Nottseagull
Well-known member
An even bigger pedant notes that a diesel or electric train is, essentially, a single vehicle. One with carriages attached would be a train set.
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New £4.75m Ricoh Arena station can take up to 75 passengers per hour
- Thread starter Notters
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Cosmic Joker
The Motorik
Wouldn't have happened under British Rail..
Frampler
New member
Nearly five million quid for a station that can only be used when there's no demand? I'd say I was surprised, but it is the same Council that lost tens of millions on the Ricoh...
Grombleton
Surrounded by <div>s
- Dec 31, 2011
- 7,356
At what minute would the early leavers go get the train
About a fortnight.
severnside gull
Well-known member
Hilarious. Makes you realise how lucky we are.
Sadly it appears that it isn't the train operator who has blown millions of pounds but a taxpayer-funded quango.
Sadly it appears that it isn't the train operator who has blown millions of pounds but a taxpayer-funded quango.
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 70,350
I shouldn't laugh, but
Optimism in March:
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/ne...trys-long-awaited-ricoh-arena-railway-8910943
Today:
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-city-fc-wasps-rfc-9920187
Think that's about the most pitiful thing I ever read!
brightn'ove
cringe
And I thought B&H council was useless.
SweatyMexican
Well-known member
- Mar 31, 2013
- 4,101
My brain hurts.
Mr Putdown
Well-known member
"and it will connect people living in the north of the city with the jobs that will be created at Friargate, next to Coventry railway station."
"The station at the Ricoh will improve access to job opportunities for local people and will create a quick connection between the north of Coventry and the city centre in one direction and Nuneaton in the other."
CP 0 3 BHA
Well-known member
A new article on the Cov Telegraph website has pointed out that it would take 18 days running 24 hours a day for the service to clear a capacity crowd.
And people moan if they're not in Brighton within half an hour of our home games finishing!
And people moan if they're not in Brighton within half an hour of our home games finishing!
el punal
Well-known member
At what minute would the early leavers go get the train
This brings to mind the famous quote of Captain Oates (he, of Scott of the Antarctic fame) saying to his missus - " I'm going out love, I may be sometime."
deletebeepbeepbeep
Well-known member
- May 12, 2009
- 20,970
Who ran the viability assessment on this?
Guy Fawkes
The voice of treason
- Sep 29, 2007
- 8,212
I was up at the Ricoh earlier this month for the Goliath poker tournament held there and when we went past this new station we noticed that someone had put a lamp post in the middle of a pathway leading to the station platform, nothing strange so far, but this pathway was gated and the gates opened inwards right onto the lamp post meaning that they were unable to be opened any more than about a foot before hitting this post.
After seeing that, this latest bit of poor planning doesn't surprise me at all.
After seeing that, this latest bit of poor planning doesn't surprise me at all.
deletebeepbeepbeep
Well-known member
- May 12, 2009
- 20,970
Haha, it gets better- hilarious!
Marty___Mcfly
I see your wicked plan - I’m a junglist.
- Sep 14, 2011
- 2,251
Looking on the bright side, at least they won't have to stand around at Brighton Station for an hour waiting for a train up to their stadium..
The Legend that IS Lawro
It's 'canard' Del
We waited for 5 minutes on Saturday, loads of space too.
Marty___Mcfly
I see your wicked plan - I’m a junglist.
- Sep 14, 2011
- 2,251
DONT RUB IT IN- the poor sods are furious enough about this!