Train GraphicClick on the map to explore geographics
 
I need help
FAQ
Emergency
About .
No recent travel & transport from BBC stories as at 17:35 10 Apr 2025
Read about the forum [here].
Register [here] - it's free.
What do I gain from registering? [here]
 15/04/25 - End, Rail Future consultation
15/04/25 - Everything Electric
16/04/25 - Walk from Chetnole
10/05/25 - BRTA Westbury

On this day
10th Apr (2014)
Scottish Golf by Train website registered (link)

Train RunningCancelled
15:10 Gloucester to Weymouth
16:30 London Paddington to Taunton
16:50 Cardiff Central to London Paddington
16:55 Worcester Foregate Street to Bristol Temple Meads
17:10 Gloucester to Weymouth
17:20 London Paddington to Didcot Parkway
17:32 London Paddington to Cheltenham Spa
17:38 Bristol Temple Meads to Worcester Foregate Street
17:55 Worcester Shrub Hill to Bristol Temple Meads
18:10 Gloucester to Westbury
18:40 Bristol Temple Meads to Great Malvern
18:53 Worcester Foregate Street to Bristol Temple Meads
19:12 Gloucester to Bristol Temple Meads
19:59 Cheltenham Spa to London Paddington
Short Run
13:00 Cardiff Central to Penzance
13:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
14:22 Swansea to London Paddington
14:23 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
14:48 London Paddington to Swansea
15:48 London Paddington to Swansea
16:10 Gloucester to Weymouth
16:12 London Paddington to Bristol Parkway
16:19 Carmarthen to London Paddington
16:24 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
16:58 London Paddington to Great Malvern
17:24 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
17:28 Weymouth to Bristol Temple Meads
17:33 Gunnislake to Plymouth
17:48 London Paddington to Carmarthen
19:15 Penzance to Bristol Temple Meads
Delayed
14:49 Plymouth to Cardiff Central
15:03 London Paddington to Penzance
17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury
PollsOpen and recent polls
Closed 2025-04-06 Do you hold a senior railcard?
Abbreviation pageAcronymns and abbreviations
Stn ComparatorStation Comparator
Rail newsNews Now - live rail news feed
Site Style 1 2 3 4
Next departures • Bristol Temple MeadsBath SpaChippenhamSwindonDidcot ParkwayReadingLondon PaddingtonMelksham
Exeter St DavidsTauntonWestburyTrowbridgeBristol ParkwayCardiff CentralOxfordCheltenham SpaBirmingham New Street
April 10, 2025, 17:47:03 *
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Forgotten your username or password? - get a reminder
Most recently liked subjects
[103] Crosscountry axe UK's longest direct rail route
[91] Melksham to Salisbury via Devizes - moved topic, now the origi...
[77] How do I reserve a seat on a Cross Country train with an Inter...
[55] Emma Joan and the light at the end of the Box tunnel
[52] Lake District plan for small waters motorboat ban - April 2025
[49] Spreading wings for a few days
 
News: the Great Western Coffee Shop ... keeping you up to date with travel around the South West
 
   Home   Help Search Calendar Login Register  
Pages: 1 2 [3]
  Print  
Author Topic: Passing of Queen Elizabeth II - Rest in Peace, Your Majesty.  (Read 8005 times)
Timmer
Global Moderator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 6596


View Profile
« Reply #30 on: September 14, 2022, 06:55:53 »

I think most here would have supported Queen’s coffin to have made the journey to London by train HAD it not been for scenes witnessed on the railway in previous years when certain classic steam locomotives have taken to the rails.

Stuving is absolutely right to highlight just how close the public were prepared to get to the motorcade on the A40 last evening…pretty darn close at some points. Fortunately, all passed without incident. It would have taken only one incident on the railway to have caused big problems, even a fatality. It was simply a risk that couldn’t be taken.

edited to add a missing word.
« Last Edit: September 14, 2022, 09:54:20 by Timmer » Logged
Do you have something you would like to add to this thread, or would you like to raise a new question at the Coffee Shop? Please [register] (it is free) if you have not done so before, or login (at the top of this page) if you already have an account - we would love to read what you have to say!

You can find out more about how this forum works [here] - that will link you to a copy of the forum agreement that you can read before you join, and tell you very much more about how we operate. We are an independent forum, provided and run by customers of Great Western Railway, for customers of Great Western Railway and we welcome railway professionals as members too, in either a personal or official capacity. Views expressed in posts are not necessarily the views of the operators of the forum.

As well as posting messages onto existing threads, and starting new subjects, members can communicate with each other through personal messages if they wish. And once members have made a certain number of posts, they will automatically be admitted to the "frequent posters club", where subjects not-for-public-domain are discussed; anything from the occasional rant to meetups we may be having ...

 
Pages: 1 2 [3]
  Print  
 
Jump to:  

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.2 | SMF © 2006-2007, Simple Machines LLC Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!
This forum is provided by customers of Great Western Railway (formerly First Great Western), and the 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 the content provided by one of our posters contravenes our posting rules via admin@railcustomer.info. Full legal statement (here).

Jump to top of pageJump to Forum Home Page