Railing against restrictions

CyclingSid

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Railing against restrictions

« on: July 14, 2022, 07:11:34 »

I liked this article for the photograph, assuming it was 1978 or later wasn't the dress somewhat retro?

I think there will be members who lament the loss of guards vans, last one I used was on the Brockenhurst - Lymington line.

https://www.cyclinguk.org/cycle-magazine/travellers-tales-railing-against-restrictions

As you would expect from me, I think there is scope for more (quantity) sensible bike provision on trains. I am quite happy with the SWR^» side-facing tip-up seats provision, gives a tolerable dual use-space without too much loss of seating. The GWR^▸ adaptations that sometimes appear on the Gatwick and Basingstoke lines seem to commit a lot of space that is little used for the number of seats lost.


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Oxonhutch

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Re: Railing against restrictions

« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2022, 10:33:32 »

In early 1980, I was riding my Honda 125 motorbike from Lancashire to Oxford in a snowstorm. By Nantwich, it had become severe with snow build up on my knees and visor. I decided to head for Crewe railway station - which is surprisingly hard to find - and put me and the bike on the train. Half-price (child) ticket for the motorbike and I even got Student Railcard discount on top. Took a couple of hours to thaw out but the train was a God-send.


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Bmblbzzz

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Re: Railing against restrictions

« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2022, 11:41:51 »

I also thought their clothing was somewhat retro. But 1978 was an awfully long time ago – watch TV^▸ or films from that era and some of the clothes are almost closer to WW2 era fashions than those of today, particularly the prevalence on suits on men in non-office situations – and anyone who rides a tandem trike is probably not a close follower of fashion in any case...

As for side-facing tip-up seats, I also like those. I don't know if the ones I encounter on GWR^▸ are the same as those on SWR^» , there are a couple of variations anyway.

And lastly, I thought from the thread title this was going to be something about building restrictions affecting historic railings!


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