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[Bluekiwi]

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Not the easiest document to understand. Find the date and then click on it and it explains ! Someone on here works for the railways so can perhaps explain better if reads this thread.

I subscribe to a magazine titled "Steam World" - rail travel in the days before quite a few on this forum were even twinkles in the parent's eyes. Anyway to the question of why an hour or so extra travel time. As someone mentioned the extra time is usually the result of Engineering works. It may not mean partial road transport, simply the train takes a different route.
One of the articles mentioned a train leaving Preston for Glasgow southbound rather than northbound - it was simply the way to gain access to a different route. Scared the life out of the author of the article.

 

[JGL07]

I subscribe to a magazine titled "Steam World" - rail travel in the days before quite a few on this forum were even twinkles in the parent's eyes. Anyway to the question of why an hour or so extra travel time. As someone mentioned the extra time is usually the result of Engineering works. It may not mean partial road transport, simply the train takes a different route.
One of the articles mentioned a train leaving Preston for Glasgow southbound rather than northbound - it was simply the way to gain access to a different route. Scared the life out of the author of the article.

That reminds me of a scary moment over 35 years ago. I and my wife were working in Birmingham and needed to catch a train back to Coventry where we lived at the time. We needed to get back to pick my children up from the Day Nursery before it closed.

Imagine our horror when the train left New Street travelling North West rather than South East. It was going away from Coventry rather than towards it. I imagined arriving in Wolverhampton instead of Coventry while the children were being whisked off to social services. As it happened the train was simply using a loop line to avoid an obstruction and soon was back on the route to Coventry where we arrived in planty of time.

 

[its a Barm]

I am going to win my bet we don’t take 20k!

Yes I would be surprised if there's more than 40k in total

 

[blue b4 the moon]

We'll be taking nobody if tickets aren't released.

 

[01282]

404 - Page Not Found | Avanti West Coast

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www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk

Not the easiest document to understand. Find the date and then click on it and it explains ! Someone on here works for the railways so can perhaps explain better if reads this thread.

Thanks pal. Like you say it’s not the easiest document to read but I’d wager it’s buses between rugby and Stafford.

 

[Silva's Magic Boot]

We're going to be buying our match tickets on the train down to London at this rate

 

[aka blue jambo]

Hotels starting to fill up now

 

[worsleyweb]

Jamaican man killed in Grenada over jerk chicken - Stabroek News

(Jamaica Observer) A Jamaican man was reportedly killed in Grenada last Thursday following a dispute over the cost of his jerk chicken. Now Grenada

www.stabroeknews.com

Looking forward to this now. Off to the Theatre in London on the Saturday night as well.

 

[Spurs quarter 69]

That reminds me of a scary moment over 35 years ago. I and my wife were working in Birmingham and needed to catch a train back to Coventry where we lived at the time. We needed to get back to pick my children up from the Day Nursery before it closed.

Imagine our horror when the train left New Street travelling North West rather than South East. It was going away from Coventry rather than towards it. I imagined arriving in Wolverhampton instead of Coventry while the children were being whisked off to social services. As it happened the train was simply using a loop line to avoid an obstruction and soon was ba1ck on the route to Coventry where we arrived in planty of time.

 

[Spurs quarter 69]

rr

1985 boarded a train at Preston bound for Murray field to watch Ireland play Scotland. Surprised to see my brother and several mates on the train heading to Palace to watch City. Pointed out they were on the wrong train, took a while before they believed me. Once they realised I was right they discussed if they should carry on to Scotland and watch Rangers as most had Bears allegiance or jump of at Lancaster and try to make it to Palace. They decided to do this and it was a good day all round as City and Ireland both won on the way to promotion and the triple crown.