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| Re: From Finn and JayMac's weekend away. Where's this? In "The Lighter Side" [365937/30787/30] Posted by TonyN at 22:43, 22nd September 2025 |      |
Hull Paragon
| Re: Ferries across waterways - whether by vehicle, foot or both (merged posts) In "Buses and other ways to travel" [365936/3662/5] Posted by JayMac at 22:28, 22nd September 2025 | |
Another? Trowlock Island on the Thames has a user-operated chain ferry.
Mark
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/597000
Mark
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/597000
I don't think this one is a public ferry. Only used for private access to the residential properties on Trowlock Island.
| From Finn and JayMac's weekend away. Where's this? In "The Lighter Side" [365935/30787/30] Posted by JayMac at 22:21, 22nd September 2025 | |
Where's this signal box?
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 In "London to the Cotswolds" [365934/29711/14] Posted by ray951 at 20:07, 22nd September 2025 | |
I agree it was a shambles.
The 1523 Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street sat at Oxford for 26 minutes and at the same time the 1518 Worcester Foregate Street to Paddington, which was due to start from Oxford at 1631 sat there for about 20 minutes which means platform 3 and 4 where both occupied at the same time causing massive delays to all other services.
I notice that it says the 1518 was cancelled due to a 'Safety Inspection on this train' that is interesting because the driver announced that it was cancelled due to no Train Manager. Looking at RealTimeTrains it seems to have had no problem then working empty to Paddington and onto Penzance. Given you can run an IET as DOO from Oxford to Paddington I don't understand why it was cancelled?
| Re: Ferries across waterways - whether by vehicle, foot or both (merged posts) In "Buses and other ways to travel" [365933/3662/5] Posted by JayMac at 19:53, 22nd September 2025 Already liked by grahame | |
The only manually operated chain ferry in the UK.
? Isn't there a chain - or is it a rope - ferry across the river in Evesham, and rope ferries at the Weymouth Boating club (or whatever it's called) by the lifeboat station out to the moorings that aren't connected to the shore?
Wikipedia, and the bloke doing the winding, both say it's a chain ferry.
| Five minutes to do your shopping in Newton Stewart In "Buses and other ways to travel" [365932/30786/5] Posted by grahame at 19:43, 22nd September 2025 | |
From The BBC - posted as a bus topic, but there are rail services like this
Residents in rural southern Scotland have described a new bus timetable for their village as "utterly ridiculous".
Among the issues they have highlighted is that the last bus home to Glentrool on a Saturday from nearby Newton Stewart leaves just five minutes after the first one arrives.
It comes after Stagecoach effectively quit the region last month and new contracts started on 7 August.
Dumfries and Galloway Council said it recognised the issues in the area and has launched a campaign to look at ways of improving services.
Among the issues they have highlighted is that the last bus home to Glentrool on a Saturday from nearby Newton Stewart leaves just five minutes after the first one arrives.
It comes after Stagecoach effectively quit the region last month and new contracts started on 7 August.
Dumfries and Galloway Council said it recognised the issues in the area and has launched a campaign to look at ways of improving services.
I have to ask what happens on the other six days of the week.
Aren't there a couple of destinations / trips in England that have a similar tight turn around on a daily service - Heysham, and Cleethorpes via Brigg come to mind ... and more locally the daily bus from Melksham to Marlborough gets you there , but there is no direct or even easy service to get you back until the next day!
| Re: Ferries across waterways - whether by vehicle, foot or both (merged posts) In "Buses and other ways to travel" [365931/3662/5] Posted by grahame at 19:30, 22nd September 2025 | |
The only manually operated chain ferry in the UK.
? Isn't there a chain - or is it a rope - ferry across the river in Evesham, and rope ferries at the Weymouth Boating club (or whatever it's called) by the lifeboat station out to the moorings that aren't connected to the shore?
| Re: 175s to GWR In "Across the West" [365930/28982/26] Posted by REVUpminster at 19:08, 22nd September 2025 | |
175114+175009 on it's way to Penzance from Laira. May return to Laira by returning as far as Newton Abbot before reversing back.
