busy service.
An SWR» (South Western Railway - about) train it would seem too.
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« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2021, 23:41:38 »
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Quote from: IndustryInsider on October 24, 2021, 22:54:00
Number two is on a train with what looks like a 9:2 mask/no mask ratio.  Good to see given it’s clearly a busy service.
An SWR» (South Western Railway - about) train it would seem too.

Indeed.   It's on one of the "duplicate services" that run through Trowbridge. I dread to think what the previous or next GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) train would have been like if it wasn't running ... but I didn't notice any DfT» (Department for Transport - about) types or SWR directors on board actually taking a look at what they were doing. But they did have this commitment displayed on a poster on board:
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« Reply #7 on: October 27, 2021, 21:06:37 »
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« Reply #9 on: October 27, 2021, 21:30:40 »
There would be ironic laughter a-plenty if 1. were Pilning...
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« Reply #10 on: October 27, 2021, 21:39:16 »
Quote from: TonyN on October 27, 2021, 21:20:19
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Quote from: Lee on October 27, 2021, 21:30:40
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There would, but it isn't.
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