UK Flights Disrupted By Iceland!

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[basset44]

Thought I answer IB responce to my statement or question entitled Ghost Train which is on the second page of this subject.

Might not be that clear

[devon_metro]

Seems FGW^▸ (First Great Western) are doing their bit... 

[JayMac]

With the Royal Navy coming to the rescue some passengers will again be transported in a 'vehicle' with Paxman Valenta engines. HMS Ark Royal uses 8 of them as electric generators, similar in design to those originally fitted to the Class 43 HST^▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)).

Dunno if you'll be able to hear a screaming Napier turbo onboard though!

[slippy]

Plans were being made today for a Fishguard HST^▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) working, probably off now though???

[devon_metro]

Plans were being made today for a Fishguard HST^▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) working, probably off now though???

Aye, doesn't look like the 0848 pad - fishguard ran. Nor the 0200 fishguard - pad

[Electric train]

I went to Ramsgate to day for work on the HS1^▸ (High Speed line 1 - St Pancras to Channel Tunnel) coming back on HS1 this afternoon quite a few very travel weary bodies got on at Ashford having struggled across Europe to the Channel Ports I think most had come across by coach on the Shuttle and had been dropped off at Ashford.  When I walked through St Pancreas from the HS1 platforms to the Underground, Eurostar looked very busy a lot of people queuing at boarding gates and outside the ticket office, it would seem Eurostar have been forgiven by the traveling public for the snow fiasco of only a few weeks ago

[Timmer]

It would seem Eurostar have been forgiven by the traveling public for the snow fiasco of only a few weeks ago

That seems quite a distant memory in the minds of the travelling public after what has happened over the past few days. How things can change.

[devon_metro]

Got an email from fgw this evening "it's A SHame" saying if you have/had air south west tickets from newquay/Plymouth to London then you are entitled to get a free FC^▸ (First Class, or Fat Controller, or Football Club, depending on context) ticket valid till July!!

FGW^▸ (First Great Western) out for some publicity it seems.

[johoare]

Looks like the airports are open again and flights are starting up...

You can even see the planes here if you want    http://www.flightradar24.com/

[Super Guard]

Got an email from fgw this evening "it's A SHame" saying if you have/had air south west tickets from newquay/Plymouth to London then you are entitled to get a free FC^▸ (First Class, or Fat Controller, or Football Club, depending on context) ticket valid till July!!

FGW^▸ (First Great Western) out for some publicity it seems.

 

[Mookiemoo]

I wont re-iterate the minutia of various conversations but there was no way we could keep our space closed when france, germany and holland were opening theirs tomorrow.

H&S^▸ (Health and Safety) gone mad - there WAS A problem but it was made a whole lot worse by blame culture

If a pilot and crew are willing to take a plane up - I'll get on it.  They don't normally volunteer for suicide missions

[Phil]

I wont re-iterate the minutia of various conversations but there was no way we could keep our space closed when france, germany and holland were opening theirs tomorrow.

H&S^▸ (Health and Safety) gone mad - there WAS A problem but it was made a whole lot worse by blame culture

If a pilot and crew are willing to take a plane up - I'll get on it.  They don't normally volunteer for suicide missions

Have to say I thoroughly agree with you there, FA. Chatting to some friends in Seattle, they were pretty incredulous that we don't seem to have any fixed limit for the number of particles in the air that constitutes a threat - as they said, even Mt St Helens didn't cause as much disruption to flights as this has done, and that was on their doorstep. It's really not good enough to simply say "might be some volcanic ash blowing our way so we're shutting airspace just in case". You have to know, and measure, what the threat actually is.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18797-can-we-fly-safely-through-volcanic-ash.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news

[Ollie]

Additional Trains Tonight/Tomorrow Morning however you wish to define it

http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/Content.aspx?id=4257

[grahame]

Additional Trains Tonight/Tomorrow Morning however you wish to define it

http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/Content.aspx?id=4257

They look rather sensible ... Heathrow (via PAD^» (Paddington (London) - next trains)) and Gatwick (change at RDG^▸ (Rail Delivery Group, or Reading station, depending on context)) to Bristol and Cardiff.   An occasional middle of the night service (every 2 hours?) might not be a bad move towards a 24 hour railway.

Mind you - did I spot a corresponding short working (= cancellation as far as Frome is concerned!):

06:07 Frome to London Paddington due 08:09

This train will be started from Westbury.It will no longer call at: Frome. This is due to an additional service being run earlier.

[devon_metro]

Train ran Paddington - Bristol - Westbury, hence the cancellation.