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Title: Train departure times !!
Post by: henryd on 16 November 2017, 13:47:56
I see that the Japs have issued an apology after a train left 20 secs early :o ;D ;D

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42009839
Title: Re: Train departure times !!
Post by: raywilb on 16 November 2017, 14:01:58
I worked in Germany for a number of years & had to catch a local train. I cant remember ever a train being late, nor a tram or bus.
Title: Re: Train departure times !!
Post by: aaronjb on 16 November 2017, 14:59:21
File under "Things that will never happen in Britain"
Title: Re: Train departure times !!
Post by: henryd on 16 November 2017, 17:23:40
File under "Things that will never happen in Britain"

Yep  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Train departure times !!
Post by: tunnie on 16 November 2017, 18:51:57
Took bullet train from Tokyo to Kyoto few years back, it was raining for part of it. They appologised for only doing 140mph, once rain cleared I felt push back in seat as the train gunned it from 140mph upwards....
Title: Re: Train departure times !!
Post by: BazaJT on 16 November 2017, 19:49:29
We are very good at inventing things,railways,cricket and loads of other stuff.The trouble is it all goes down the pan at a rapid rate of knots shortly after.
Title: Re: Train departure times !!
Post by: Rods2 on 16 November 2017, 19:55:13
Took bullet train from Tokyo to Kyoto few years back, it was raining for part of it. They appologised for only doing 140mph, once rain cleared I felt push back in seat as the train gunned it from 140mph upwards....

Before HS1 was finished you certainly noticed the difference in speed each side of the Chunnel when using the Eurostar, which was also as punctual and reliable as everything else with British and railways in the sentence. :( :( :(
Title: Re: Train departure times !!
Post by: aaronjb on 17 November 2017, 09:20:31
Took bullet train from Tokyo to Kyoto few years back, it was raining for part of it. They appologised for only doing 140mph, once rain cleared I felt push back in seat as the train gunned it from 140mph upwards....

I want to go back to Japan for my 40th next year and if I do, the bullet train is definitely on the list - I wasn't there for long enough last time.
Title: Re: Train departure times !!
Post by: TheBoy on 17 November 2017, 17:48:02
Hmmm, I wonder if Chiltern have ever left early? Or even on time?
Title: Re: Train departure times !!
Post by: tunnie on 17 November 2017, 20:23:20
Took bullet train from Tokyo to Kyoto few years back, it was raining for part of it. They appologised for only doing 140mph, once rain cleared I felt push back in seat as the train gunned it from 140mph upwards....

I want to go back to Japan for my 40th next year and if I do, the bullet train is definitely on the list - I wasn't there for long enough last time.

It's such a great experiance, I feel for the conductor he bowed on entry & exit of each carriage, it had 18 of them.
Title: Re: Train departure times !!
Post by: tunnie on 17 November 2017, 20:24:29
Hmmm, I wonder if Chiltern have ever left early? Or even on time?

As you know I used Chiltern for nearly 3 years, I found them very reliable.

Far more so than South West, Great Western, Southern.
Title: Re: Train departure times !!
Post by: TheBoy on 18 November 2017, 12:36:12
Hmmm, I wonder if Chiltern have ever left early? Or even on time?

As you know I used Chiltern for nearly 3 years, I found them very reliable.

Far more so than South West, Great Western, Southern.
I have been using them since long before privatisation, and cannot see much in the way of improvements, only the rules now allow them to be 15mins late before calling them late.
Title: Re: Train departure times !!
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 18 November 2017, 12:37:35
Hmmm, I wonder if Chiltern have ever left early? Or even on time?

As you know I used Chiltern for nearly 3 years, I found them very reliable.

Far more so than South West, Great Western, Southern.
I have been using them since long before privatisation, and cannot see much in the way of improvements, only the rules now allow them to be 15mins late before calling them late.

They would need to fall on their sword in Japan for that. :)
Title: Re: Train departure times !!
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 18 November 2017, 12:40:34
Hmmm, I wonder if Chiltern have ever left early? Or even on time?

As you know I used Chiltern for nearly 3 years, I found them very reliable.

Far more so than South West, Great Western, Southern.
I have been using them since long before privatisation, and cannot see much in the way of improvements, only the rules now allow them to be 15mins late before calling them late.

Someone should have bought you a nice Hornby and a box set of Thomas the Tank engine when you were a little boy, to help resolve this hatred.  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Train departure times !!
Post by: TheBoy on 18 November 2017, 12:42:09
Hmmm, I wonder if Chiltern have ever left early? Or even on time?

As you know I used Chiltern for nearly 3 years, I found them very reliable.

Far more so than South West, Great Western, Southern.
I have been using them since long before privatisation, and cannot see much in the way of improvements, only the rules now allow them to be 15mins late before calling them late.

Someone should have bought you a nice Hornby and a box set of Thomas the Tank engine when you were a little boy, to help resolve this hatred.  ;D ;D
I got Scalextric instead, far more fun...
Title: Re: Train departure times !!
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 18 November 2017, 12:43:37
Me too.  :y............wish I still had it.  ::)
Title: Re: Train departure times !!
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 18 November 2017, 12:52:56
Hmmm, I wonder if Chiltern have ever left early? Or even on time?

As you know I used Chiltern for nearly 3 years, I found them very reliable.

Far more so than South West, Great Western, Southern.
I have been using them since long before privatisation, and cannot see much in the way of improvements, only the rules now allow them to be 15mins late before calling them late.

Someone should have bought you a nice Hornby and a box set of Thomas the Tank engine when you were a little boy, to help resolve this hatred.  ;D ;D
I got Scalextric instead, far more fun...

Same here. Train sets were for the nerdy 'mummies boys' when I was at school. ::)