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« Reply #15 on: October 14, 2018, 10:59:33 » |
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The "hole" is reported to be 20ft deep with more heavy rain in the area.
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« Reply #16 on: October 14, 2018, 11:14:09 » |
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The "hole" is reported to be 20ft deep with more heavy rain in the area.
A bit bigger than the one I had in my back garden, then. I was trying to remember what we - and especially the Thames Water man who came to look into it* - called that. "Hole", I think. It was at least a proper drain-related hole, caused by infiltration into a leak in a sewer. Things falling into was not the problem, so much as what was nesting down there. I wouldn't like to meet what might crawl out of the one in that picture ... *Mandatory "joke". |
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« Reply #17 on: October 14, 2018, 11:21:49 » |
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The "hole" is reported to be 20ft deep
How many of those will it take to fill the Albert Hall?* *Mandatory "joke" #2. |
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« Reply #18 on: October 14, 2018, 11:37:18 » |
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Quote from the GWR▸ Website: Next to the estuary between Teignmouth and Newton Abbott, a collapsed culvert is in need of urgent repair preventing GWR and CrossCountry from operating train services between Exeter St David's and Newton Abbot for the rest of Sunday 14 October, with replacement road transport in operation.
Due to the location of the culvert, repairs can only be carried out whilst the tide is out. Shame they don't know how to correctly spell one of their station names.....  |
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« Reply #19 on: October 14, 2018, 13:09:34 » |
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The "hole" is reported to be 20ft deep
How many of those will it take to fill the Albert Hall?* *Mandatory "joke" #2.Surely that should be "Olympic Swimming Pool" ? |
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« Reply #20 on: October 14, 2018, 13:28:57 » |
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The "hole" is reported to be 20ft deep
How many of those will it take to fill the Albert Hall?* *Mandatory "joke" #2.Isn't it Rood Ashton Hall now? |
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« Reply #22 on: October 14, 2018, 13:41:07 » |
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The "hole" is reported to be 20ft deep
How many of those will it take to fill the Albert Hall?* *Mandatory "joke" #2.Surely that should be "Olympic Swimming Pool" ? It is not that big, probably several would fit into a double decker bus. |
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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▸ is not a proper inter-city train. The 5+5 and 9 car DMUs are almost as bad.
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« Reply #23 on: October 14, 2018, 13:44:40 » |
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Once again this reopens the debate that either the old line via Okehampton/Tavistock reopen or a new line built. Gosh winter hasn’t even started yet and there are problems along this stretch of line.
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« Reply #24 on: October 14, 2018, 17:00:17 » |
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Shame they don't know how to correctly spell one of their station names..... The BBC» 's online report of the issue also currently has Newton Abbot spelled with an additional 't'. |
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« Reply #26 on: October 14, 2018, 17:28:39 » |
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From JourneyCheck ;-
Cancellations to services between Liskeard and Looe.
Due to urgent repairs to the track between Liskeard and Looe the line is closed.
Train services running to and from these stations will be cancelled. Disruption is expected until the end of the day.
Customer Advice
The train that would normally be used to run this branch line is being used to run additional services between Newton Abbot and Truro because of urgent repairs to the main line following the collapse of a culvert beneath the track near Newton Abbot.
Further Information
An update will follow within the next 3 hours.
Last Updated:14/10/2018 17:16
Why oh why does conflicting information get put on JourneyCheck to confuse the already delayed passenger.
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« Reply #27 on: October 14, 2018, 17:32:11 » |
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What happened to David Camerons pledge to bring forward a plan to ensure that the closure of the line should never happen again.
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« Reply #28 on: October 14, 2018, 17:35:38 » |
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David who?
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