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« Reply #121 on: September 14, 2010, 17:30:22 » |
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From FGW▸ live updates: 17:33 London Paddington to Oxford due 19:06
This train will be formed of 3 coaches instead of 8.
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« Reply #123 on: September 14, 2010, 20:45:57 » |
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The HST▸ set which was planned for the 18:33 was used on another service.
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« Reply #124 on: September 14, 2010, 20:51:58 » |
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Sorry - the 18:33? We were rather more concerned at the 17:33 (or even the 18:18) today? |
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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 #125 on: September 14, 2010, 21:34:55 » |
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The HST▸ set which was planned for the 18:33 was used on another service.
There used to be an 18.33 first stop Maidenhead.. It was removed (as I'm sure it says earlier on here but there are a lot of pages to read so I'll say it her too).. So there is no 18.33 to Maidenhead any more.. resulting in the overcrowding (and hot overcrowding) on my train home tonight  |
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« Reply #126 on: September 14, 2010, 21:42:38 » |
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Whoops my mistake, yeah I meant the 17:33.
When your dealing with loads of trains every day, which have problems on every day, when upstairs decide to change things every day, set swaps every day, you kinda get tired and hit submit before you think.
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« Reply #127 on: September 15, 2010, 10:07:44 » |
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Just as well you don't do that in your line of work, eh, SDS Pad.....?
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« Reply #128 on: September 15, 2010, 22:32:21 » |
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Just as well you don't do that in your line of work, eh, SDS Pad.....?
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« Reply #129 on: September 29, 2010, 21:56:56 » |
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The 19.06 (two carriages - I'm sure it used to be 3) Paddington to Maidenhead was packed tonight when I got on at 19.00.. by the time it left it was far too overcrowded...Again conditions that cattle wouldn't be allowed to travel in yet fare paying passengers are allowed to be.. Yet still FGW▸ are unable to work out that an intercities worth of people (the removed 18.33) just cannot fit onto the trains that already ran before and were already busy... I really do think they should travel on the 18.18 and 19.06 departures in particular to see what they have created.. It really isn't nice...But still they take my money.. HHmm I have just had a good idea.. Maybe we could pay our fares calculated by train length divided by number of passengers? That would have made my train tonight very very cheap.. Yes ok there might have to be a bit of factoring in of extra fuel due to extra weight of people on busier trains... but it would still have been a bargain for me today I reckon   |
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« Reply #130 on: September 30, 2010, 12:34:50 » |
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I just repeat my suggestion near the beginning of this thread that a Maidenhead stop be put in the 1833 Padd-Exeter. This train follows the 1830 Padd-Bristol, and from a timing point of view might just as well call at Maidenhead as sit at Reading gas works every night waiting for the 1830 Padd-Bristol to clear P4.
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« Reply #131 on: September 30, 2010, 12:52:34 » |
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Depends how full the 18:33 currently is I suppose? I mean, it might look good in the timetable pages, but there's not much point if there's 'no room at the inn' already. Anyone know?
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« Reply #132 on: September 30, 2010, 14:59:45 » |
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I will try and get to Paddington for the 18.36 tonight, firstly to see how that is these days and secondly to see what the 18.33 looks like as it leaves...
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johoare
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« Reply #133 on: October 01, 2010, 10:59:53 » |
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Oh well.. I just about got the 18.36 but since it was decided it should run from platform 13 to give us all some exercise (the second time yesterday I had to run for a train) I didn't get a chance to see if the 18.33 had enough room for some of us Maidenhead people.. Incidentally the 18.36 was quite full and although only a minute or two late arriving at Maidenhead it was still about 13 minutes later than the 18.33 used to arrive.. |
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« Reply #134 on: October 01, 2010, 11:12:42 » |
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I have put this problem forward for the May11 timetable review. There's nothing being done for Dec10 though.
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