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May 9th 21, 08:55 PM
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On Sun, 09 May 2021 15:55:04 GMT Recliner wrote: wrote: Express trains on the wycombe line? Amazingly, your knowledge of geography is even worse than your knowledge of engineering or railways! Oh sorry, I forgot, you think its a main line to birmingham. Yes, why would anyone get a train direct from euston to brum on the WCML when they could fart around getting there from paddington going via wycombe and bicester at a leisurely pace in a diesel train. Paddington?!?!? Anna Noyd-Dryver |
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May 9th 21, 10:04 PM
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On 09/05/2021 21:55, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:
wrote: On Sun, 09 May 2021 15:55:04 GMT Recliner wrote: wrote: Express trains on the wycombe line? Amazingly, your knowledge of geography is even worse than your knowledge of engineering or railways! Oh sorry, I forgot, you think its a main line to birmingham. Yes, why would anyone get a train direct from euston to brum on the WCML when they could fart around getting there from paddington going via wycombe and bicester at a leisurely pace in a diesel train. Paddington?!?!? Yes, why would anyone get a train direct from Marylebone when they could fart around at West Ealing waiting for a parliamentary to West Ruislip? |
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May 9th 21, 10:29 PM
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On 09/05/2021 21:55, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote: wrote: On Sun, 09 May 2021 15:55:04 GMT Recliner wrote: wrote: Express trains on the wycombe line? Amazingly, your knowledge of geography is even worse than your knowledge of engineering or railways! Oh sorry, I forgot, you think its a main line to birmingham. Yes, why would anyone get a train direct from euston to brum on the WCML when they could fart around getting there from paddington going via wycombe and bicester at a leisurely pace in a diesel train. Paddington?!?!? Yes, why would anyone get a train direct from Marylebone when they could fart around at West Ealing waiting for a parliamentary to West Ruislip? Aren't those now ECS, not parly? They're not shown on departure board at West Ealing. https://www.flickr.com/photos/recliner/50568885808/in/album-72157716758978336/lightbox/ |
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May 10th 21, 08:24 AM
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Certes wrote: On 09/05/2021 21:55, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote: wrote: On Sun, 09 May 2021 15:55:04 GMT Recliner wrote: wrote: Express trains on the wycombe line? Amazingly, your knowledge of geography is even worse than your knowledge of engineering or railways! Oh sorry, I forgot, you think its a main line to birmingham. Yes, why would anyone get a train direct from euston to brum on the WCML when they could fart around getting there from paddington going via wycombe and bicester at a leisurely pace in a diesel train. Paddington?!?!? Yes, why would anyone get a train direct from Marylebone when they could fart around at West Ealing waiting for a parliamentary to West Ruislip? Oh , Marylebone , even better! A nice leisurely tour going west first! Didn't know chiltern went to brum but looking at the 1:50 it takes to get there I'm not surprised they don't bother advertising the service. |
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May 10th 21, 09:23 AM
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wrote in message ... On Sun, 9 May 2021 23:04:54 +0100 Certes wrote: On 09/05/2021 21:55, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote: wrote: On Sun, 09 May 2021 15:55:04 GMT Recliner wrote: wrote: Express trains on the wycombe line? Amazingly, your knowledge of geography is even worse than your knowledge of engineering or railways! Oh sorry, I forgot, you think its a main line to birmingham. Yes, why would anyone get a train direct from euston to brum on the WCML when they could fart around getting there from paddington going via wycombe and bicester at a leisurely pace in a diesel train. Paddington?!?!? Yes, why would anyone get a train direct from Marylebone when they could fart around at West Ealing waiting for a parliamentary to West Ruislip? Oh , Marylebone , even better! A nice leisurely tour going west first! Didn't know chiltern went to brum but looking at the 1:50 it takes to get there I'm not surprised they don't bother advertising the service. But they do they focus on the much cheaper fares that you can get going that way And in case you haven't noticed, starting at Padd requires a leisurely tour going West, and it is a service that used to exist |
