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« Reply #750 on: September 22, 2024, 06:14:33 »
Something for everyone?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq8xx44l021o
Except DMUs▸ (Diesel Multiple Unit) or EMUs▸ (Electric Multiple Unit).
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« Reply #751 on: October 08, 2024, 12:52:31 »
From a report on a new bridge proposed over the Cowley Branch Line:

https://twitter.com/OxfordClarion/status/1843584339927544118

Quite a swish artists' impression, but I hadn't realised that the Milton Keynes-Oxford-Cowley service was going to be operated by Class 170s in original Midland Mainline "prancing stag" livery...
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« Reply #752 on: October 08, 2024, 16:30:31 »
The Cowley service will run to/from Hanborough, not on EWR▸ (East West Railway (Oxford to Bedford), or possibly East Worthing station, depending on context) - those will go to Didcot/Reading & Swindon
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« Reply #753 on: October 20, 2024, 05:16:52 »
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx243k4xep4o

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Some rail services were cancelled in Cornwall on Saturday morning due to flooding from a river.

Great Western Railway (GWR▸ (Great Western Railway)) said the disruption between Liskeard and Looe lasted until about 09:15 GMT.

The operator apologised for the disruption and said replacement road transport had been put in place between the stations.

The disruption followed heavy rain overnight on Friday into Saturday.

Illustrated with an Intercity Express Train that (yes) would call at Liskeard but would have some issues getting cleared to run even one stop down the branch.

The reasons for the cancellations are appreciated and not of GWR's doing but rather weather / geographic origin, and it's good to see that there's been an alternative in place for customers.  There is similar understanding here in Wiltshire on my local line when it floods ... and there is also understanding when alternatives are advertised and provided.
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« Reply #754 on: October 21, 2024, 21:01:31 »
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« Reply #755 on: October 22, 2024, 14:24:58 »
Quote from: grahame on October 21, 2024, 21:01:31
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I passed through Crediton on Sunday, over Salmonhutch crossing as well as the station crossing, and I saw no Electrostars...
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« Reply #756 on: October 22, 2024, 15:52:14 »
Which depot is this?
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« Reply #757 on: October 22, 2024, 17:46:08 »
Quote from: CyclingSid on October 22, 2024, 15:52:14
Which depot is this?

Lovers Walk, Brighton.
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« Reply #758 on: October 22, 2024, 17:53:15 »
Yes, I think it is.

Quality journalism.  Roll Eyes
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William Huskisson 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) 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.

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« Reply #759 on: October 23, 2024, 16:29:16 »
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Interest choice of illustrative ticket - It appears to have been sold at 14:34 in the afternoon of validity, Anytime, and not on a railcard!   To me, that is not just annoying or amusing, but bad advice ...
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« Reply #760 on: November 06, 2024, 08:53:58 »
When did somebody bend Reading's platforms? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c774vn2m244o
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« Reply #761 on: November 06, 2024, 18:59:57 »
Funnily enough, it's the same picture the BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) used to illustrate a previous news item about Bristol Temple Meads, at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly7ygdx3ldo  Grin
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William Huskisson 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) 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.

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« Reply #762 on: November 12, 2024, 15:15:45 »
Not completely irrelevant but ...
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« Reply #763 on: November 12, 2024, 15:24:52 »
Thanks, Marlburian.  Wink

Interestingly, that Reading Chronicle news item is accredited to "(name redacted) Trainee News Reporter".

That perhaps says it all.  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #764 on: November 12, 2024, 20:45:52 »
Nah.....there'd be a photo editor that would assign the photo to the article unless supplied by the journalist (ie they toook the shot, rather than a file pic. like this one)
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