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Re: I've paid ukp73 to sit on the floor

2009-11-28T01:41:56Z

What guarantee is there that the later train will actually be running or
that it will have empty seats or that it will have even the timetable
advertised number of carriages or for that matter will have the buffet?

Re: Workington North

2009-11-28T01:40:50Z

On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:46:05 +0000, David Hansen
It also reduces the possibility of the emergency services risking
their own lives to rescue the idiots.

BBC: Euro train booking system shelved

2009-11-28T01:32:04Z

Railteam, the alliance of European high-speed rail operators, has shelved
plans for a Europe-wide common booking system because of increasing costs.
The system would have allowed customers to book tickets for Europe-wide rail
journeys in a single transaction.
The platform was due to be unveiled this year, but has been scrapped for the

Re: I've paid ukp73 to sit on the floor

2009-11-28T00:11:35Z

If you have to resort to abuse you have already lost the argument.

Re: I've paid ukp73 to sit on the floor

2009-11-28T00:09:40Z

On Nov 27, 8:11 pm, "Paul Stevenson" <paul.pdste...@phonecoop.coop>
wrote:
My goodness me.
Historically I never agree with Roland on _anything_. (Which is kind
of ironic given that he designed the computer to which I owe my
career, but hey.)
But here: Roland says that he has paid £73 to sit on the floor. The

Re: Slightly O/T - Hitachi Bullet Train to Challenge France's TGV in Own Backyard (sic)

2009-11-28T00:02:32Z

How about comparing commuter services along the Trent Valley and into
Crewe with the off-peak south of Northampton? An equally meaningless
comparison...
Now comparing off-peak north of Northampton and off-peak south thereof
*would* make sense.

Re: I've paid ukp73 to sit on the floor

2009-11-27T23:51:59Z

On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:45:23, "David Thornhill" <s...@ntlworld.com>
wrote:
Most will have onward transport to catch when they alight; either a
connecting train, bus or a partner in a car.
If they switch to the next service, they could have a long wait at the
interchange, if they miss their onward service and the frequency is

Re: St Pancras toilets

2009-11-27T23:48:45Z

As the 19.15 is the first train to destinations north of Kettering on
the mainline where off-peak tickets are available (after the 16.25), I
can well imagine it still seems like rush hour. If you go by ticket
validity, then rush hour appears to last for two and a half hours, but
I can well imagine that the 19.15 will be much more crowded than the

Re: I've paid ukp73 to sit on the floor

2009-11-27T23:46:53Z

They obviously think at least one is.

Re: How could they do that to Nuneaton ?

2009-11-27T23:44:54Z

The most sympatheitc thing that could be done to Nuneaton uses TNT.

How could they do that to Nuneaton ?

2009-11-27T23:38:56Z

Visited the station for the first time since bit 'gobbed on'. Theres this
classic brick built mess with new doors and things and they add some modern
meccano to it ! Couldnt something a bit more sympathetic have been tacked
on - old corregated sheeting would have looked more in keeping. Also there

Re: Slightly O/T - Hitachi Bullet Train to Challenge France's TGV in Own Backyard (sic)

2009-11-27T23:37:50Z

On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:22:34 -0800 (PST), EE507 <ee...@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
No, it's an observation of which seats are taken first, which goes
roughly thus on most middle-distance LM services full of commuters
travelling alone:-
1. One seat in an unoccupied priority airline row.
2. One seat in an unoccupied non-priority airline row.

Re: Pass The Sick Bag

2009-11-27T23:36:29Z

Works ok for me. I have OpenSUSE 11.2 with the additions from the Packman
repo and all seems to be working in Firefox.

Re: LM observation from today

2009-11-27T23:27:28Z

On Nov 27, 10:36 pm, wensleyd...@pacersplace.org.uk (Neil Williams)
wrote:
True, but they did manage better before they loaned the 350/1s to
Southern. It will be interesting to see if allocations improve once
all these units return and the new timetable starts.

Re: Slightly O/T - Hitachi Bullet Train to Challenge France's TGV in Own Backyard (sic)

2009-11-27T23:23:48Z

On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:07:21 +0000, Charlie Hulme
The demographic of the passengers going beyond Northampton, as noted
above. (Notably, a lot of these passengers seem to be going to/from
Atherstone - to think it was under threat of closure...)
Having used it both north and south of Northampton, this seems quite