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 Very nearly came a cropper boarding this train today. Mis-judged the step and ended up with one leg dangling in that gap. Exact location and the rolling stock class. Bonus if you can name the timetabled service. |
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thetrout
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« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2012, 21:11:42 » |
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That looks suspiciously like a Class 150 to me... Perhaps Platform 5 at Bristol Temple Meads?? I'll lean towards a Severn Beach Line Service...
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JayMac
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« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2012, 21:14:10 » |
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You're almost there thetrout. Right class, right station, right service. Wrong platform.  And glad to see you were able to view the image without an ISP filter deciding my uploaded picture is porn! |
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
"Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot."
"Moral indignation is a technique used to endow the idiot with dignity."
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« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2012, 21:17:33 » |
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You're almost there thetrout. Right class, right station, right service. Wrong platform. And glad to see you were able to view the image without an ISP filter deciding my uploaded pictures are porn! Am on the 20:43 BTH» - PAD» so Dongling at the mo  But that is porn... Train Porn  Can only be Platform 3 then I've seen such gaps myself when taking said line to Clifton Down  |
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JayMac
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« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2012, 21:24:16 » |
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Platform 3 indeed. I misjudged my footing helping to lift a pushchair onto the train. All the while watched by disinterested platform staff. They only became interested when they heard some loud expletives coming from me as I almost disappeared. And further interested when I stepped back onto the platform to take the picture.
I like to think I'm a seasoned traveller and I've dealt with this gap countless times without incident. But it just goes to show that if you are doing just one thing out of the ordinary (being a gentleman in this instance, helping with a pushchair) you can be caught out.
Be careful out there.
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
"Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot."
"Moral indignation is a technique used to endow the idiot with dignity."
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« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2012, 08:07:22 » |
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There are parts of Platform 17 at Clapham Junction where the gap is of a similar (maybe larger) size. Everytime outside the rush hour, without fail, you will hear comments about the gap. I even heard one young lady comment on why the driver didn't stop the train closer to the platform  Honestly, the youth of today. |
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« Reply #6 on: December 22, 2012, 17:10:43 » |
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I guarantee the gap at Newton St Cyres is greater |
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swrural
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« Reply #7 on: December 22, 2012, 20:06:14 » |
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Why's that then? It's hardly a bend? (GE / SV eyeballed from bridge)
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« Reply #8 on: December 22, 2012, 20:50:58 » |
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Why's that then? It's hardly a bend? (GE / SV eyeballed from bridge)
The gap is vertical rather than horizontal. |
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« Reply #9 on: December 22, 2012, 22:51:22 » |
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Aha TJ! I was going to suggest that the people who converted from Broad Gauge to Narrow chose the wrong rail to move over. |
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Southern Stag
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« Reply #10 on: December 22, 2012, 23:59:20 » |
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I pity anybody making a Newton St Cyres to Exton journey. They'll have only a slightly smaller step down at the other end of the journey.
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« Reply #11 on: December 23, 2012, 06:17:53 » |
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You should try platform 1 at Worcester Foregate Street. I must try and get a tidy photo of the gap over the holiday period.
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« Reply #12 on: December 23, 2012, 16:05:23 » |
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Down Platform (thats No One) at Bodmin Parkway is classic for a Gap on Class 150's
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TonyK
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« Reply #13 on: December 23, 2012, 16:13:11 » |
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I had to physically manhandle an elderly lady onto the train at Stapleton Road, and off again at Lawrence Hill. She's probably still half-way up the stairs. Both cases are a huge step up.
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JayMac
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« Reply #14 on: December 23, 2012, 16:39:24 » |
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I had to physically manhandle an elderly lady onto the train at Stapleton Road, and off again at Lawrence Hill.
This may say more about how my mind works than the reality of the situation, but on reading the above my mind immediately conjured up a Beryl Cook style image.... |
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
"Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot."
"Moral indignation is a technique used to endow the idiot with dignity."
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