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« Reply #120 on: August 21, 2015, 11:42:10 » |
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St James Park is currently being repainted to GWR▸ green.
Thanks for this. Hope St Thomas is next. |
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« Reply #121 on: August 21, 2015, 12:14:33 » |
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St James Park is currently being repainted to GWR▸ green.
Oh the irony. The first station to get the treatment too. Our Grecian friends will not be happy |
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« Reply #122 on: August 21, 2015, 12:51:47 » |
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Hope St Thomas is next.
Trowbridge, I understand |
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« Reply #123 on: August 21, 2015, 13:36:05 » |
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I guess Chippenham won't be repainted any time soon seeing as it is still sporting Great Western Trains (GWT) green!
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« Reply #124 on: August 21, 2015, 13:40:15 » |
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I gather there are some stations - Exeter St David's is one - where FGW▸ purple colours were painted up to a certain level but the existing green remained above as FGW's ownership only went up so far and NR» owned the rest.
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« Reply #125 on: August 21, 2015, 13:52:34 » |
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St James Park is currently being repainted to GWR▸ green.
Oh the irony. The first station to get the treatment too. Our Grecian friends will not be happy As noted previously: As well as the rebranding of trains FGW▸ have also started rebranding stations.
A lot of Didcot Parkway station has been repainted in recent weeks into a dark green, although there are still some pieces of station furniture in FGW pink/purple.
St James Park certainly wasn't the first as Didcot parkway was painted green a few weeks ago. |
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« Reply #126 on: August 21, 2015, 16:59:18 » |
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you get so little for the extra fare that no-one's really going to miss it. The trolley services will feed you hot drinks/water...:-) What's good for the goose...! As you would no doubt say, in a slightly belittling tone, 'Hmmm...'  hmmm, touch^! Sir :-) hmmmmm......trolley on a Turbo service? Never seen one!  |
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« Reply #127 on: August 21, 2015, 17:05:10 » |
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That's what they're telling us/staff....from September
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« Reply #128 on: August 21, 2015, 17:44:45 » |
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Is my memory playing tricks or haven't there been trolleys on the Reading-Gatwick turbos before now?
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« Reply #129 on: August 21, 2015, 18:00:14 » |
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Yes, bobm - and I believe the number of trolley's on the Gatwick route has recently been increased. There's usually a trolley on the Saturday services down the Cotswold Line (to and from Paddington) that are operated by a Turbo as well.
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« Reply #130 on: August 21, 2015, 19:36:56 » |
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Is my memory playing tricks or haven't there been trolleys on the Reading-Gatwick turbos before now?
You never forget a trolley in the knee! As I recall it, all the Gatwicks had trolleys around 1992 when the turbos appeared on the North Downs. The stoppers didn't. Can't remember when they all disappeared though, maybe some stage during Thames Trains' tenure. |
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« Reply #131 on: August 21, 2015, 21:11:12 » |
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Apparently the new footbridge in Goring is to be painted ... blue. So I am sure it will be repainted green at a later date ?!
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« Reply #132 on: August 21, 2015, 23:21:36 » |
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Is my memory playing tricks or haven't there been trolleys on the Reading-Gatwick turbos before now?
You never forget a trolley in the knee! As I recall it, all the Gatwicks had trolleys around 1992 when the turbos appeared on the North Downs. The stoppers didn't. Can't remember when they all disappeared though, maybe some stage during Thames Trains' tenure. There were trollies on the Gatwicks until at least 2007/2008. |
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« Reply #133 on: August 22, 2015, 13:08:23 » |
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There seem to be two different Trolley operations in the Oxford area. From what I can tell, those on Class 165/166 Turbos are provided by RailGourmet of Oxford, by staff wearing FGW▸ uniforms. I cannot see from the on-line timetable that any catering is currently provided on the Gatwick service from Reading, but, if it is, then I assume that it is still provided by them as well.
Trolleys on Class 180s are, I understand, provided by FGW's own staff.
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« Reply #134 on: August 22, 2015, 15:58:15 » |
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St James Park is currently being repainted to GWR▸ green.
Oh the irony. The first station to get the treatment too. Our Grecian friends will not be happy As I typed my reply, I wondered if Plymothian was having a Green Army laugh but it appears that St James Park is indeed first in the far South West. |
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