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Today I saw an EMT Meridian blow through my station where it was supposed to stop, having to park itself a bit down the line and back up to the station. Anyone seen this and can comment on how huge a pain in the dick it is when it happens? I imagine that driver was not in anyone's good books today.
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Bozza posted:You'd be caught by the TPWS and thud into the buffers at 2mph sadly. Still good enough to kill 2 people in a Class 415 though!
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Dec 16, 2015 12:27
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Metrication posted:The DfT thing seems to imply they are going to have a single franchise directly controlled by the department? Which would amount to renationalisation? I wonder if this is an attempt by the Tories to take out possible avenues of attack from Labour? I can't see many people really fervently opposing re-nationalisation anyway, you can see the quiet takeback of Network Rail for that.
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Jan 21, 2016 15:35
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Metrication posted:It begins... So how long after this goes through do we have another Hatfield or Potter's Bar crash then?
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Feb 16, 2016 00:21
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TinTower posted:Yet FGW still exist I cannot possibly imagine the size of the piles of cocaine that FGW have to shovel in the direction of the Department of Transport in order to keep their franchises. Connex should have paid attention. FISHMANPET posted:Guys why did nobody tell me Michael Portillo had come to my fair country, USA, to wax poetically about our infrastructure disasters? I have a soft spot for Michael Portillo because on his history radio show about the pre-WWI world you would expect him to wax lyrical about a bygone age for more civilized folk, but in reality he talks about how poo poo everything was with a completely out of touch aristocratic leadership, trade unionists getting shot and anarchists throwing bombs everywhere.
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Feb 18, 2016 16:38
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feedmegin posted:It's not FGW any more, it's GWR and it's 'our railway' Well a least the livery is nicer now I guess? Brunel is still spinning in his grave though.
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Feb 18, 2016 23:19
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landofcake posted:I think some of them do, I've definitely got off an HST at Slough before (I don't plan to repeat it, it's Slough). I don't know how much it applies to the GWR but on the Midland Mainline HST sets only stop at 2 stations in between Nottingham and Leicester while the Meridian DMUs stop at 10 or so, presumably due to the fact that it's much quicker to get passengers on and off trains with automatic doors.
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Feb 22, 2016 13:43
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kingturnip posted:Points failure at Stansted Mountfitchet this morning, but the Abellio Greater Anglia 'Journey Checker' had Hertford East trains as 'green', so I left the house and got to the station to find the station staff announcing that everything was cancelled (although the departure board said otherwise). Great work, you loving clowns. More like AbellENDio amirite
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Mar 2, 2016 13:30
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Cerv posted:Driver only operation requires platform CCTV or mirrors for them to make sure all doors are clear before moving off. Are the stations past Leatherhead just really old and not had that put in? I'll take "Franchise operator is too cheap to install them", Bob.
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Hezzy posted:When in doubt, double down Hey, it's working for Jeremy Hunt 
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