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« Reply #120 on: May 19, 2009, 18:45:43 »
I had a similar situation last Friday with the 16:44 Service to Penzance at Bristol... Was booked for Platform 10... Little did we know that further up the line on Platform 9, A 158 decided to take up residence... Angry

2 minutes before the train was due to leave... "Attention Please, This is a Platform Alteration" changed to platform 8... A Surge of bodies heads for platform 8 just as the pax from the 16:44 Surge into the Subway... Not Fun Roll Eyes
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« Reply #121 on: May 19, 2009, 22:42:40 »
Quote from: thetrout on May 19, 2009, 18:45:43
I had a similar situation last Friday with the 16:44 Service to Penzance at Bristol... Was booked for Platform 10... Little did we know that further up the line on Platform 9, A 158 decided to take up residence... Angry

2 minutes before the train was due to leave... "Attention Please, This is a Platform Alteration" changed to platform 8... A Surge of bodies heads for platform 8 just as the pax from the 16:44 Surge into the Subway... Not Fun Roll Eyes

Brings back memories East Croydon early 60s around 08:00 Victoria passengers on 1 London Bridge on 3/4.

Trains come up from Coulsdon on the wrong lines. Chaos. The best place to be when that happened was in the box. I did wonder sometimes whether it really was chance or skilful regulation.
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« Reply #122 on: May 19, 2009, 23:05:47 »
Quote from: Mookiemoo on May 19, 2009, 15:14:15
Quote from: relex109 on May 19, 2009, 14:47:12
thats a good point at busy stations is the infor system goes down... on the hst's there is no destination display like the voyagers and they nolonger use the printed list of stops for the windows

They do!

There are printed stickers in most HST▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) windows!  Except in the case of a set swap - like last night

seems to be i only travel on fgw hst's that are london bound maybe they dont have the resources/facilitys to apply these at plymouth paignton or penzance
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« Reply #123 on: May 19, 2009, 23:52:43 »
Quote from: relex109 on May 19, 2009, 23:05:47
Quote from: Mookiemoo on May 19, 2009, 15:14:15
Quote from: relex109 on May 19, 2009, 14:47:12
thats a good point at busy stations is the infor system goes down... on the hst's there is no destination display like the voyagers and they nolonger use the printed list of stops for the windows

They do!

There are printed stickers in most HST▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) windows!  Except in the case of a set swap - like last night

seems to be i only travel on fgw hst's that are london bound maybe they dont have the resources/facilitys to apply these at plymouth paignton or penzance

Or ......... east bound HST's only really have one destination!  Intermediate stops may/may not change but these days I suspect are more consistent than not.

So the benefit of stickers on London bound HST's are of limited use?
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« Reply #124 on: May 19, 2009, 23:54:25 »
agreed, however as i havnt seen the labels i didnt know they still existed
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« Reply #125 on: May 20, 2009, 00:48:23 »
Agreed: west-bound HSTs▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) still have window stickers, as they warn of the shorter platforms, for the benefit of those intending to alight, at (for example) Nailsea & Backwell, Yatton ...  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #126 on: May 20, 2009, 17:01:50 »
No disrespect to anyone, as somebody may have been in this situation... But even then Chris, People still don't get that HST▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units))'s stop at short platforms...! Many a time have a seen somebody hurtle down from Coach H - to Coach D to alight at one of those stations...! It becomes quite amusing after a while...! Tongue Grin Wink Roll Eyes
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« Reply #127 on: May 20, 2009, 17:49:46 »
Quote from: thetrout on May 20, 2009, 17:01:50
No disrespect to anyone, as somebody may have been in this situation... But even then Chris, People still don't get that HST▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units))'s stop at short platforms...! Many a time have a seen somebody hurtle down from Coach H - to Coach D to alight at one of those stations...! It becomes quite amusing after a while...! Tongue Grin Wink Roll Eyes

it could be on a huge poster infront of the door saying do not use this door at ''some station'' due to short platforms and you would still see people trying to get off... an example is the end doors on class 159/158's which are locked and have an illuminated sign above them however you still see people jabbing at the button then you hear bep bep bep bep bep and they run to the other end   Grin
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« Reply #128 on: May 20, 2009, 19:13:18 »
Quote from: relex109 on May 19, 2009, 23:05:47
Quote from: Mookiemoo on May 19, 2009, 15:14:15
Quote from: relex109 on May 19, 2009, 14:47:12
thats a good point at busy stations is the infor system goes down... on the hst's there is no destination display like the voyagers and they nolonger use the printed list of stops for the windows

They do!

There are printed stickers in most HST▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) windows!  Except in the case of a set swap - like last night

seems to be i only travel on fgw hst's that are london bound maybe they dont have the resources/facilitys to apply these at plymouth paignton or penzance

Load of tosh... all HST services should have them.  The PLY» (Plymouth - next trains)-PAD» (Paddington (London) - next trains) I was on this morning had them.  Laira and Exeter haven't suddenly lost the ability to stick some window labels on  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #129 on: May 20, 2009, 19:15:51 »
Quote from: thetrout on May 20, 2009, 17:01:50
No disrespect to anyone, as somebody may have been in this situation... But even then Chris, People still don't get that HST▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units))'s stop at short platforms...! Many a time have a seen somebody hurtle down from Coach H - to Coach D to alight at one of those stations...! It becomes quite amusing after a while...! Tongue Grin Wink Roll Eyes

Especially when it is the same people night after night!
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« Reply #130 on: May 20, 2009, 19:25:00 »
maybee im blind then  Wink
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« Reply #131 on: May 20, 2009, 20:25:25 »
Quote from: relex109 on May 20, 2009, 19:25:00
maybee im blind then  Wink

Might explain the typos   Grin
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« Reply #132 on: May 20, 2009, 20:35:46 »
no thats caused by sidmouth college and a couple of missing basepair sequences, anyway moving back to topic is there an rough guesstimate on number of fair dodgers
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« Reply #133 on: May 20, 2009, 20:58:28 »
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fair dodgers

Are you sure you don't mean 'fare dodgems'?  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #134 on: May 20, 2009, 22:32:45 »
Window labels are always applied at Penzance
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