In truth, delays due to cable theft are not as common as you may think. I commute every weekday and in an area notorious for cable theft. I dont think weve had more than a couple of delays since January.
We also have some zones out towards the Humber still on semaphores, and that makes for an interesting journey on the odd occasion I go that way. I had to go to London last week for a meeting. These days, meetings are condensed to allow travel there & back in the day outside peak times. So I went from Doncaster on the 08.31 non-stop to KX arrived 10.13 bang on time. Single standard was £12.00. A car cant compete with that. Return was 15.48 with stops at Grantham and Retford. Arrived Doncaster at 17.29 five minutes late. Single standard was £17.00. I call that excellent value, and service. In truth, the business paid standard fare and I upgraded at my own expense, First was £39 each way. The return service was only 10% full. Dave (a big rail fan). _____ From: Richard Jones [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 09 May 2012 18:48 To: mogtalk2 Subject: Re: [mogtalk2] BBC E-mail: Google gets driverless licence Brian I believe there is also value in the casings of fibre cables someone told me recently when working in Cape Town - they get round it by using satellite - butt then you can always nick the satellite base station Richard M800RGN+8 _____ From: Brian Cowell <[email protected]> To: mogtalk2 <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, 9 May 2012, 12:11 Subject: Re: [mogtalk2] BBC E-mail: Google gets driverless licence Back to semaphores with steel wire, or fibre optics. Brian On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 10:18 AM, Tim Harris <[email protected]> wrote: If we could have railway system as good as that in most of Europe, it would be splendid indeed. Unfortunately for me to use the railway for my work would be either impossible (e.g. I can't get to Exeter before 09:00 in the morning) or ruinously expensive (std return to Paddington is £146.00). Another problem with the railways is that they suffer from constant delays caused by 'signalling problems' - i.e. cable theft. Tim ------------------------------------------- View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=22459785&id_secret=22459785-4a39ddf8 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
