|
grahame
|
 |
« on: January 04, 2015, 20:48:50 » |
|
The new year's only - err - new, so not many "where's this" pictures available yet. Can anyone identify these three?    For everyone headed back to work tomorrow - what kept you away  - and welcome 'back'. Seriously, have a good year travelling everyone. Many you have less weather and other delays and more opportunities to sit in 2015 than you did in 2014. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Coffee Shop Admin, Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, TravelWatch SouthWest Board Member
|
|
|
|
IndustryInsider
|
|
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2015, 21:19:14 » |
|
2. Reading Viaduct. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
To view my GWML▸ Electrification cab video 'before and after' video comparison, as well as other videos of the new layout at Reading and 'before and after' comparisons of the Cotswold Line Redoubling scheme, see: http://www.dailymotion.com/user/IndustryInsider/ |
|
|
|
grahame
|
|
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2015, 21:28:16 » |
|
2. Reading Viaduct. Yep  |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Coffee Shop Admin, Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, TravelWatch SouthWest Board Member
|
|
|
|
Ollie
|
|
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2015, 22:28:39 » |
|
1. Staines?
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Thatcham Crossing
|
|
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2015, 22:59:43 » |
|
Don't know where No.1 is, but unlikely to be Staines with a 159 passing through?
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Ollie
|
|
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2015, 23:54:19 » |
|
Don't know where No.1 is, but unlikely to be Staines with a 159 passing through?
My thinking of Staines is because from the photo it appears to be 2 platforms with slight curve (which I think Staines has) - plus if it was this weekend, services are on diversion as Wimbledon is closed, so the 159 isn't completely unexpected. I'm not overly familiar with the SWT▸ network though, so I could be completely wrong |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
grahame
|
|
« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2015, 01:41:16 » |
|
It is indeed Staines (and, yes, I was surprised to see the 159!)
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Coffee Shop Admin, Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, TravelWatch SouthWest Board Member
|
|
|
|
Thatcham Crossing
|
|
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2015, 13:09:32 » |
|
I stand corrected, apologies for the bum steer!
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
grahame
|
|
« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2015, 13:23:24 » |
|
Just leaves no. 3 - my final destination station yesterday evening; I'm working near here (walk from station to hotel and hotel to the company) so no more journeys for me until Thursday. The Conductor who sold me the ticket on Sunday (I joined at an unmanned station with no TVM▸ ) hadn't sold (m)any tickets there before from what I can gather, so not an easy one to identify. But shows the true value of having a network and not just major stations!
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Coffee Shop Admin, Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, TravelWatch SouthWest Board Member
|
|
|
|
ChrisB
|
|
« Reply #9 on: January 05, 2015, 14:24:57 » |
|
Farncombe?
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
grahame
|
|
« Reply #10 on: January 05, 2015, 15:29:27 » |
|
Farncombe?
Nope, sorry - but this picture is going to be a tough one without further clear, so thank you for trying. As a [further?] clue ... you might like to note that as part of my journey I was on the viaduct at Reading, and later I was on the platform at Staines. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Coffee Shop Admin, Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, TravelWatch SouthWest Board Member
|
|
|
|
ChrisB
|
|
« Reply #11 on: January 05, 2015, 15:34:04 » |
|
Just a choice of 10 then.....:-)
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
grahame
|
|
« Reply #13 on: January 07, 2015, 09:02:10 » |
|
3. Shepperton ?.
Sorry - a very difficult one ... ... The Conductor who sold me the ticket on Sunday (I joined at an unmanned station with no TVM▸ ) hadn't sold (m)any tickets there before from what I can gather, so not an easy one to identify. But shows the true value of having a network and not just major stations! ...
It's Syon Lane |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Coffee Shop Admin, Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, TravelWatch SouthWest Board Member
|
|
|
|
stuving
|
|
« Reply #14 on: January 07, 2015, 11:01:56 » |
|
Sorry - a very difficult one ... ... The Conductor who sold me the ticket on Sunday (I joined at an unmanned station with no TVM▸ ) hadn't sold (m)any tickets there before from what I can gather, so not an easy one to identify. But shows the true value of having a network and not just major stations! ...
It's Syon LaneObscure indeed ... but I see they do at least have hotels, even in such deepest 30s suburbia. More seriously (though only marginally), would that journey be easier if anything comes of the idea of reopening the Brentford branch? Brentford Branch Line
The three-mile branch line from Southall on the GWML▸ currently
serves two principal freight terminals at Brentford serving
aggregates and domestic waste markets. The London Borough of
Hounslow has a proposal to commence passenger services, having
identified continued business development along the A4 Great
Western Road corridor which has increased the potential viability of
reintroducing passenger services along the line. This would provide
direct connectivity with Crossrail at Southall. Network Rail is
supporting the London Borough of Hounslow in investigating the
feasibility of upgrading the line for passenger traffic and identifying
funding streams for this work. I can't see any sign of such a proposal published by Hounslow, so it is probably more of a suggestion of an idea. And it would still mean two changes via Crossrail if it is a Windsor-style branch, and you can't see that being a welcome addition to the franchise. Of course there are other possibilities, like connecting to the Hounslow Loop, but they mean land take and big civils work so look even less likely. And on the most optimistic timescales, it would only happen several decades into your active semi-retirement ... |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
