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Bletchleyite's latest activity
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BBletchleyite replied to the thread Unpopular opinion: IETs are perfectly fine, for the most part..They are the same as the first class seats in IETs. I generally don't consider them to be good enough to be worth upgrading.
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BBletchleyite replied to the thread Unpopular opinion: IETs are perfectly fine, for the most part..Very similar to a 350 or 730, which on that track is pretty smooth. Indeed for years I called for there to be a "Class 344" i.e. a 25kV...
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BBletchleyite replied to the thread Unpopular opinion: IETs are perfectly fine, for the most part..I personally think it's better. IETs don't ride well, but in my book they ride better than Mk4s.
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BBletchleyite replied to the thread Delay Repay where Part Cancellation Reinstated After Departure.With an Avanti only walk-up ticket there isn't another opportunity were the train to be going up the Trent instead of via Brum. The...
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BBletchleyite replied to the thread GWR two passengers left behind at Paddington.It would be if you did it deliberately. Presumably however circumstances have at some point left you in the position of being a "last...
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BBletchleyite replied to the thread Cross Country Weekday First Class upgrades?.Probably that particularly given that businesses increasingly won't pay for 1st but some business travellers may want to upgrade out of...
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BBletchleyite replied to the thread Bad traffic enforcement.Supposedly this had to do with the basis under which the land those sections are on was transferred from the railway to road use (the...
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BBletchleyite replied to the thread GWR two passengers left behind at Paddington.The passage of time is different in Cumbria. It would probably be easier to pad the timetable than to make people in Cumbria hurry :)...
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BBletchleyite replied to the thread Bad traffic enforcement.There were some silly ones, e.g. the road from the A55 into Llandudno Junction which was too slow at 30 and got dropped to 20 by...
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BBletchleyite replied to the thread UK switching to electric vehicles discussion.The number of people in the car is significant. A family car with 4 in it is a pretty good use of roadspace, and per seat is I think...
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BBletchleyite replied to the thread Bad traffic enforcement.I'm told there is a north south split on the 20s. I find they are largely complied with in north Wales but I'm told by someone who...
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BBletchleyite replied to the thread TransPennine Express: "Fault with the catering trolley".There are lazy people in all jobs, the railway is particularly susceptible to it because most staff are not very closely supervised by...
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BBletchleyite replied to the thread Unpopular opinion: IETs are perfectly fine, for the most part..The Mk4 is worse. The only time I've ever been on a train riding so badly I was giving serious consideration to going and pulling the...
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BBletchleyite replied to the thread GWR two passengers left behind at Paddington.I was thinking that myself. It looks like they went to the other door, then something caused them not to be able to board there, so...
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BBletchleyite replied to the thread GWR two passengers left behind at Paddington.Southern states the same. It's not unusual for commuter operations. IC operations tend to use "the barriers will close 2 minutes...