Although the first leg - Plymouth to Newton Abbot and return was cancelled!It did manage Newton Abbot this afternoon. These two trains have been at Laira for some time. Another one tomorrow.
| Re: Ferries across waterways - whether by vehicle, foot or both (merged posts) In "Buses and other ways to travel" [365929/3662/5] Posted by Mark A at 19:01, 22nd September 2025 | |
Another? Trowlock Island on the Thames has a user-operated chain ferry.
Mark
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/597000
| Re: Ferries across waterways - whether by vehicle, foot or both (merged posts) In "Buses and other ways to travel" [365928/3662/5] Posted by JayMac at 18:52, 22nd September 2025 | |
On the way home from Yorkshire I stopped off in Shakespeare town. Took a ride on a passenger ferry that I don't think has yet been mentioned in this thread.
The only manually operated public chain ferry in the UK.
| Re: New TFW Cardiff and West Wales to Bristol Temple Meads service In "Bristol (WECA) Commuters" [365927/30679/21] Posted by Noggin at 18:33, 22nd September 2025 | |
Obviously don't know timetable yet, but these are current times of trains from west Wales to Cardiff.
05:35 from Carmarthen, arrives Cardiff 07:39
05:54 from Milford Haven, arrives Cardiff 08:45
07:16 from Pembroke Dock, arrives Cardiff 10:36
Bit of a niche market I know but presumably will be quite useful for anyone in the West of England who wants to take the train to the Irish ferry, as it knocks off half an hour of stopover in Cardiff, and equally, anyone in the west of Wales who wants to get to Bristol Airport
| Re: Gatwick Airport - facilities, improvements and incidents - merged posts, ongoing discussion In "Buses and other ways to travel" [365926/20849/5] Posted by Noggin at 18:20, 22nd September 2025 | |
An idle thought had me wondering about how much this 100,000 extra flights might generate HM Treasury in tax.
I found a suggestion that it could be somewhere in the region of £400m to £1.5bn, depending on the distance of the flights and the planes used.
Also, in case anyone has forgotten, Gatwick was going to sue the Government due to an increase in Business Rates from £40m to £200m p/a - I suspect that might have been quietly dropped one way or another.
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 In "London to the Cotswolds" [365925/29711/14] Posted by Witham Bobby at 17:06, 22nd September 2025 | |
15:18 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 17:29 has been cancelled.
This is due to a safety inspection on a train.
Last Updated:22/09/2025 16:52
This is due to a safety inspection on a train.
Last Updated:22/09/2025 16:52
17:57 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street due 20:11 will be cancelled.
This is due to a broken down train.
Last Updated:22/09/2025 14:26
This is due to a broken down train.
Last Updated:22/09/2025 14:26
20:56 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 23:29
20:56 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 23:29 will be cancelled.
This is due to a broken down train.
Last Updated:22/09/2025 14:27
20:56 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington due 23:29 will be cancelled.
This is due to a broken down train.
Last Updated:22/09/2025 14:27
Quite the shambles, isn't it?
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 In "London to the Cotswolds" [365924/29711/14] Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 16:19, 22nd September 2025 | |
Positive news (though some of it is ambiguous):
Cancellations to services between Moreton-In-Marsh and Worcestershire Parkway Ll
Following a safety inspection of the track between Moreton-In-Marsh and Worcestershire Parkway Ll all lines will be reopened shortly.
Train services running through these stations will be cancelled. Disruption is expected until the end of the day.
Customer Advice
Due to a safety inspection of the track, we are currently unable to run any trains between Moreton-in-Marsh and Worcestershire Parkway.
Last Updated:22/09/2025 14:48
14:55 Moreton-In-Marsh to Oxford due 15:35
An additional train service has been planned to operate as shown 14:55 Moreton-In-Marsh to Oxford due 15:35.
Last Updated:22/09/2025 14:51
13:50 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 16:15 will be delayed at Oxford.
This is due to a safety inspection of the track earlier today.
Last Updated:22/09/2025 14:42
14:53 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street due 17:04 will be started from Oxford.
This is due to a safety inspection of the track earlier today.
Last Updated:22/09/2025 14:26
Following a safety inspection of the track between Moreton-In-Marsh and Worcestershire Parkway Ll all lines will be reopened shortly.
Train services running through these stations will be cancelled. Disruption is expected until the end of the day.
