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Author: AboAbo Date: Nov 27, 2007 00:36
Now that I work from Newcastle every Friday, the public transport link
on that day has suddenly become viable. So I now travel to work and back
by train every Friday. I have for four weeks now.
How's it been? Well, I have two stations close to me, both of which need
to be driven to. One because there is no bus link and the other, despite
being in town, has no bus link at the time I need to travel...
I started out using the first station. No parking there, so I parked in
a local residential street with no restrictions. The train to Newcastle
is direct, takes about an hour and until it gets to Durham it is
reasonable. Then it fills up and becomes a pain in the arse. At 6'2" I
struggle to get my knees in due to the cramped seating, and I burnt my
leg on the heater...
The return journey requires a change at Darlington and because the train
out of Newcastle was slightly late I missed the connection, resulting in
a 45 minute wait.
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Author: Mark HewittMark Hewitt Date: Nov 27, 2007 00:42
> So there you go. Overall it's not bad until it gets to Durham. And the
> train back is packed until Sunderland; this looks like a load of shoppers
> though so hopefully that'll ease off after Christmas.
You are going Durham to Newcastle via Sunderland? I'm confused.
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Author: David HansenDavid Hansen Date: Nov 27, 2007 00:52
On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:36:43 +0000 someone who may be Abo
wrote this:-
>How's it been? Well, I have two stations close to me, both of which need
>to be driven to. One because there is no bus link and the other, despite
>being in town, has no bus link at the time I need to travel...
What is the distance to both stations?
>The second time I used this route I decided to get a slightly earlier
>train out of Newcastle to avoid connection problems. Only someone had a
>heart attack on the Kings Cross train and it was stopped at
>Northallerton.
How selfish of someone to have a heart attack and how selfish of the
railways to stop the train so assistance could be provided. I have
been travelling on trains since the mid 1970s and can only recall
two cases where a train I was on was stopped while a medical
emergency (presumably a heart attack) was dealt with.
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Author: AboAbo Date: Nov 27, 2007 01:21
Mark Hewitt wrote:
>> So there you go. Overall it's not bad until it gets to Durham. And the
>> train back is packed until Sunderland; this looks like a load of shoppers
>> though so hopefully that'll ease off after Christmas.
>
> You are going Durham to Newcastle via Sunderland? I'm confused.
>
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On the way up the direct train goes home->Durham->Newcastle. The direct
one back goes Newcastle->Sunderland->home. If I get the same route back
as I do out there is no direct train for some reason so I have to change
at Darlington, which I'm less inclined to do as both times I've tried
I've missed the connection.
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Abo
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Author: AboAbo Date: Nov 27, 2007 01:26
David Hansen wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:36:43 +0000 someone who may be Abo
> wrote this:-
>
>> How's it been? Well, I have two stations close to me, both of which need
>> to be driven to. One because there is no bus link and the other, despite
>> being in town, has no bus link at the time I need to travel...
>
> What is the distance to both stations?
About the same, though one is along rural roads and the other into town.
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Author: NMNM Date: Nov 27, 2007 03:34
David Hansen wrote:
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> How selfish of someone to have a heart attack and how selfish of the
> railways to stop the train so assistance could be provided. I have
> been travelling on trains since the mid 1970s and can only recall
> two cases where a train I was on was stopped while a medical
> emergency (presumably a heart attack) was dealt with.
>
>
>
How simple it is to turn the ignition key and avoid all those hassles.
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Author: TommyTommy Date: Nov 27, 2007 04:10
As Doug enjoys or revels in "bad" news I wonder If he'll point out that
Train Fares are going up again faster than inflation?
Maybe if Government (any politician) had a joined up thought and believed we
might use public transport IF It was good value and was thought safe ?
as someone who might use the train at the weekend to go up to London I find
that the rail service seems to close down for a bit of R&R and anyway have
you seen the dregs coming out of London on a saturday :(
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Author: David HansenDavid Hansen Date: Nov 28, 2007 01:24
On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:34:38 GMT someone who may be NM
all.com> wrote this:-
>David Hansen wrote:
>>
>> How selfish of someone to have a heart attack and how selfish of the
>> railways to stop the train so assistance could be provided. I have
>> been travelling on trains since the mid 1970s and can only recall
>> two cases where a train I was on was stopped while a medical
>> emergency (presumably a heart attack) was dealt with.
>>
>How simple it is to turn the ignition key and avoid all those hassles.
People don't have heart attacks while driving motor vehicles and as
a result crash into things?
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Author: David HansenDavid Hansen Date: Nov 28, 2007 01:24
On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:26:34 +0000 someone who may be Abo
wrote this:-
>>> How's it been? Well, I have two stations close to me, both of which need
>>> to be driven to. One because there is no bus link and the other, despite
>>> being in town, has no bus link at the time I need to travel...
>>
>> What is the distance to both stations?
>
>About the same, though one is along rural roads and the other into town.
And what is that distance?
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Author: NMNM Date: Nov 28, 2007 01:49
David Hansen wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:34:38 GMT someone who may be NM
> all.com> wrote this:-
> >> David Hansen wrote:
>>> How selfish of someone to have a heart attack and how selfish of the
>>> railways to stop the train so assistance could be provided. I have
>>> been travelling on trains since the mid 1970s and can only recall
>>> two cases where a train I was on was stopped while a medical
>>> emergency (presumably a heart attack) was dealt with.
>>>
>> How simple it is to turn the ignition key and avoid all those hassles.
>
> People don't have heart attacks while driving motor vehicles and as
> a result crash into things?
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