Reply to: Please explain this story to me

[mudskipper]

I liked Gricer. I wonder if he'll pop up again any time soon...

[Doggy Styles]

Contrary to a certain sockie obsessed poster, I'm yet to be acquainted with this Gricer character .

Gricer always had an interesting story to relate about the highways and byways of life's trivialities. More power to his elbow, I say.

[TykeMerc]

Contrary to a certain sockie obsessed poster, I'm yet to be acquainted with this Gricer character .

Bulltulip (and the phrase that your Gittins Gal one complains about ... LIAR).

[Freaki Li Cuatre]

They are indeed dmus.

However you would have to consult Gricer over the finer points thereof.

Contrary to a certain sockie obsessed poster, I'm yet to be acquainted with this Gricer character .

[original PM]

I use TPex to get to Manchester from leafy commuter town.

Takes approx. 50 minutes which is same as in the car with no traffic

Rush hour trains can never get a seat but pay the £14 for the privilege.

Which when you consider I can drive, park and eat for £14 a day makes it obvious why I use the car.

Shame really as the trains we get are okay.

[TykeMerc]

Not wishing to create the impression that I know anything about trains but is that otherwise known as a DMU? Or, more specifically, a bubblecar DMU?

Considering one of your many sockpuppets is Gricerboy that's an even more ridiculous statement than you generally post.

What the story amounts to is that the rail services for the Northern Cities are atrocious, travel times high and comfort negligible.
Transport infrastructure up here is pretty crap basically.

[Freaki Li Cuatre]

It doesn't have bogeys at all.

It's a fecking bus on rails.

In other news, the Class 150 was 33 minute late this morning because of lack of driver.

Not wishing to create the impression that I know anything about trains but is that otherwise known as a DMU? Or, more specifically, a bubblecar DMU?

[d000hg]

What's the saying....If you are frequently taking public transport over the age of 30 your life is a failure

Never heard that, it must be something middle-aged losers say to themselves to relieve the bitterness as they spend 3 hours a day on the motorway.

Unless you meant because you have a chauffeur.

[Freaki Li Cuatre]

Class 185 and Class 350.

Dunno what they're complaining about.

Ought to try the Class 150/Class 153 crap that's down here.

Trainspotter? Weirdo!

[ZARDOZ]

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What's the saying....If you are frequently taking public transport over the age of 30 your life is a failure

[vetran]

not doing much for our image guys, next it will be does the 140 have single our double bogeys? (Hint I don't care).

Who says IT guys are a bunch of train spotting anoraks?

had an interesting talk with some DOT guys at the station the other day apparently the train companies pack the trains so they can try to force the government to subsidise upgrades.

[FatLazyContractor]

Is rush hour when they all go and collect their benefits just before the pub opens?

In addition to what DaveB said earlier, they queue for the "50p off a weatherspoon's pint" tokens before the damn thing @ Leeds station opens.

[stek]

The Pacers are basically Leyland Atlantean buses on a BR standard wagon frame.

[d000hg]

This^ is standard conveyance (which may be a 144 rather than a 142. In either case, it's ******* tulipe.

Transpennine Express is a different company. They do Liverpool to Newcastle/Hull/Scarbrough via Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and York.

Looks like what they use for the commuter trains into Glasgow

[SimonMac]

Oh.

This says they don't use 'em any more.

First TransPennine Express - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Is the "Express" bit different then?

TPEx is the main East-West service and is very regular and very good, the rest of West Yorkshire Metro and I know MerseyRail still use the 142's, and are bloody cold in the Winter