Snow

[D306]

I was saying how a normal 15 minuite journey takes longer to do with the snow :roll:

 

[martyn29]

snow snow how much more to go?

another 4cm fell here this morning in northants.

Kettering?

 

[P156KWJ]

Most bues are suspended in Nottingham! I was waited 1 hour for a 27! (Normally every 10 minutes!!). The 21 is suspended because they didnt grit the roads in St Anns I dont think :roll: and because of all the hills in Carlton Valley!

That many people are trying to get on the NCT website, it wont work!!

The red line was really struggling. I waited 40 minutes in Colwick for a 45, whilst 5 44s had passed (one of which was an Orange Line omnicity too!) and the 100 had been cut back to Lowdham as evidantley the village was covered. though why it couldn't just skip it and pick up everyone at Magna Charta is anyones guess :???:

 

[westcoaster]

Kettering?

ohhh close... bit further south

 

[martyn29]

wellingborough?

 

[MCR247]

The red line was really struggling. I waited 40 minutes in Colwick for a 45, whilst 5 44s had passed (one of which was an Orange Line omnicity too!) and the 100 had been cut back to Lowdham as evidantley the village was covered. though why it couldn't just skip it and pick up everyone at Magna Charta is anyones guess :???:

Really? When i was waiting in town from 08:10 to 09:05 (hock for a 27 I saw about 20 44/45s go by. 55 minutes for a 27!!

 

[Bill EWS]

Went over to Didcot station yesterday just after noon to see how things were going in the snow. Everything appeared to be running O.K.

http://theatreorgans.com/hammond/keng/kenhtml/DidcotStation5thFebruary2009PageOne.htm

Cheers.

BillEWS.

 

[Dennis]

Went over to Didcot station yesterday just after noon to see how things were going in the snow. Everything appeared to be running O.K.

http://theatreorgans.com/hammond/keng/kenhtml/DidcotStation5thFebruary2009PageOne.htm

Cheers.

BillEWS.

What a well thought out collection; shows the layout and some of the ops at Didcot under unusual weather conditions.

As for the snow.....that's great, it's just all the ice on roads and pavements that's getting me down.

 

[Guinness]

Nothing since the smattering we had on a Monday Morning, just been laying on the hills since then given the -2 degree weather.

 

[anthony263]

just heard on the weather report that south wales/bristol etc could have another lot of snow tommorow night so i dont think we are out of the woods yet.

expected to hit us around 16:30 onwards right when i am driving a bus back from swansea, how fun

 

[P156KWJ]

Really? When i was waiting in town from 08:10 to 09:05 (hock for a 27 I saw about 20 44/45s go by. 55 minutes for a 27!!

this was about 0945 ish, missed my 1028 train as a result

Pics from the other day:

Just to show how much snow ended up on the front of 158785. It was filthy by the end of the day and had only been repainted for a few days!

Looks like the First Class lounge staff at Leicester had some fun! Note the chocolate & ginger biscuit eyes

EMT 153313 on an ECS move at Nottingham

XC voyager at Chesterfield for Penzance

one for John_158 - 4 cars on Liverpool to Norwich!!!

 

[me123]

Been a recent "snow storm" in Glasgow, although it's calmed down now.

OK, storm's a bit of an exaggeration, but it's the most we've had for some time anyway.

 

[MCR247]

Snowing again here.

 

[FusionRail]

HAHA that snowman is great :P

And so it continues not to snow here in portsmouth...

 

[mbonwick]

Snowing here again, it's put about 4" down now. Not much, but I live in hope!

 

[John_158]

If you think thats snow just have a look a the attached picture :-

 

[D306]

I've seen much more than that attached picture John. Plenty of the stuff here in MK

 

[Guinness]

If you think thats snow just have a look a the attached picture :-

That's snow as well.

 

[John_158]

That's snow as well.

Nice Veiw thogh isn't it ?

 

[Max]

More snow today! Caused chaos in the evening rush-hour .

 

[D306]

had a light dusting here. not much though

 

[Coxster]

More snow today! Caused chaos in the evening rush-hour .

We had some snow down South as well, but I didn't notice much chaos. Funny that - it's normally the other way round

 

[Guinness]

No snow in the North West. Everything is orite up ere.

 

[P156KWJ]

Crich tram village is gonna be shut over half term thanks to the thick snow and ice! (source being BBC)

 

[Guinness]

No snow in the North West. All fine over here.

 

[LilLoaf]

More snow today! Caused chaos in the evening rush-hour .

Must have been the "wrong type of snow", madness how a bit of snow causes so many problems its madness. People who are defeated by snow like bus drivers saying its unsafe to drive should be sacked, its only a bit of snow, deal with it.

 

[dan_atki]

Must have been the "wrong type of snow", madness how a bit of snow causes so many problems its madness. People who are defeated by snow like bus drivers saying its unsafe to drive should be sacked, its only a bit of snow, deal with it.

You're sending out mixed messages. When we had the bulk of the snow at the start of the month you said:

A bus free London no buses at all, i carn't think of anything better wish i was driving through would have been brill. I sure the the taxi's were pleased. Hope the snow keeps on falling and forces all busses of the road, (Not in a crash obviously) just so that they don't leave the depot.

Eee a couple of inches of snow, Is in time to build an ark ?

So which is it? No buses due to snow or force buses to run in the snow?

Please explain why driving in snow and ice isn't dangerous. Increased braking distances, reduced visibility, and generally poor driving conditions aside, that is.

 

[Ben]

LilLoaf, do you drive?

 

[Ascot]

Must have been the "wrong type of snow", madness how a bit of snow causes so many problems its madness. People who are defeated by snow like bus drivers saying its unsafe to drive should be sacked, its only a bit of snow, deal with it.

Why don't you do it if it's only a bit of snow?

 

[Guinness]

Update from the North West:

No Snow.