Where are you on the transport network?

[BassJunkie]

Newly refurbed Avanti West Coast train. Plugs are now easy to access with usb sockets too

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Is it my imagination that on trains from India, Japan, Turkey etc, they all manage to line up the seats with the windows?

 

[existentialist]

Hardcore enthusiasts will know why I chose this train as part of my journey home on Saturday night.

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Cos it's a 455. right?

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Cos it's a 455. right?

which i remember as new and boring and replacing 4-SUB units

pardon me while i feel old...

 

[teuchter]

Is it my imagination that on trains from India, Japan, Turkey etc, they all manage to line up the seats with the windows?

In Japan they go one better - not only do they all line up, but they rotate when the train changes direction and still line up with the windows.

 

[teuchter]

Cos it's a 455. right?

And?

 

[T & P]

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Where is that, then? It reminded me of Tegel, but that's closed already, right?

 

[existentialist]

And?

Its unit number is the same as the PIN on your debit card?

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Where is that, then? It reminded me of Tegel, but that's closed already, right?

Luton

 

[A380]

Where is that, then? It reminded me of Tegel, but that's closed already, right?

Luton. Which is just like Weimar Berlin at its height. Apart from the art, music and culture.

 

[teuchter]

 

[Elpenor]

Waiting for the train to London.

 

[hash tag]

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Waiting for the train to London.

London is quite a big place
enjoy

 

[Spymaster]

 

[BassJunkie]

On the rail replacement bus from Coleshill Parkway to Birmingham New Street. Yes, look on and weep with envy at my glamorous lifestyle!

 

[platinumsage]

At least it's only a short and planned bustitution, and not a hastily arranged midnight cross-country affair on an old school bus for which you've had to wait in a car park for 90 minutes.

 

[A380]

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Is that on the road that goes across the runway? And also the other land border with the EU?

 

[Spymaster]

Is that on the road that goes across the runway? And also the other land border with the EU?

That’s taken from the terminal terrace. The runway is behind the aircraft and the road that crosses the runway is just out of shot to the right.



This is taken from the crossing road. That minibus is in the middle of the runway.

Bonkers stuff!

 

[T & P]

View attachment 323513On the rail replacement bus from Coleshill Parkway to Birmingham New Street. Yes, look on and weep with envy at my glamorous lifestyle!

I used a rail replacement bus for the first time ever the other week. But as they go, it was probably as painless as any that exists in the UK. It was from Lewes to Brighton, but as there were no stops in between, and most of the route was on an A-road doing 50 mph, it was a breeze.

I’d fucking hate being on one following a commuter route from a London main station though. Must take fucking hours to just reach the M25 boundary.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

 

[teuchter]

 

[ska invita]

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Uncanny, I've been daydreaming to move within reach of that station this week, as I reckon I could handle the commute back to London on the Brighton Thameslink. Looks like the perfect spot

 

[teuchter]

Uncanny, I've been daydreaming to move within reach of that station this week, as I reckon I could handle the commute back to London on the Brighton Thameslink. Looks like the perfect spot

Good station for doing walks & bike rides in nice countryside within easy reach of south London. I'd say the best one on the Brighton line because you can get from station to open fields without having to tramp through too much depressing suburbia / car land.

 

[Elpenor]

£10 for 3.5 hours in a much comfier seat. Money well spent

 

[hash tag]

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I would have been far more impressed if it had been a picture of the tunnel Balcombe tunnel - Wikipedia

 

[tim]

 

[tim]

No WiFi!

 

[danny la rouge]

No WiFi!

Riot like the French!

 

[teuchter]

I also couldn't help myself



I get the impression most other passengers are doing not strictly necessary journeys too

 

[blossie33]

It's not a line that's really any use to me but I'll probably have a go from Farringdon to Whitechapel later in the week

 

[tim]

I also couldn't help myself

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I get the impression most other passengers are doing not strictly necessary journeys too

My local bus has been rerouted to Custom House, so, as I work in Greenwich, I my trip to Canary Wart was justifiable. However, not the fact that I went to Liverpool Street and then took another train back to Canary Wharf. I didn't pay for my trip I to zone one, either, so did nothing to help defray the the cost overrun.