ChrisB
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« on: July 20, 2012, 14:50:53 » |
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FGW▸ extended their Twitter hours from 8-4 to 7-9 on Monday last. Would rather have 6-8 personally....but I doubt Jo on Twitter would welcome that much of an early start....
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BerkshireBugsy
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« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2012, 15:20:38 » |
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It's during events such as this that information and progress updates are invaluable, so well done to the team who ensured this happened - both the on-train team and those who update the website & twitter feeds.
Totally agree! Sadly, the timing of the start of my morning journey is prior to the fb/twitter feeds coming online which is sad because they are genuinely very usefull. I think asking Jo to work longer is not on...but maybe we could club together and have Jo cloned?!
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ChrisB
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« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2012, 15:38:45 » |
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Jo isn't working longer - a certain member of this parish is covering the pm shift....I'll let them identify themselves if they so wish,....
Jo is, I think - 7-2, and the other person 2-9.....
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grahame
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« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2012, 15:49:14 » |
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Good to see the hours expanding. To fuel the discussion on whether they would be even better 'slid' earlier, here's a graph (6 or 7 years vintage) of journey start times Footnote - the * symbols are the times that the TransWilts services start, showing how they're before the peak in the morning, and after the peak in the evening (resulting in no practical commute opportunities); with a later morning and earlier evening train too, the existing trains will become useful as 3 more commute opportunities are added
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ChrisB
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« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2012, 16:36:28 » |
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Difficult to tell, but it does look as though more travel in the 0600-0700 hour than the 2000-2100 hour....
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IndustryInsider
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« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2012, 16:39:10 » |
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That's the journey start time though. Problems don't necessarily happen then!
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grahame
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« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2012, 17:23:12 » |
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That's the journey start time though. Problems don't necessarily happen then!
Difficult to tell, but it does look as though more travel in the 0600-0700 hour than the 2000-2100 hour....
The ticket consultation that ended last month include a graph showing journeys ongoing at each hour ... page 111, http://assets.dft.gov.uk/consultations/dft-2012-09/main-document.pdf . Public document, so I think I can quote with reference: (We've done a lot of looking at what "peak" is )
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Ollie
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« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2012, 23:40:55 » |
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Jo isn't working longer - a certain member of this parish is covering the pm shift....I'll let them identify themselves if they so wish,....
Jo is, I think - 7-2, and the other person 2-9.....
*me raises hand*
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #8 on: July 20, 2012, 23:56:45 » |
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This was a bit of a giveaway ...
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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ChrisB
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« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2012, 18:22:43 » |
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I bet there are a fair number here not following FGW▸ on twitter....
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BerkshireBugsy
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« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2012, 18:32:32 » |
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I bet there are a fair number here not following FGW▸ on twitter....
Yup and I'm one of them but follow on fb (aren't they the same feed9v)
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ChrisB
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« Reply #11 on: July 21, 2012, 18:43:35 » |
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don't think so....
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johoare
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« Reply #12 on: July 22, 2012, 00:11:43 » |
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I am pretty sure they are the same people :-)
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #13 on: July 22, 2012, 00:22:26 » |
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Jo and Ollie are definitely two different people!
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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johoare
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« Reply #14 on: July 22, 2012, 00:34:33 » |
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Jo and Ollie are definitely two different people! But they are both on twitter too? Aren't they? Well I know Jo is.. I've not used twitter since Ollie joined the Facebook part..
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