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« on: October 22, 2009, 15:45:28 » |
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Can you identify my journey ... whole day timetable printed. outward:  return:  Why might I want just over 2 hours at this destination in the next few days? |
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« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2009, 22:45:49 » |
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Possibly on the Severn Beach line, there are three stations with stops two minutes apart, but teh 19:40/50 departures don't fit especially as the 19:50 seems to overtake the 22:40.
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« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2009, 06:29:05 » |
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Possibly on the Severn Beach line, there are three stations with stops two minutes apart, but teh 19:40/50 departures don't fit especially as the 19:50 seems to overtake the 22:40.
You're 'hot' ... and there is a solution to the overtake. |
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« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2009, 08:44:01 » |
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After a lot of timetabling cross-referencing, head scratching and the odd expletive, I think I can confidently predict that you are travelling from Melksham to Stapleton Road and return on Sat 24th Oct. I do like a mental challenge and this one was quite fiendish; I were like a dog with a bone once I started. The 'overtake' anomaly is because you have the option of returning from Stapleton Road at 1950 via Filton Abbey Wood and doubling back to Temple Meads, then on to Bath Spa to change onto the train you could catch from Bristol Temple Meads by going in the right direction from Stapleton Road at 1940. That was a bugger to work out as NRE‡ website don't like giving you travel options that feature a wait of more than 45 minutes. It would rather put you on a train in the wrong direction and give you two smaller waits at Filton Abbey Wood and Bath Spa than one big wait at a nice comfortable station with lots of facilities! Madness. As for why you are pitching up at Stapleton Road, I have no idea. I cannot find any events listed in that area, unless there is something going on in the Community Gardening Hub that isn't advertised. Going shopping in IKEA could be another possibility, although I can't see you struggling home on the train with a Billy^ bookcase  |
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« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2009, 09:19:20 » |
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After a lot of timetabling cross-referencing, head scratching and the odd expletive, I think I can confidently predict that you are travelling from Melksham to Stapleton Road and return on Sat 24th Oct. I do like a mental challenge and this one was quite fiendish; I were like a dog with a bone once I started.
You're correct ... as was your further analysis about the 'double back'. The timetable was as emailed to me as a personal timetable by the South West Trains site - a really useful facility for 'whole day' personal timetables. As for why you are pitching up at Stapleton Road, I have no idea. I cannot find any events listed in that area, unless there is something going on in the Community Gardening Hub that isn't advertised. Going shopping in IKEA could be another possibility, although I can't see you struggling home on the train with a Billy^ bookcase A Billy would be tough on the train (though I have carried some odd an awkward things by rail in the past - a story for another day) but I could manage a Bobby flowerpot. I'm meeting up with a bunch of the FOSBR▸ folks - idea being to co-ordinate things between the Wiltshire and Bristol groupings as trains run through one area and into the other. The GWRUS▸ talks of Chippenham to Clifton Down |
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« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2009, 14:20:38 » |
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Tickets ... I am being offered:
Anytime Day Return - 9.00
Off-Peak Day Return - 9.40
Why on earth would I go for "off peak" rather than "any time". Both fares are 'via Bath' and ARE offered for the service that doubles back at Abbey Wood.
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« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2009, 18:30:43 » |
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Tickets ... I am being offered:
Anytime Day Return - 9.00
Off-Peak Day Return - 9.40
Why on earth would I go for "off peak" rather than "any time". Both fares are 'via Bath' and ARE offered for the service that doubles back at Abbey Wood.
A fares anomaly....who'd've thought it. You're gonna like this.....Buy your Off Peak Day Return ( CDR▸ ) to any station on the branch to Severn Beach and it's only ^7.60. As I'm sure you know, alighting/joining short is perfectly acceptable, so go for a Melksham-Montpelier CDR. Okay, so you won't have the joy of doubling back at Filton Abbey Wood, but do you really want to? Kill 47 mins at Temple Meads instead by taking the 1940 from Stapleton Road. There you go, grahame. Saved you half the cost of pint!! (EDIT: Actually, keep the 1950 as an option, in case there are problems with the 1940. Even though the 'doubling back' would not normally be permitted with the cheaper 'branch' fare, you'd face little problem explaining to the staff on the train from Abbey Wood, bearing in mind the final train you have to catch at Chippenham.....) |
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« Last Edit: October 23, 2009, 18:48:39 by bignosemac »
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grahame
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« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2009, 22:09:02 » |
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 Thanks for the tip ... outbound journey perfect (and a change to travel on a ticket / under a circumstance that illustrates another recent thread). Return journey .. I actually caught a train a few minutes earlier, and alterted to the fact I needed to get back to Melksham sharpish to take the 'late shift' which I am now on, transferred to the bus in Bath and spent more than I had saved on an extra single. Still - nice to see how well the Train -> Bus connection now works in Bath. |
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« Reply #8 on: October 24, 2009, 22:24:55 » |
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And sorry I couldn't make it......was too emotional after Rovers lost to Yeovil  (Oh and I forgot!!) |
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
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« Reply #9 on: October 25, 2009, 18:11:27 » |
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(Oh and I forgot!!)
No problem ... I admire honesty. I've documented by journey here. How much can you work out from the pictures, and can you tell me which pictures weren't actually taken in the right locations? |
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« Reply #10 on: October 25, 2009, 18:47:02 » |
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Well, there's bound to be at least one Taunton picture there ...  |
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« Reply #11 on: October 26, 2009, 19:15:29 » |
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Well, there's bound to be at least one Taunton picture there ... If there was I didn't spot it!. And an amusing little travelogue of the journey grahame. |
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« Reply #12 on: October 26, 2009, 19:40:54 » |
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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 #13 on: October 26, 2009, 20:22:20 » |
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Hmmm ... I used library pictures for "Rail Campaigners" and "meeting" which didn't need to be location specific; true, they happened to be in Somerset. There are a couple of others which were also taken away from the point on the journey they're illustrating, and not Somerset. |
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« Reply #14 on: October 26, 2009, 21:19:58 » |
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Hmm, in turn. Now I'm rather intrigued.  Setting aside the 'pints (of milk)' picture, which could clearly be generic, I thought all the other photos appeared to be quite specific to your actual journey ... The only 'suspect' ones I can now suggest are the 'diesel engine' and 'driving / traffic' pictures. |
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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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