Rail replacement bus gets lost

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5 total messages Started by Roland Perry Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:18

#506

Author: Roland Perry
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:18

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You couldn't make this up - especially as ColinR was saying only last 
weekend that his wife refuses to use the Ely - Cambridge RRP because 
last time she did, the bus got lost.

Anyway, my wife is on the way to London this morning and took the RRP 
bus, which was timetabled to take 50 minutes (it's 17 miles, most of it 
on the open road).

She said it went a "really strange way", and ended up approaching the 
station area over the Hills Rd bridge, then trying to get into the back 
end of the station via a road with bollards. But it got stuck (couldn't 
work the bollards, nor apparently reverse out) and eventually turfed 
everyone off to walk the last five minutes.

I still don't know why they can't run some DMU shuttles up to Ely 
because the work being done is north of the station.
-- 
Roland Perry

Re: Rail replacement bus gets lost

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Author: Peter Masson
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:29

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"Roland Perry"  wrote in message news:d02+v0LLePfRFAHb@perry.co.uk...

>You couldn't make this up - especially as ColinR was saying only last 
>weekend that his wife refuses to use the Ely - Cambridge RRP because last 
>time she did, the bus got lost.

At least it didn't take its top off by trying to go through a low railway 
bridge, as has happened with rail replacement buses in the past.

Peter

Re: Rail replacement bus gets lost

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Author: Roland Perry
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:00

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In message <Z-KdnSixGZ6Pi-DMnZ2dnUVZ8iGdnZ2d@bt.com>, at 13:29:06 on 
Sun, 28 Apr 2013, Peter Masson <peter.massonnospam@btinternet.com> 
remarked:
>>You couldn't make this up - especially as ColinR was saying only last 
>>weekend that his wife refuses to use the Ely - Cambridge RRP because 
>>last time she did, the bus got lost.
>
>At least it didn't take its top off by trying to go through a low 
>railway bridge, as has happened with rail replacement buses in the past.

I see RRPs at Ely quite often (as a cross-roads it seems especially 
susceptible to them). Never a double decker, and no low bridges on the 
route to Cambridge.
-- 
Roland Perry

Re: Rail replacement bus gets lost

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Author: hounslow3
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:01

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On 28/04/2013 13:29, Peter Masson wrote:
>
>
> "Roland Perry"  wrote in message news:d02+v0LLePfRFAHb@perry.co.uk...
>
>> You couldn't make this up - especially as ColinR was saying only last
>> weekend that his wife refuses to use the Ely - Cambridge RRP because
>> last time she did, the bus got lost.
>
> At least it didn't take its top off by trying to go through a low
> railway bridge, as has happened with rail replacement buses in the past.
>
> Peter
>
>

That happened at Camden Town a few years back, though I thought that was 
a regularly scheduled bus then.

Re: Rail replacement bus gets lost

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Author: Basil Jet
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:40

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On 2013\04\28 13:29, Peter Masson wrote:
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>
> "Roland Perry"  wrote in message news:d02+v0LLePfRFAHb@perry.co.uk...
>
>> You couldn't make this up - especially as ColinR was saying only last
>> weekend that his wife refuses to use the Ely - Cambridge RRP because
>> last time she did, the bus got lost.
>
> At least it didn't take its top off by trying to go through a low
> railway bridge, as has happened with rail replacement buses in the past.

Not too easy in Anglia, that one! Are there any roads that go under 
railways in Anglia?

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