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May 10th 21, 04:04 PM
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On 10/05/2021 10:23, tim... wrote:
wrote in message ... On Sun, 9 May 2021 23:04:54 +0100 Certes wrote: On 09/05/2021 21:55, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote: wrote: On Sun, 09 May 2021 15:55:04 GMT Recliner wrote: wrote: Express trains on the wycombe line? Amazingly, your knowledge of geography is even worse than your knowledge of engineering or railways! Oh sorry, I forgot, you think its a main line to birmingham. Yes, why would anyone get a train direct from euston to brum on the WCML when they could fart around getting there from paddington going via wycombe and bicester at a leisurely pace in a diesel train. Paddington?!?!? Yes, why would anyone get a train direct from Marylebone when they could fart around at West Ealing waiting for a parliamentary to West Ruislip? Oh , Marylebone , even better! A nice leisurely tour going west first! Didn't know chiltern went to brum but looking at the 1:50 it takes to get there I'm not surprised they don't bother advertising the service. But they do they focus on the much cheaper fares that you can get going that way And in case you haven't noticed, starting at Padd requires a leisurely tour going West, and it is a service that used to exist Castle hauled last time I did it! Only as far as High Wycombe though. -- Graeme Wall This account not read. |
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May 10th 21, 07:45 PM
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"Graeme Wall" wrote in message ... On 10/05/2021 10:23, tim... wrote: wrote in message ... On Sun, 9 May 2021 23:04:54 +0100 Certes wrote: On 09/05/2021 21:55, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote: wrote: On Sun, 09 May 2021 15:55:04 GMT Recliner wrote: wrote: Express trains on the wycombe line? Amazingly, your knowledge of geography is even worse than your knowledge of engineering or railways! Oh sorry, I forgot, you think its a main line to birmingham. Yes, why would anyone get a train direct from euston to brum on the WCML when they could fart around getting there from paddington going via wycombe and bicester at a leisurely pace in a diesel train. Paddington?!?!? Yes, why would anyone get a train direct from Marylebone when they could fart around at West Ealing waiting for a parliamentary to West Ruislip? Oh , Marylebone , even better! A nice leisurely tour going west first! Didn't know chiltern went to brum but looking at the 1:50 it takes to get there I'm not surprised they don't bother advertising the service. But they do they focus on the much cheaper fares that you can get going that way And in case you haven't noticed, starting at Padd requires a leisurely tour going West, and it is a service that used to exist Castle hauled last time I did it! Only as far as High Wycombe though. I was thinking of the via Reading services, probably have to go back to the 80s for these They were there to serve the Reading to Brun corridor, but increased frequency of trains from the South Coast saw them them being withdrawn IIRC there was even an Edinburgh or Glasgow service from Padd via Reading |
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#8
May 10th 21, 08:18 PM
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On 10/05/2021 20:45, tim... wrote:
"Graeme Wall" wrote in message ... On 10/05/2021 10:23, tim... wrote: wrote in message ... On Sun, 9 May 2021 23:04:54 +0100 Certes wrote: On 09/05/2021 21:55, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote: wrote: On Sun, 09 May 2021 15:55:04 GMT Recliner wrote: wrote: Express trains on the wycombe line? Amazingly, your knowledge of geography is even worse than your knowledge of engineering or railways! Oh sorry, I forgot, you think its a main line to birmingham. Yes, why would anyone get a train direct from euston to brum on the WCML when they could fart around getting there from paddington going via wycombe and bicester at a leisurely pace in a diesel train. Paddington?!?!? Yes, why would anyone get a train direct from Marylebone when they could fart around at West Ealing waiting for a parliamentary to West Ruislip? Oh , Marylebone , even better! A nice leisurely tour going west first! Didn't know chiltern went to brum but looking at the 1:50 it takes to get there I'm not surprised they don't bother advertising the