This morning a person was hit by a train at Cholsey - all four tracks
were closed for some hours in the morning rush-hour to about mid-day.

This afternoon a person was hit by a train at Ealing Broadway - again
all four tracks were closed. In fact at Paddington - at one time -
there were NO services departing or arriving. In fact at one time the
departure board was completely black indicating that nothing was
running at all. This affected main line and local services to / from
Heathrow. As usual BAA failed to arrange alternative transport for
HEX / HConn Airport passengers.

CJB.

On 2012\10\30 17:35, CJB wrote:
This morning a person was hit by a train at Cholsey - all four tracks
were closed for some hours in the morning rush-hour to about mid-day.

This afternoon a person was hit by a train at Ealing Broadway - again
all four tracks were closed. In fact at Paddington - at one time -
there were NO services departing or arriving. In fact at one time the
departure board was completely black indicating that nothing was
running at all. This affected main line and local services to / from
Heathrow. As usual BAA failed to arrange alternative transport for
HEX / HConn Airport passengers.

Obviously the electric HEx trains were screwed, but why couldn't they
route at least some diesel trains through Castle Bar Park?

"Basil Jet" wrote in message
...
On 2012\10\30 17:35, CJB wrote:
This morning a person was hit by a train at Cholsey - all four tracks
were closed for some hours in the morning rush-hour to about mid-day.

This afternoon a person was hit by a train at Ealing Broadway - again
all four tracks were closed. In fact at Paddington - at one time -
there were NO services departing or arriving. In fact at one time the
departure board was completely black indicating that nothing was
running at all. This affected main line and local services to / from
Heathrow. As usual BAA failed to arrange alternative transport for
HEX / HConn Airport passengers.

Obviously the electric HEx trains were screwed, but why couldn't they
route at least some diesel trains through Castle Bar Park?


There's a very complete answer on uk.railway

On 2012\10\30 22:33, Graham Harrison wrote:

"Basil Jet" wrote in message
...
On 2012\10\30 17:35, CJB wrote:
This morning a person was hit by a train at Cholsey - all four tracks
were closed for some hours in the morning rush-hour to about mid-day.

This afternoon a person was hit by a train at Ealing Broadway - again
all four tracks were closed. In fact at Paddington - at one time -
there were NO services departing or arriving. In fact at one time the
departure board was completely black indicating that nothing was
running at all. This affected main line and local services to / from
Heathrow. As usual BAA failed to arrange alternative transport for
HEX / HConn Airport passengers.

Obviously the electric HEx trains were screwed, but why couldn't they
route at least some diesel trains through Castle Bar Park?


There's a very complete answer on uk.railway

There are 13406 very complete answers on uk.railway. Could you please
give me a one sentence version, or point me more accurately.

Basil Jet wrote:
On 2012\10\30 22:33, Graham Harrison wrote:

"Basil Jet" wrote in message
...
On 2012\10\30 17:35, CJB wrote:
This morning a person was hit by a train at Cholsey - all four tracks
were closed for some hours in the morning rush-hour to about mid-day.

This afternoon a person was hit by a train at Ealing Broadway - again
all four tracks were closed. In fact at Paddington - at one time -
there were NO services departing or arriving. In fact at one time the
departure board was completely black indicating that nothing was
running at all. This affected main line and local services to / from
Heathrow. As usual BAA failed to arrange alternative transport for
HEX / HConn Airport passengers.

Obviously the electric HEx trains were screwed, but why couldn't they
route at least some diesel trains through Castle Bar Park?


There's a very complete answer on uk.railway

There are 13406 very complete answers on uk.railway. Could you please
give me a one sentence version, or point me more accurately.

Look for the response by the Berkshire Pig.

On 2012\10\31 01:00, Recliner wrote:

Look for the response by the Berkshire Pig.

Thanks.

On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 10:35:27AM -0700, CJB wrote:

As usual BAA failed to arrange alternative transport for
HEX / HConn Airport passengers.

What, like a fleet of buses? Even the Picadilly line with its eleventy
zillion stops would be faster. So there's little point in them
arranging anything.

--
David Cantrell | Reality Engineer, Ministry of Information

There's no problem so complex that it can't be solved
by killing everyone even remotely associated with it

On Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:32:00 +0000
David Cantrell wrote:
On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 10:35:27AM -0700, CJB wrote:

As usual BAA failed to arrange alternative transport for
HEX / HConn Airport passengers.

What, like a fleet of buses? Even the Picadilly line with its eleventy
zillion stops would be faster. So there's little point in them
arranging anything.

Unless you're catching a connection at paddington or going somewhere near
there the piccadilly line is better full stop since by the time you've got
to paddington, shlepped over to the H&C or circle line platforms and waiting
15 mins for a train to crawl into the station then another 30 mins to crawl
anywhere useful the picc will already have got you to the west end.

B2003

wrote:
On Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:32:00 +0000
David Cantrell wrote:
On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 10:35:27AM -0700, CJB wrote:

As usual BAA failed to arrange alternative transport for
HEX / HConn Airport passengers.

What, like a fleet of buses? Even the Picadilly line with its eleventy
zillion stops would be faster. So there's little point in them
arranging anything.

Unless you're catching a connection at paddington or going somewhere near
there the piccadilly line is better full stop since by the time you've got
to paddington, shlepped over to the H&C or circle line platforms and waiting
15 mins for a train to crawl into the station then another 30 mins to crawl
anywhere useful the picc will already have got you to the west end.

Yup, those 'eleventy zillion' stops have the advantage of often being
within walking distance of where people actually want to go. Apart from a
few hotels, there isn't much useful within walking distance of Paddington.