Recent content by geoffk

Can I interrupt the argument about immigration for a moment. I'm travelling to Switzerland via Eurostar in 3 weeks time and will be taking a digital SLR camera. I'm hoping I don't need a carnet to prove that tax has been paid on my camera when I bring it back. You need this now for musical...

Thanks for info. I'll be having my first ride on the Eliz Line anyway and it's easy enough to "touch in" at Paddington.

As this thread is still open - I've a super off-peak return for next month, Digby & Sowton to London Terminals. I shall be going to/from Paddington but clearly I could travel to Waterloo, or to Victoria changing at Clapham Junction. The information from GWR states - "the following London...

An incoming Labour government should be aiming to prioritise NHS pay and conditions, along with others including care workers, teachers and prison/probation officers - and we don't know where the money will come from for those, so train drivers will I'm afraid be some way down the list. At least...

What self-respecting opera singer would sing in an advert?

There's a separate thread on the Wortley curve being brought back into use. Is this relevant to the discussion here? That implies a separate KX- Bradford service not calling at Leeds, unlikely to be viable you'd think, also using more capacity on ECML.

Difficult to achieve though on a double track railway for journeys like Chippenham - Bath, Penrith - Carlisle or Retford - Doncaster.

or police station......

Not only does Transport for Gtr Manchester use "train station" on their publicity but also "train line" for railway! When I worked there I did suggest that "a public body like ours" should set a good example. Does anyone say "train line"? And yes I regard train station as an Americanism.

I used to go to Patchway a lot as a teenage spotter but haven't been back for years! There must be remote monitoring with a phone inside for use if the lift breaks down - or, in the case of a staffed station, for "after hours" use when station staff have gone off duty. I remember concern being...

Do I take it that Ashley Down will be an unstaffed station with lifts? How many others does GWR operate as I can't think of any. I've seen glass-sided lifts on unstaffed stations in Denmark and this seems a sensible idea from the point of view of personal safety - but we don't seem to do this in...

Don't forget heritage railways.

Nearly everywhere outside London, buses are slow, even when not held up in traffic, because of our attachment to vehicles with just a single door for boarding and alighting and the need for all passengers to have some interaction with the driver. A change to dual-door vehicles and 100% off-bus...

Surely the last thing you want on the trams is loads of through B'ham to Wolves passengers, with over 20 intermediate stops to cater for.

OK - I thought public health was a devolved matter though. Although it doesn't affect me or my family, I've got mixed feelings about going down this road. Smoking does of course impose a big cost on the NHS, but then so does alcohol.