Customer Advice
Due to a safety inspection of the track, we are currently unable to run any trains between Moreton-in-Marsh and Worcestershire Parkway.
Last Updated:22/09/2025 14:48
14:55 Moreton-In-Marsh to Oxford due 15:35
An additional train service has been planned to operate as shown 14:55 Moreton-In-Marsh to Oxford due 15:35.
Last Updated:22/09/2025 14:51
13:50 London Paddington to Great Malvern due 16:15 will be delayed at Oxford.
This is due to a safety inspection of the track earlier today.
Last Updated:22/09/2025 14:42
14:53 London Paddington to Worcester Foregate Street due 17:04 will be started from Oxford.
This is due to a safety inspection of the track earlier today.
Last Updated:22/09/2025 14:26
| Re: Weston-super-Mare - Birnbeck Pier restoration: ongoing developments and discussion In "The West - but NOT trains in the West" [365922/30411/31] Posted by broadgage at 15:05, 22nd September 2025 | |
I understand that the lifeboat crew used to cycle along the pier to the boathouse, much quicker than running.
When the deck of the pier became unsafe, a narrow cycleway was repaired and was fenced off from the rest of the pier. This may be seen on the left of the above photo.
| Re: Automated information defects on the railways - merged topics, ongoing discussion In "Across the West" [365920/20293/26] Posted by froome at 14:21, 22nd September 2025 | |
The Montpelier Station platform info said that the 10.21 service towards Avonmouth was cancelled today.....then 30 seconds later it rolled into the station, very much an active service.
I was at Temple Meads on Thursday and the train to Paddington that was due to leave (I think it was at 17.30) said Cancelled on the platform screen just when it was due to leave. However, it was very full of passengers and the train manager (I assume) was standing by the door waiting for the whistle so that they could leave. But he was also looking at the screen in a puzzled manner. A couple of minutes later (after it should have left) the screen changed to show a time to depart, but then before a whistle had blown, it changed to say Cancelled again. I went over and asked him what was going on and he said he had no idea. A couple of minutes later another leaving time went up on the screen and this time it did leave.
I can remember several occasions when platform screens have said a train is cancelled, and for it to later arrive at the platform. Who is responsible for what platform screens say?
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 In "London to the Cotswolds" [365918/29711/14] Posted by Worcester_Passenger at 14:07, 22nd September 2025 | |
First thing this morning we had 1P11 05:16 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington travel eastbound OK, and 2E77 0510 Oxford to Worcester Shrub Hill (the positioning journey for the halts train) travel westbound OK.
The halts train, 2E80 0700 Worcester Shrub Hill to Didcot Parkway, was cancelled "due to a problem with signalling equipment (J3)".
The unit has been trapped at Shrub Hill, but ran back to Oxford, departing at 11:06. It took an hour (11:17-12:18) between Norton and Evesham. But arrived at Oxford at 13:05.
JourneyCheck is now reporting disruption until the end of the day:
Cancellations to services between Moreton-In-Marsh and Worcestershire Parkway Ll
Due to a safety inspection of the track between Moreton-In-Marsh and Worcestershire Parkway Ll all lines are blocked.
Train services running through these stations will be cancelled. Disruption is expected until the end of the day.
Due to a safety inspection of the track between Moreton-In-Marsh and Worcestershire Parkway Ll all lines are blocked.
Train services running through these stations will be cancelled. Disruption is expected until the end of the day.
| Re: Bristol First Bus drivers strike action - 16 to 19 Sep and 1 to 14 Oct 2025 In "Bristol (WECA) Commuters" [365917/30551/21] Posted by Phantom at 13:53, 22nd September 2025 | |
People forget its not just about pay. Members will want better terms and conditions which I don't blame them given all the stuff drivers have got to put up with something I know from personal experience as a driver myself and having given national express coaches in Bristol.
Obviously I want drivers to be paid properly, with good conditions of work and polite passengers.
That said, I wonder if there's a bit of politics on the part of Unite.
I agree with the above points, but I am always puzzled why people join these companies then within a short time a striking etc, it is not like anything suddenly changed
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 In "London to the Cotswolds" [365916/29711/14] Posted by ChrisB at 12:28, 22nd September 2025 | |
Now until 1600.....how long does it take?? Find a fuse?
| Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025 In "London to the Cotswolds" [365915/29711/14] Posted by Witham Bobby at 12:25, 22nd September 2025 | |
Nothing between Moreton in Marsh and Worcester because of a track inspection, 22/09/2025 ...
