Kevin Fitzpatrick

Public transport nerd. Scout. Goth.
Brummie in Banbury.

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@theashrb Closing St Pancras and then not telling passengers arriving on the Eurostar was an interesting experience, >2000 passengers trying to get out the side entrance station onto the street at the same time

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@WoodinRivers I mean, when I was there I never went to the Waterstones but went to the bars loads so... supply and demand much?

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@jordanbhx It's wierd that that stretch of the Bristol Road seems to have got worse since the bypass was opened. Also first time I've ever heard it refered to as a High Street and I like it

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@mark395625 Could it survive as just a service to the Faroes?

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@ChimeWhistle The whole issue is literally about trains being locked til the last minute <despite> staff being on that exact train, so that argument is irrelevant

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@ChimeWhistle Irrelevant the entire turnaround time, why keave it until the very last minute to allow people on board?

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@mark395625 Chiltern was fun this evening trying to cope....
Found a couple extra units to push out on extra BMO journeys because lol 5 car Mk5 sets would never cope

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@richardw7890 @GWRHelp @SteveNoble41385 Who schedules a major public event for a time that excludes public transport users? Direct your anger that way instead

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@ChimeWhistle I tell you what might be beneficial for passengers. An actual train. We don't care who opens the doors, whether it's the driver or someone hiding in the back cab, we just want a train

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@PeterPlisner @MarkFitchew ?

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@Train_PlaneHub Personally more annoyed by the fact they're not used to provide more desperately needed extra capacity on XC services

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@EngFocus Paired with some Mk5 carriages (if there's any left) would be ideal for urgent extra capacity on XC

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@ChimeWhistle And we wish more did that instead of staying in their office. Then people might see they have worth and might agree that they're needed on trains, because at the moment the general public don't

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@ChimeWhistle The news story of course being that a TM has actually got out of their office and actually gone through the train

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@ChimeWhistle @PeterPlisner Always enjoyed Peter when his reports came on the telly news, really glad to see him doing YT now.
Vloggers have an entertainment value but the field is saturated now, especially when they all decend on a new station to do the same thing

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@PaulVick138203 Personally looking forward to Starmer still being in post come the GE and all of the commentators/journos currently saying "he's finished" "he'll be gone in a week/by May/by the end of the year" admitting they were wrong

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@OxfordSpeedway wishing Cov all the luck with their campaign. Sadly us Brummies don't have speedway anymore so it would be great to see it back in the West Midlands

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@EngFocus People all over the world do that between various networks, not hard to comprehend

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@jordanbhx I remember a stat from the 90s that Brum had "more trees than people". No idea if it was true but hell if it was they should absolutely hammer that message in this day and age

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@ChimeWhistle Friendly reminder that it could also be resolved if the union allowed trains to operate. Not a one way dispute