Chris Bates

Staff Photographer for R2/Rock'nReel magazine. Been shooting gigs, festivals, conferences & exhibitions for over 30 years.

[Chris Bates @chrisbates3]

@mrpotholeuk @banburynews Not with the turning into Amazon being so busy! Once those are done, the whole of Southam Road needs resurfacing from Amazon all the way to Warwick Road traffic lights. Nightime work necessary there

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@mrpotholeuk @Stuart79127363 @banburynews Again, its a telecoms manhole legally repaired by the telecoms co, not the council. Need to get council to put pressure on telco

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@mrpotholeuk @banburynews The chambers of those holes need rebuilding. A weeks work for each, and I think there’s 6 in all? Would need traffic lights to control. Imagine rush hours…..ugh!

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@mrpotholeuk @banburynews Don’t I know it! Those manholes on the way into Banbury outside Amazon have been failing for nearly a year now. Thing is, they aren’t road failures, but manhole failures - repairable by the owner of the pipes. Thames Water? I don’t know, but suspect so

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@CharlieDore What happened to your Birmingham date? Was booked, and can’t make revised date! Boo!

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@Stuart79127363 @mrpotholeuk @banburynews The white rings are there to show public that OCC are aware & its on a list for repair

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@banburynews @mrpotholeuk Where is Southam WAY?!!

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@ChimeWhistle There’s only 6 if them…

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@VictorMeldrew17 @JohnSunCricket It does! All that money on welfare means no/little money for infrastructure work

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@diana_blamires Politics! Doncha just love it…..not within Chilterns remit if DfTO are saying no

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@ChimeWhistle Yep, I think Chiltern has already alluded to that being needed

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@ChimeWhistle That’ll be RPI%+++ then

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@SpeedySticks007 @grahamstuart Agreed. Except for Waterloo/Network Rail run stations

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@SpeedySticks007 @grahamstuart @SW_Help @SouthernRailUK @Se_Railway Even at Waterloo?

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@SpeedySticks007 @grahamstuart Not at Network Rail ststions except in emergencies. Otherwise linecof control fails. Same at all staffed stations. Station staff get you on/off. Unmanned stations are done by on train crew except WMR

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@SpeedySticks007 @grahamstuart Ahhh, not sure I’d travel there unbooked, fair coment. Altho departure station should phone your trip through after being boarded

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@SpeedySticks007 @grahamstuart In what way? The NR staff are very good generally

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@paultrowntree @ClarkeMicah Oh no….the leases remain with the operators that DfTO will then sub-lease from the operators! Can bet that the operators will make at least their 2% they currently get from management contracts! See Railway Bill

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@YoungmanMj Errr….England-produced?

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@ShaneGermany2 @diana_blamires @danielmgmoylan @LordPeterHendy The DfT contract did not include funds for second crew, nor any requirement