service. But they do they focus on the much cheaper fares that you can get going that way And in case you haven't noticed, starting at Padd requires a leisurely tour going West, and it is a service that used to exist Castle hauled last time I did it! Only as far as High Wycombe though. I was thinking of the via Reading services, probably have to go back to the 80s for these I was going back to the 60s :-) They were there to serve the Reading to Brun corridor, but increased frequency of trains from the South Coast saw them them being withdrawn IIRC there was even an Edinburgh or Glasgow service from Padd via Reading Don't remember those. I did Southampton - Reading - Edinburgh and return by HST but that was an XC service of course. -- Graeme Wall This account not read. |
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#9
May 10th 21, 10:17 PM
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tim... wrote:
"Graeme Wall" wrote in message ... On 10/05/2021 10:23, tim... wrote: wrote in message ... On Sun, 9 May 2021 23:04:54 +0100 Certes wrote: On 09/05/2021 21:55, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote: wrote: On Sun, 09 May 2021 15:55:04 GMT Recliner wrote: wrote: Express trains on the wycombe line? Amazingly, your knowledge of geography is even worse than your knowledge of engineering or railways! Oh sorry, I forgot, you think its a main line to birmingham. Yes, why would anyone get a train direct from euston to brum on the WCML when they could fart around getting there from paddington going via wycombe and bicester at a leisurely pace in a diesel train. Paddington?!?!? Yes, why would anyone get a train direct from Marylebone when they could fart around at West Ealing waiting for a parliamentary to West Ruislip? Oh , Marylebone , even better! A nice leisurely tour going west first! Didn't know chiltern went to brum but looking at the 1:50 it takes to get there I'm not surprised they don't bother advertising the service. But they do they focus on the much cheaper fares that you can get going that way And in case you haven't noticed, starting at Padd requires a leisurely tour going West, and it is a service that used to exist Castle hauled last time I did it! Only as far as High Wycombe though. I was thinking of the via Reading services, probably have to go back to the 80s for these They were there to serve the Reading to Brun corridor, but increased frequency of trains from the South Coast saw them them being withdrawn IIRC there was even an Edinburgh or Glasgow service from Padd via Reading The services into Paddington lasted until 2003 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_CrossCountry Anna Noyd-Dryver |
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#10
May 10th 21, 09:53 AM
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On Sun, 9 May 2021 23:04:54 +0100 Certes wrote: On 09/05/2021 21:55, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote: wrote: On Sun, 09 May 2021 15:55:04 GMT Recliner wrote: wrote: Express trains on the wycombe line? Amazingly, your knowledge of geography is even worse than your knowledge of engineering or railways! Oh sorry, I forgot, you think its a main line to birmingham. Yes, why would anyone get a train direct from euston to brum on the WCML when they could fart around getting there from paddington going via wycombe and bicester at a leisurely pace in a diesel train. Paddington?!?!? Yes, why would anyone get a train direct from Marylebone when they could fart around at West Ealing waiting for a parliamentary to West Ruislip? Oh , Marylebone , even better! A nice leisurely tour going west first! With your F grade in geography, you probably also don't know that the northbound line from Marylebone passes over the line from Euston at South Hampstead. The former GCR line is headed almost directly due north, while the former LNWR line is headed south west on its meandering route to Birmingham. So the Euston route heads west first, while the Marylebone route heads north first. In terms of distance: MYB-BMO: 111.56 miles.chains EUS-BHM: 112.73 miles.chains So the Marylebone routes is actually slightly shorter. Didn't know chiltern went to brum but looking at the 1:50 it takes to get there I'm not surprised they don't bother advertising the service. They don't need to. Not everyone shares your extreme degree of ignorance, and many people prefer Marylebone and Moor Street to Euston and New Street, plus the Chiltern trains are cheaper, more spacious and much more comfortable. Not surprisingly, they're very popular. |
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