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| Dine in comfort on LU tube trains 17/06/2013 at 06:07 #45746 | |
maxand
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Did you know LU trains served meals? This was news to me until I saw this message while playing Wembley Sub: Quote: 10:31:04 S212-4 delayed at Stonebridge Park due to the wrong kind of food trolley, expected to depart at about 10:40Perhaps they expect Aussies to believe everything they read. Picture it - managing a paper plate with a pie and soggy mashed peas while sandwiched between other commuters packed like sardines into the carriage, breathing onion and dripping gravy...  Quote: Many long-distance and inter-city services have a buffet car or at-seat trolley service for drinks and snacks. http://www.railsaver.co.uk/londontrains.html Yes, I know this is a standing SimSig joke. But let's try to keep it in context. Why does every sim I recall have to contain this? [Text deleted as it violates the user T&Cs] (Added) the deleted text contained a simple workaround modification. Last edited: 17/06/2013 at 11:35 by maxand Log in to reply |
| Dine in comfort on LU tube trains 17/06/2013 at 07:11 #45748 | |
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Entimix
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Perhaps it's a code phrase that's used so as not to alarm the public...
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| Dine in comfort on LU tube trains 17/06/2013 at 07:16 #45749 | |
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maxand
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Quote:Perhaps it's a code phrase that's used so as not to alarm the public...Except that it's intended for signallers, who (one hopes) understand a bit more about railway workings than the public. 
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| Dine in comfort on LU tube trains 17/06/2013 at 20:24 #45771 | |
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metcontrol
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Early in the last century, Pullman services operated on selected Metropolitan Line services between the city and Chesham. Until a few years ago when through services became the norm, myself and my colleagues would often refer to the 2 through services in the evening as "The Chesham Pullmans" despite the fact no refreshment facilities were provided. Indeed, when an evening Chesham services is delayed, a colleague of mine often remarks that "Extra drinks to be served in the bar of the Chesham Pullman." Any train - LU or not - is more than capable of having the wrong kind of food trolley, if the trolley put on the train is not fit for the service on which it has been placed. Now on a long-distance service it may be devoid of an ice bucket. On an LU service it may be too large for the stock (we are dealing with tube stock). There is nothing in the LU conditions of carriage that says customers cannot board with smaller food trollies (perhaps the size and shape of a 2-wheeled shopping trolley). Log in to reply The following user said thank you: maxand |
| Dine in comfort on LU tube trains 18/06/2013 at 02:57 #45779 | |
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maxand
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Well, I never! Learn something new every day. Of course, no risk of the wrong food trolley here - you bring your own! My favourite comment under the video was from the guy who posted "This is the service I deserve for what I pay." Hmmm...could we pull this off in Melbourne, PSOs* and all? *PSO = Protective Services Officer = train cop Log in to reply |
| Dine in comfort on LU tube trains 18/06/2013 at 08:25 #45780 | |
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kbarber
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Of course you used to be able to do a Circle Line party until Boris banned booze on trains. But now the Circle is a teacup so even that couldn't be done. Not that food trolleys ever figured in a CLP, I suspect! :lol: Log in to reply |
| Dine in comfort on LU tube trains 18/06/2013 at 13:50 #45785 | |
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UKTrainMan
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Some may want to have a brief read of this Wiki article on the subject. I have previous had at-least one ECS train heading to Hornsey EMUD call in at Harringay Rev Sdg (KingsX sim) reporting wrong kind of food trolley - my joke in response about this to others (e.g.: in multiplay) is that the driver is being fussy because his favourite sandwich (I reckon Egg & Bacon) isn't available. :laugh: Thinking about it again now, depending on the location, perhaps RailGourmet mistakenly loaded the 'meal trolley' onto a commuter train and the 'snacks and refreshments' trolley onto a mainline (express) train! :silly: Certainly wouldn't be the first time said company have slipped up - I was eating breakfast in the food court at London Euston at around 10:30am on Saturday 10th September 2011 when the fire alarm began sounding. Upon my later return to Euston I spoke to a contact there who mentioned, although unconfirmed at the time, that it was RailGourmet's fault! " said: " said:Did you know LU trains served meals?Is this what you had in mind? This 'Pullman' ran as recently as 2006. This thread reminded me of that video too! :cheer: Any views and / or opinions expressed by myself are from me personally and do not represent those of any company I either work for or am a consultant for. Last edited: 18/06/2013 at 13:51 by UKTrainMan Reason: formatting, etc. Log in to reply |
| Dine in comfort on LU tube trains 18/06/2013 at 16:47 #45792 | |
GeoffM
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" said:Why does every sim I recall have to contain this?The, um, in-jokes were restrained a little recently - probably after WembleySub - so they're a little more relevant to the trains involved. The sim doesn't have any knowledge of whether it's a tube train or the Pullman though. SimSig Boss Log in to reply |
| Dine in comfort on LU tube trains 18/06/2013 at 17:33 #45795 | |
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Danny252
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" said:" said:Surely sometime after Wembley Sub - both Worksop and NWC have their little in-jokes!Why does every sim I recall have to contain this?The, um, in-jokes were restrained a little recently - probably after WembleySub - so they're a little more relevant to the trains involved. The sim doesn't have any knowledge of whether it's a tube train or the Pullman though. Log in to reply |