On Mar 9, 1:08*am, Mizter T wrote:

On Mar 8, 7:58*pm, Arthur Figgis wrote:

On 08/03/2011 18:51, Paul wrote:

Purely coinicidentally, I was in Paris recently. The metro there
generally has a reputation for being more reliable the the London
Underground.

France's external reputation for transport doesn't generally stand up to
reality.

Other useful French phrases I've come across are "retard" (=departure)
and "service autocar" (=train not going to/from Paris).

retard is delay.

I see I seem to have suffered a SOH failure...!