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« Reply #420 on: February 15, 2016, 20:10:27 »
Err......I think that is probably Hull Roll Eyes Tongue Shocked

Edit: Well at least First Group trains do go there
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« Reply #421 on: February 15, 2016, 20:12:36 »
http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Trains-cancelled-Bristol-Temple-Meads-Weston/story-28736560-detail/story.html?

Bristol or Weston?
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« Reply #422 on: February 15, 2016, 20:17:15 »
All I can tell you is that all four lines are bi-directional (I can tell that from the signalling equipment in the 4ft - sad I know) and that the outer two lines look like loops off the main line (but are most certainly not the loops at Yatton or the loop at Highbridge) Roll Eyes Wink  My best guess is Lincoln Central..........

Edit: Yes its Lincoln Central https://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Lincoln_Central_railway_station_MMB_12_153308_153357.jpg&imgrefurl=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Central_railway_station&h=2496&w=3820&tbnid=ypnEYKwKAfmiCM&tbnh=181&tbnw=278&usg=__BKwfHmbNRLwM_he-oECBz-OWiGo=&docid=GDRwRwvbnpf8PM
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« Reply #423 on: February 15, 2016, 22:34:40 »
Quote from: SandTEngineer on February 15, 2016, 20:17:15
All I can tell you is that all four lines are bi-directional (I can tell that from the signalling equipment in the 4ft - sad I know) and that the outer two lines look like loops off the main line (but are most certainly not the loops at Yatton or the loop at Highbridge) Roll Eyes Wink  My best guess is Lincoln Central..........

Edit: Yes its Lincoln Central https://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Lincoln_Central_railway_station_MMB_12_153308_153357.jpg&imgrefurl=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Central_railway_station&h=2496&w=3820&tbnid=ypnEYKwKAfmiCM&tbnh=181&tbnw=278&usg=__BKwfHmbNRLwM_he-oECBz-OWiGo=&docid=GDRwRwvbnpf8PM

Not sad - impressive!   Smiley
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« Reply #424 on: February 15, 2016, 23:46:13 »
I clocked Lincoln masquerading as flooding near Botley just over two years ago, in post 196 of this thread. 

Getting popular...  Grin
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« Reply #425 on: February 16, 2016, 20:08:35 »
http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/WARNING-Rail-chaos-planned-trains-run-Bristol/story-28738666-detail/story.html
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« Reply #426 on: February 16, 2016, 20:32:04 »
This is getting repetitive - Hull again....... Roll Eyes
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« Reply #427 on: February 16, 2016, 20:52:17 »
Thanks - I couldn't figure that one out - should've checked up thread!  Smiley
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« Reply #428 on: March 25, 2016, 15:28:17 »
And from a circular put out by Worcester's MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post - a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London, depending on context), Robin Walker, we learn the trick about how to speed up services to London...
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« Reply #429 on: March 25, 2016, 18:59:34 »
Quote from: Worcester_Passenger on March 25, 2016, 15:28:17
And from a circular put out by Worcester's MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post - a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London, depending on context), Robin Walker, we learn the trick about how to speed up services to London...

I do wonder if that is a pic of Worcester Park station looking towards London. If there was a Google RailView then I could be more confident.
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« Reply #430 on: March 25, 2016, 19:12:24 »
Quote from: Surrey 455 on March 25, 2016, 18:59:34
Quote from: Worcester_Passenger on March 25, 2016, 15:28:17
And from a circular put out by Worcester's MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post - a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London, depending on context), Robin Walker, we learn the trick about how to speed up services to London...
I do wonder if that is a pic of Worcester Park station looking towards London.
It is, you know. Caught with his hand in the image library jar.

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If there was a Google RailView then I could be more confident.
But there is - look at the station pictures in the plan on National Rail.
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« Reply #431 on: March 26, 2016, 12:16:50 »
Quote from: stuving on March 25, 2016, 19:12:24
Quote from: Surrey 455 on March 25, 2016, 18:59:34
Quote from: Worcester_Passenger on March 25, 2016, 15:28:17
And from a circular put out by Worcester's MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post - a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London, depending on context), Robin Walker, we learn the trick about how to speed up services to London...
I do wonder if that is a pic of Worcester Park station looking towards London.
It is, you know. Caught with his hand in the image library jar.

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If there was a Google RailView then I could be more confident.
But there is - look at the station pictures in the plan on National Rail.


Ah, I see now that it definitely is Worcester Park! As you say clicking on the image of a seat on Platform 1 on the following link and then clicking again on the resulting image brings up a larger image which is the same view that the MP had in his letter.
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/SME/html/NRE_WCP/plan.html?rtnloc=WCP
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« Reply #432 on: March 27, 2016, 13:44:44 »
Headline from the Croydon Advertiser:

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London mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan lobbying for TfL» (Transport for London - about) monotony on commuter trains

By Croydon Advertiser  |  Posted: March 27, 2016
By Polly Albany-Ward polly.albany-ward@croydonadvertiser.co.uk

Was there a completely irrelevant picture? Well, there was one of Sadiq Khan, and it's hard to see how it could really match that headline.
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« Reply #433 on: March 27, 2016, 15:18:33 »
Quality journalism.  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #434 on: March 27, 2016, 15:33:43 »
Quote from: Surrey 455 on March 26, 2016, 12:16:50
Quote from: stuving on March 25, 2016, 19:12:24
Quote from: Surrey 455 on March 25, 2016, 18:59:34
Quote from: Worcester_Passenger on March 25, 2016, 15:28:17
And from a circular put out by Worcester's MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post - a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London, depending on context), Robin Walker, we learn the trick about how to speed up services to London...
I do wonder if that is a pic of Worcester Park station looking towards London.
It is, you know. Caught with his hand in the image library jar.

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If there was a Google RailView then I could be more confident.
But there is - look at the station pictures in the plan on National Rail.


Ah, I see now that it definitely is Worcester Park! As you say clicking on the image of a seat on Platform 1 on the following link and then clicking again on the resulting image brings up a larger image which is the same view that the MP had in his letter.
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/SME/html/NRE_WCP/plan.html?rtnloc=WCP


This is brilliant.  The MP's poor researcher - Worcestershire Parkway - Worcester Park!
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