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« Reply #180 on: October 16, 2017, 16:47:34 »
Quote from: grahame on October 16, 2017, 14:53:04
Quote from: TaplowGreen on October 16, 2017, 14:04:16
I guess it would be useful to know if all the required works were completed over the weekend, having clearly not been when they were originally scheduled, or are we going to have another weekend over the next few weeks where everything grinds to a halt at short notice.

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Hi there! The Reading works were completed on time. Any further improvements will not relate to last weekends work. Rach

Since we have not yet seen hide, hair, nor millivolt of the "improvements" expected from that work, I don't see how that statement can be meant literally. Is it perhaps a new meaning, never seen in the wild before, where "improvements" means "closures and other disruption for work on improvements"
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« Reply #181 on: October 16, 2017, 18:20:41 »
We may not have seen "hide, nor hair nor millivolt" of the improvements, but some people have seen charred feathers from the famous exploded pigeon, does that count ?
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A proper intercity train has a minimum of 8 coaches, gangwayed throughout, with first at one end, and a full sized buffet car between first and standard.
It has space for cycles, surfboards,luggage etc.
A 5 car DMU▸ (Diesel Multiple Unit) is not a proper inter-city train. The 5+5 and 9 car DMUs are almost as bad.
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