(Part of) one of the indicator boards at Paddington Station
Introduction
The photograph on this page of (Part of) one of the indicator boards at Paddington Station by Mike Quinn as part of the Geograph project.
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(Part of) one of the indicator boards at Paddington Station
Image: © Mike Quinn Taken: 2 Mar 2016
The location of this board is shown in Image (it's the fourth from the left). All trains to West Ruislip leave from Marylebone – except the 11.36 from Paddington (Mondays to Fridays only). The train arrives in Paddington from South Ruislip, having left there at 11.02. This is one of the so-called “Parliamentary” or “ghost” trains – services which have been reduced to a bare minimum, without closing the service, so as to avoid the costs associated with closure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_train . This train does, however, also serve the purpose of maintaining the route knowledge of Chiltern Railways drivers, enabling the company to divert services to Paddington in case Marylebone is closed for engineering or other reasons. Over the past few years, this train has started in Princes Risborough (2006), started in Gerrards Cross and returned to Princes Risborough (2007), gone from Paddington to High Wycombe only (2010), started from and returned to Gerrards Cross (2011), and started in Gerrards Cross and returned to West Ruislip (2012). A full list of parliamentary trains can be found on the PSUL (Passenger Train Services over Unusual Lines) website http://www.psul4all.free-online.co.uk/intro.htm .
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Image Location
Latitude
51.516443
Longitude
-0.176704