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CJB October 30th 12 04:35 PM

Persons hit by trains - FGW
 
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.

Basil Jet[_3_] October 30th 12 05:36 PM

Persons hit by trains - FGW
 
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?


Graham Harrison[_2_] October 30th 12 09:33 PM

Persons hit by trains - FGW
 

"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


Basil Jet[_3_] October 30th 12 11:06 PM

Persons hit by trains - FGW
 
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.

Recliner[_2_] October 31st 12 12:00 AM

Persons hit by trains - FGW
 
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.

Basil Jet[_3_] October 31st 12 12:41 AM

Persons hit by trains - FGW
 
On 2012\10\31 01:00, Recliner wrote:

Look for the response by the Berkshire Pig.


Thanks.

David Cantrell October 31st 12 12:32 PM

Persons hit by trains - FGW
 
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

[email protected] October 31st 12 01:44 PM

Persons hit by trains - FGW
 
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


Recliner[_2_] October 31st 12 02:02 PM

Persons hit by trains - FGW
 
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.


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