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> Tim Hall <
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> > On 20 May 2004 02:47:24 -0700,
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> > (MartinM) wrote:
> >
> > >Hooray, I can take a normal bike on the train for
> > >another year after the HSE decided that the old trains
> > >can stay in service for another year (strange that the
> > >safety of the old stock now depends in the late arrival
> > >of the new ones, or rather, the juice to run them)
> > >Booh, another year of Southern Region cattle trucks
> > >with worse suspension than a £99 ATB ;-(
> >
> >
> > Is this on, <looks up train operating companies>, South
> > Central? They're running some new stock already on the
> > Portsmouth service which have no guards vans (booh!) but
> > do have bike space by the kharzis (hooray!) and they
> > leyt you put the bike on anywhere else (hooray!). I
> > think they have limited hours in which you can do this
> > though (booh!).
> >
> It is indeed; The official line is up to two bikes per
> unit, although the only time I've managed to get on one
> there were three with mine and it was cosy! (you could get
> 3 bikes IN the khazi!), but I reckon it will become off
> peak trains only once the guards vans have all gone; in
> the meantime the folder goes away for another year and the
> free ads get scanned for a old dog racing bike ;-)
Actually its boo and boo, the new timetable says no bikes
in the peak hour full stop, and we get to ride in cattle
trucks ;-(
