http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/ en-us Copyright 2008 Sun, 11 May 2008 09:12:30 +0000 Sun, 11 May 2008 09:32:12 +0000 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.01D http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss We travelled from Westbury to Minehead yesterday on the "Minehead Marauder" - a special train donated for the day by First Great Western, staff working unpaid, on behalf of The Railway Children charity. At Minehead, you'll find the end... http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/05/one_long_journe.html http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/05/one_long_journe.html Sun, 11 May 2008 09:12:30 +0000 The A36 is closed for 12 weeks at Limpley Stoke, and the signposted diversion is along the A350 throught the outskirts of Melksham, parallel with the TransWilts Railway line I had an appointment in Corsham at 9 O'Clock this morning... http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/04/road_busy_railw.html http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/04/road_busy_railw.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:51:13 +0000 Major development is taking place near our local station - here's a view from the platform on Monday evening showing Spencer's Gate Development, which wasn't there 2 years ago, and which was advertised as being "close to the station" There's... http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/04/population_grow.html http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/04/population_grow.html Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:47:49 +0000 "Hi Graham I used to use this service. Then it was cut so I had to leave my job in Swindon as I couldn't get there by train. I am certainly willing to help on that one it used to... http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/04/loss_of_train_l.html http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/04/loss_of_train_l.html Thu, 03 Apr 2008 06:46:27 +0000 I'm hearing on the news that Heathrow's newly opened Terminal 5 was in a state of some chaos on its first day today, with "Hand baggage only" being order of the daym, and what started as a smooth operation in... http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/03/terminal_5_a_po.html http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/03/terminal_5_a_po.html Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:09:15 +0000 "It didn't make any sense." So said a delegate on this week's course that I'm running in Melksham. Looking to travel down from Oxford, where he lives, by train ... that's about 60 miles. What did the train website tell... http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/03/senseless_servi.html http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/03/senseless_servi.html Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:13:38 +0000 A Typical Morning in my Hotelier's diary here in Melksham, Wiltshire. The end-of-the-week business guests are leaving and making for their next destinations - the intenational set today (for the UK based folks left yesterday, today being Good Friday) "When's... http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/03/not_a_swiss_clo.html http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/03/not_a_swiss_clo.html Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:41:46 +0000 Isn't it ridiculous? I'm going to an event called "Social Enterprise and the railways" today - and I'm Driving there - to Swindon. How silly can you get - well - I could have left of the direct train at... http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/03/the_heart_says.html http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/03/the_heart_says.html Sat, 08 Mar 2008 05:38:18 +0000 This is the meeting season! On Thursday, I was at the West Wilts Rail User Group public meeting in Bradford-on-Avon, on Friday at the Major's reception in Melksham, and yesterday at TravelWatch SouthWest - the organisation runs, twice a year,... http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/03/meeting_season.html http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/03/meeting_season.html Sun, 02 Mar 2008 10:00:35 +0000 Why do we drink cow's milk, but not pig's milk? Cows can produce around 65 pints of milk a day, whereas pigs produce around 17 pints. And pigs milk has to be collected from goodness knows how many teats, whereas... http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/02/milk_producers.html http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/02/milk_producers.html Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:57:10 +0000 A Single ticket window open, and a long queue; a mature couple making what seemed to be a refund enquiry for a lost ticket. Sign saying "Why queue twice" extolling value of tickets to include London Travel cards, and I... http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/02/an_unusual_jour.html http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/02/an_unusual_jour.html Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:26:02 +0000 I welcome comments on this blog. There's no way that I want to stop any readers coming back with comments on what I have said - such disussions make a very lively ongoing debate on certain subjects, and other viewpoints... http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/02/want_to_comment.html http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/02/want_to_comment.html Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:07:48 +0000 I was in Nottingham last week ... and I was impressed by the quality and range of services on offer by rail. I commuted from there to Beeston (up to six services per hour) and took a few pictures to... http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/02/where_has_our_t.html http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/02/where_has_our_t.html Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:01:09 +0000 I'm training this week in Beeston, in Nottingham, with a view from my training room over the station. I'm struck by the number of trains that come through, the high proportion that seem to stop, and by how modern they... http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/01/comparing_a_dif.html http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/01/comparing_a_dif.html Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:33:43 +0000 It's the morning of More Train Less Strain's highly publicised train strike, and I note that First Great Western's services are on best behaviour. Of course there are many problmes that are outisde their control and there's an element of... http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/01/fare_strike_day.html http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/update/archives/2008/01/fare_strike_day.html Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:32:05 +0000