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« Reply #90 on: Yesterday at 20:38:43 »
Quote from: ChrisB on Yesterday at 16:16:28
So.....aren't the early trains that start at HFD» (Hereford - next trains) driven by drivers from BPW» (Bristol Parkway - next trains)? If not, how do they get from Hitachi to their starting point? At least one starts at Hitachi....

And 'who' is doing the forcing? GWR▸ (Great Western Railway)? DfT» (Department for Transport - about)?

BPW lost Newport Hereford Malvern Wells in May 2022, all ECS▸ (Empty Coaching Stock) moves from Stoke Gifford going via Charfield.

No idea whether it is DaFT» (Department for Transport - critical sounding abbreviation I discourage - about) or GWR behind it, or possibly both?

Other losses of route knowledge including BTM▸ (Bristol Temple Meads (strictly, it should be BRI) but BTM is a commonly used alternative)) HSS▸ (High Speed Services) saying goodbye to Lydney and Kemble. It has been predicted, the tunnel will shut after a London service has left Newport and when the BTM driver is asked to go the scenic way it will be a "Sorry but no. I could have last week but railway politics trumps common sense".
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« Reply #91 on: Today at 09:32:45 »
Quote from: UstiImmigrunt on Yesterday at 20:38:43
Quote from: ChrisB on Yesterday at 16:16:28
So.....aren't the early trains that start at HFD» (Hereford - next trains) driven by drivers from BPW» (Bristol Parkway - next trains)? If not, how do they get from Hitachi to their starting point? At least one starts at Hitachi....

And 'who' is doing the forcing? GWR▸ (Great Western Railway)? DfT» (Department for Transport - about)?

BPW lost Newport Hereford Malvern Wells in May 2022, all ECS▸ (Empty Coaching Stock) moves from Stoke Gifford going via Charfield.

No idea whether it is DaFT» (Department for Transport - critical sounding abbreviation I discourage - about) or GWR behind it, or possibly both?

Other losses of route knowledge including BTM▸ (Bristol Temple Meads (strictly, it should be BRI) but BTM is a commonly used alternative)) HSS▸ (High Speed Services) saying goodbye to Lydney and Kemble. It has been predicted, the tunnel will shut after a London service has left Newport and when the BTM driver is asked to go the scenic way it will be a "Sorry but no. I could have last week but railway politics trumps common sense".

What a way to run a railroad!
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