Due to a safety inspection of the track between Moreton-In-Marsh and Worcestershire Parkway Ll all lines are blocked.
Train services running through these stations will be cancelled. Disruption is expected until 14:00 22/09.
Customer Advice
Due to a safety inspection of the track, we are currently unable to run any trains between Moreton-in-Marsh and Worcestershire Parkway.
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Rail replacement transport has been requested in the form of coaches. Coaches will shuttle between Moreton-in-Marsh and Worcester Shrub Hill until further notice.
Last Updated:22/09/2025 12:12
Train services running through these stations will be cancelled. Disruption is expected until 14:00 22/09.
Customer Advice
Due to a safety inspection of the track, we are currently unable to run any trains between Moreton-in-Marsh and Worcestershire Parkway.
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Rail replacement transport has been requested in the form of coaches. Coaches will shuttle between Moreton-in-Marsh and Worcester Shrub Hill until further notice.
Last Updated:22/09/2025 12:12
| Re: Server slow ... In "News, Help and Assistance" [365914/30293/29] Posted by GBM at 11:06, 22nd September 2025 | |
You could perhaps offer your server to the various airlines currently struggling with an attack!
| Re: Automated information defects on the railways - merged topics, ongoing discussion In "Across the West" [365913/20293/26] Posted by johnneyw at 10:55, 22nd September 2025 Already liked by Mark A, Witham Bobby | |
The Montpelier Station platform info said that the 10.21 service towards Avonmouth was cancelled today.....then 30 seconds later it rolled into the station, very much an active service.
| Re: Dorset, Thousands of proposed extra homes, some near stations In "Campaigns for new and improved services" [365912/30774/28] Posted by grahame at 10:02, 22nd September 2025 | |
Interesting to see relatively small development quite close to Yetminster station, and at Thornford though within (my estimate) cycling rather than walking distance. Also a little at Maiden Newton. Nothing at Chetnole, Cattistock, or Holywell (where A37 and railway would provide ready-made travel arteries)
| Re: Server slow ... In "News, Help and Assistance" [365911/30293/29] Posted by grahame at 09:32, 22nd September 2025 | |
For us armchair viewers you get a sense of the problem and how it is escalating when you see there have been 2497 "users" on line today - and the record since the forum started is 2526 and that was only a fortnight ago.
Adjustments to our algorithms have reduced those numbers in recent days to about a third of what they were when you commented on the peak, BobM. But it's an ongoing 'game', and care needs to be taken to ensure we don't throw out the baby with the bathwater - or in this case the member with the unwanted automated spiders, some of which are masters of disguise.
Some traffic levels up 3000% ... yes, 30 times what they were a week ago ... and no great surprise that the responses have been a bit slow over the weekend. In fact the surprise, perhaps, is that the server has "toughed it out".
| Re: New TFW Cardiff and West Wales to Bristol Temple Meads service In "Bristol (WECA) Commuters" [365910/30679/21] Posted by John D at 09:29, 22nd September 2025 | |
Modern Railways has reported that service will be 9 return trains per day to Bristol, starting 13th September 2026.
Will be operated by 2car class 197 DMUs (which have 116 seats)
Apparently 2 early trains will start from Cardiff, the others will be extensions of services from west Wales that currently terminate at Cardiff. I am guessing 2 evening services from Bristol will end in Cardiff area.
Obviously don't know timetable yet, but these are current times of trains from west Wales to Cardiff.
05:35 from Carmarthen, arrives Cardiff 07:39
05:54 from Milford Haven, arrives Cardiff 08:45
07:16 from Pembroke Dock, arrives Cardiff 10:36
I won't list them all, but clearly not same time every hour
| Re: 175s to GWR In "Across the West" [365908/28982/26] Posted by GBM at 09:11, 22nd September 2025 | |
175114+175009 on it's way to Penzance from Laira. May return to Laira by returning as far as Newton Abbot before reversing back.
Although the first leg - Plymouth to Newton Abbot and return was cancelled!