... From: Steam Dreams <steamnews@...> To: <pellingchris@...> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 5:52 PM Subject: [News] Steam Dreams News...
Chris
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Feb 2, 2002 12:20 am
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Train company plans more services for strike days South West Trains plans to step up the number of services it runs on strike days, even though it faces...
Taken from www.ananova.com <http://www.ananova.com> . Bournemouth train services during the South West Trains strike South West Trains will run to an extended...
Rather than send several from www.ananova.com <http://www.ananova.com> , I have merged all the information I can find into one. Trains on the Basingstoke to...
Sent to me from a local ... Peter, A while ago you invited me to join a local gen group, however I chose not to as my info for Wessex focus group would be very...
... occupied ... Do you happen to know how it got there? It must have travelled wrong line for a considerable distance, as there are no facing crossovers...
... It's not recent, and has been out of print for a good few years now. There is an updated volume due out in the near future - my copy has been pre-ordered...
As if to back up my comment earlier on WRgen about the demise of the 58's at EH, this posting has appeared on UK railway & pretty much backs up what I'd heard...
I was told that an item appeared on TeleText a week or so ago about Network Cards. Apparently moves are afoot to limit their use on fares of £10 and over. SWT...
Ron (and all), Changes to Network Card conditions ... . There are a few issues here. I have wondered for some time how much longer the Network Card would...
I must admit that it doesn't make good reading, but then I ain't really surprised. I too have often wondered how long the network card could keep going. If it...
In message Thu, 14 Mar 2002, 02:21:08, WessexRail@yahoogroups.com writes ... No, there will be a GBP10 minimum, so it'll cost a tenner. ... Again, GBP10...
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Chris
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Mar 20, 2002 2:50 pm
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Good morning all, The following I picked up from Ananova.com Protest over new railcard restrictions Angry commuters are protesting against train companies'...
Rob (and all), Thanks for the correction. I had obviously misunderstood the report (I blame bad writing by the Evening Standard!) to read that the £10 minimum...
In message Fri, 22 Mar 2002, 10:04:09, WessexRail@yahoogroups.com writes ... A tenner as that is the (threatened) minimum fare. Fares GBP15 & over: no change,...
Apologies for cross-posting if you subscribe to both WessexRail and RTN-UK. ............................................................. If the reason given...
Hi All This has probably already been posted on the GEN group (which I don't know how to subscribe to!) but for those of you interested, class 03 diesel no....
I recall that back in the 'sixties Off-Peak Returns (as they were known and which could be recognised because they were on pink card) weren't valid in the...
Can anyone say if Class 442 5-WES unit 2405 is in traffic or not. While checking out Class 47s in the Southampton area since last summer I have seen each class...
It may well of been allocated to the Pompey Express services, Wessexes work trains from Waterloo and Portsmouth, not just Weymouth! It also may of been ...
South West Trains is defending its decision to order £1 billion worth of new trains from Germany, rather than choosing British manufacturers. The Stagecoach...
Hi people. Sorry, but somehow this one got through. Rest assured this member has now been banned. Cheers, Lee. RECKON EMAIL <reckno206@...> wrote: By...
I am not surprised at all. The Germans are amazing engineers. In this country we prefer to strike so we can afford out new cars, houses, playstations etc. This...
I couldn't agree more. If we had taken more notice years ago and had faith in what we believed in, we could have been first with tilting trains (ATP). But with...
This is the way British business works. Yes sir of course we can do it. They start on the project find it is too difficult. The backers get frightened and pull...
... Oh dear. You have obviously been a victim of Ian Bowskill and gang whining on about mulitple postings and not trimming messages. Well they have nothing...
