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February 28th 05, 12:47 PM
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SWT improves punctuality to 90%
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4303317.stm
The new timetable has obviously had an effect, but is it really the timetable recast or just longer journey times that are to thank for the improvement? -- Dave Arquati Imperial College, SW7 www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London |
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February 28th 05, 05:33 PM
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Dave Arquati wrote in message ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4303317.stm The new timetable has obviously had an effect, but is it really the timetable recast or just longer journey times that are to thank for the improvement? As someone who drives freight trains, i'd assume that the 20 extra minutes it now takes us when following a stopper between Woking and Basingstoke is more than just coincidental.... |
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February 28th 05, 07:35 PM
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On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 13:47:42 +0000, Dave Arquati
wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4303317.stm The new timetable has obviously had an effect, but is it really the timetable recast or just longer journey times that are to thank for the improvement? I'd have hoped for more than 90% seeing the time trains I've been wait at stations. 5 minutes at Epsom in the evening is rather excessive. In the morning there's at least a minutes wait at Motspur Park and that can't be to give time for everyone to board. Don't think the number reaches double figures! Dave |
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February 28th 05, 08:10 PM
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SWT improves punctuality to 90%
David wrote:
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 13:47:42 +0000, Dave Arquati wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4303317.stm The new timetable has obviously had an effect, but is it really the timetable recast or just longer journey times that are to thank for the improvement? I'd have hoped for more than 90% seeing the time trains I've been wait at stations. 5 minutes at Epsom in the evening is rather excessive. In the morning there's at least a minutes wait at Motspur Park and that can't be to give time for everyone to board. Don't think the number reaches double figures! A major shortfall of the punctuality system seems to be that it only records arrival at the final destination - which seems odd, as given the computerised departure board system, I'd imagine departures from almost all intermediate points are already measured. -- Dave Arquati Imperial College, SW7 www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London |
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March 1st 05, 08:42 AM
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"James" wrote
Worse still, I've been on trains which have sat around for a minute and a half at Earlsfield. Not long ago, half the trains wouldn't even have stopped there. Instead they'd have stopped at a signal behind one that did. Peter |
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March 1st 05, 04:00 PM
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On 28 Feb 2005 10:33:10 -0800, alan b wrote:
As someone who drives freight trains, i'd assume that the 20 extra minutes it now takes us when following a stopper between Woking and Basingstoke is more than just coincidental.... Could you clarify - were you previously on the fast lines, or in front of the stoppers? -- http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p10754884.html (ex-GWR pannier tank 7760 on the turntable at Tyseley in 1987) |
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March 1st 05, 07:55 PM
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In message , James
writes Worse still, I've been on trains which have sat around for a minute and a half at Earlsfield. Not long ago, half the trains wouldn't even have stopped there. I get a mini-bus an hour if I'm lucky, yet you moan. -- Clive. |
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March 2nd 05, 08:19 PM
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"Peter Masson" wrote in message ...
"James" wrote Worse still, I've been on trains which have sat around for a minute and a half at Earlsfield. Not long ago, half the trains wouldn't even have stopped there. Instead they'd have stopped at a signal behind one that did. Peter So cynical. At least half the time, it would get on with it, make quick stops at Clapham and Vauxhall, then sit outside Waterloo waiting to get across into Platform 1 whilst something leaves Platform 2. J |
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March 2nd 05, 08:22 PM
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SWT improves punctuality to 90%
Clive Coleman wrote in message ...
In message , James writes Worse still, I've been on trains which have sat around for a minute and a half at Earlsfield. Not long ago, half the trains wouldn't even have stopped there. I get a mini-bus an hour if I'm lucky, yet you moan. The dynamics of an urban railway are very different to that of running a transport service in the boondocks. The problem is that SWT are forced to try and operate like a country railway within the urban section. They should be allowed, like LUL, to run a metro service with 15-20 second stops and simply getting on with it. Otherwise, they will deserve a reputation for being slow. J |
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