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« Reply #75 on: November 02, 2009, 20:43:53 » |
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I thought there were additional 125 stretches between Wooton Bassett and Bristol TM‡ but am open to correction.
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« Reply #76 on: November 02, 2009, 20:45:32 » |
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... but am open to correction.
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #77 on: November 02, 2009, 20:47:17 » |
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Long-lost cousin of Bertie Bassett, presumably. Although how we got to this in a thread that's titled "Remove First Class?" is beyond me...
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« Reply #78 on: November 02, 2009, 20:52:58 » |
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I don't know how it's realated to first class but i'm suprised there are no 125 sections at all Reading > Newbury > Westbury > Exeter!
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« Reply #79 on: November 02, 2009, 20:54:45 » |
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To be fair, in view of the degree of levity that has been creeping in, all the way through this topic: perhaps we should move some of the posts here to 'the lighter side'?  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
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« Reply #80 on: November 02, 2009, 21:18:58 » |
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I thought there were additional 125 stretches between Wooton Bassett and Bristol TM‡ but am open to correction.
The first bit from WB towards Chippenham is, and the Hullavington route to Parkway is 125mph most of the way. |
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« Reply #81 on: November 02, 2009, 21:30:40 » |
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I don't know how it's realated to first class but i'm suprised there are no 125 sections at all Reading > Newbury > Westbury > Exeter!
Look at it on a map - it curves around all over the place. This was one of Gerry Fiennes' laments in the 1960s when he was general manager at Paddington, because it was a barrier to increasing the pretty pedestrian speed of express trains to the west via the Berks and Hants. |
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« Reply #82 on: November 02, 2009, 23:04:17 » |
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2 hours to Exeter is pretty impressive IMO▸ . How long would that take in a car?
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« Reply #83 on: November 03, 2009, 22:30:04 » |
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Further to my previous post, To be fair, in view of the degree of levity that has been creeping in, all the way through this topic: perhaps we should move some of the posts here to 'the lighter side'? I have now moved a few earlier posts, from here, to a new topic at http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=5602 C.  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
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« Reply #84 on: November 04, 2009, 16:58:05 » |
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2 hours to Exeter is pretty impressive IMO▸ . How long would that take in a car?
3, so I guess that is pretty impressive! |
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« Reply #85 on: November 04, 2009, 16:59:16 » |
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If going via Bristol on the m4 add on a bit of time to take into account the 50mph sections and Avonmouth roadworks.
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« Reply #86 on: November 04, 2009, 17:14:53 » |
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Funny how the road system parallels the rail network, and there's a Great Way Round to the south-west via Bristol which is longer in distance but generally higher speed in both cases.
Just a thought.
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« Reply #87 on: November 04, 2009, 17:36:50 » |
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So the B&H▸ can't be that slow, if it's an hour quicker by rail. It would be even better if tilt enabled 125 line speeds!
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« Reply #88 on: November 04, 2009, 17:48:58 » |
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It would be even better if tilt enabled 125 line speeds!
Well, in an ideal world I suppose it would be. Sadly it's not just a question of building a tilting train for the route. Lots of infrastructure work would be required and practically the whole route resignalled so that there was adequate braking distances. There's no way that sort of money would be found for a route with an average of one high speed train per hour. |
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To view my GWML▸ Electrification cab video 'before and after' video comparison, as well as other videos of the new layout at Reading and 'before and after' comparisons of the Cotswold Line Redoubling scheme, see: http://www.dailymotion.com/user/IndustryInsider/ |
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« Reply #89 on: November 05, 2009, 08:37:49 » |
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M4/M5 is the fastest road route between the London area and The West isn't it?
I'd rather go by train though, anyday.
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