Recent content by DelW

There's only a single platform in use, so it's hard to see why not. The old down platform (and line) has been out of use for many years. IIRC on recent timetables alternate trains have terminated at Esplanade and not run to Pier Head.

"An announcement or two"? Can I travel on your line please? On SWR (at least until recently), you'd have sat through three or more before leaving Waterloo, and another three or four by Clapham Junction. On metro services with frequent stops, they felt almost continuous, being played in...

Point well made, and I'm in full agreement. The constant mantra of penalties and punishments repeated ad nauseam after every station call makes for a generally unpleasant atmosphere on board. I strongly suspect that law-abiding but nervous passengers actually feel less safe, imagining that they...

Walking up Glanmor Terrace in New Quay, Ceredigion, this afternoon, we could see hills and mountains curving all round Cardigan Bay. The furthest westward ones we could see were almost exactly on the alignment of the road we were on. Projecting this line on Google maps, I think we were looking...

I did something similar on an SWR off peak return last week. My destination was Bournemouth, but I used the return part firstly from Christchurch to Totton, then later from Southampton Central to home, all without problems. It's usually only advance tickets, or a few specific locations where...

Surprisingly, travelling on Weymouth services last weekend, SWR's usual stream of hostile and outright threatening messages was mercifully absent. Perhaps SWR management consider the good folk of Dorset to be law-abiding, while apparently believing their metro services to be full of thugs...

In case you missed it, the pier closure and shuttle trains were discussed in this thread: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/road-replacement-rail-service-up-ryde-pier-25-28-september.305963/#post-7962081

It does seem strange. According to the updated version of the report (linked above) which implies that the nearest police car to Newport was at Pier Head at the time.

Oxfam still have some books-only shops, which not only have larger stocks, but also sort the books into categories, making browsing for a specific subject easier.

The White House has now deployed 'bullsh*t Barbie' mk2, who makes her predecessor look like an intellectual giant by comparison. She stumbled through a pre-scripted intrfoduction, took three questions all from right wing media, then closed the briefing after 14 minutes. Numerous reports from...

One advantage of that change might be to produce additional accessible rooms. My late partner had mobility problems and always tried to book an accessible ground floor room, but some hotels had very few if any available. She couldn't manage stairs, and was always worried about the possibility...

My impression has always been that Best Western is really little more than a booking agency. They seem to impose little standardisation on the individual franchisees, so the quality varies widely. I've stayed in some that were very good, but it ain't always so!

The road replacement trains might be needed again today, as road access up the pier is blocked by a crashed police car. It looks like the foot pier is closed as well. Currently Wightlink ferries are suspended though...

The ex steakhouse (unsure which brand) at the Premier Inn at Ferndown near Bournemouth has also recently become a Wetherspoons. I believe 'spoons have bought several others at PI sites too.

Allegedly, the last 4 episodes (14 - 17 inc) were cobbled together largely from footage that had already been shot for a second 13-episode series, which had by then been cancelled due to escalating costs. Whether Patrick McGoohan would have been able to achieve a satisfactory ending even with a...