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« Reply #45 on: April 19, 2010, 19:30:59 » |
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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
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« Reply #46 on: April 19, 2010, 20:56:55 » |
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« Reply #47 on: April 20, 2010, 00:15:19 » |
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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▸ .
Dunno if you'll be able to hear a screaming Napier turbo onboard though!
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« Reply #48 on: April 20, 2010, 01:41:50 » |
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Plans were being made today for a Fishguard HST▸ working, probably off now though???
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« Reply #49 on: April 20, 2010, 16:52:26 » |
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Plans were being made today for a Fishguard HST▸ working, probably off now though???
Aye, doesn't look like the 0848 pad - fishguard ran. Nor the 0200 fishguard - pad |
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« Reply #50 on: April 20, 2010, 17:13:24 » |
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I went to Ramsgate to day for work on the HS1▸ 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
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« Reply #51 on: April 20, 2010, 17:38:20 » |
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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. |
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« Reply #52 on: April 20, 2010, 23:12:51 » |
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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‡ ticket valid till July!!
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« Reply #53 on: April 20, 2010, 23:27:58 » |
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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/ |
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« Reply #54 on: April 20, 2010, 23:54:04 » |
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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‡ ticket valid till July!!
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« Reply #55 on: April 21, 2010, 00:12:01 » |
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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▸ 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
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« Reply #56 on: April 21, 2010, 07:01:19 » |
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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▸ 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 |
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« Reply #58 on: April 22, 2010, 08:30:50 » |
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They look rather sensible ... Heathrow (via PAD» ) and Gatwick (change at RDG‡) 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. |
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« Reply #59 on: April 22, 2010, 14:43:20 » |
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Train ran Paddington - Bristol - Westbury, hence the cancellation.
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