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TT-ONR-NRN
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The use of the trademark bold red writing was masterfully convincing
So far zero. More on this breaking story as we get itI wonder how many people are going to misunderstand this and report you for “backseat moderation”
Bletchleyite
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Except that a taktfahrplan is not just a timetable. “Fahrplan” is a timetable in German. The “takt” is the key but: it means a regular interval timetable, ie it is the same every hour without exception.I never understood why people say the actual word "Takt/Taktfahrplan" on here though, I mean it's just saying timetable in German. "We need Takt on this route" literally means "we need a timetable." Yes timetabling is better done in Germany, but I think some of the best footballers in the world come from Spain yet I don't say "Spurs could do with Estrategias de Entrenamiento," (means strategic training) I just say the words strategic training
Saying the word that means timetable but in German doesn't change the meaning just because German timetables are better planned than ours
py_megapixel
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"If the fare structures are simplified, some passengers will have to pay more."
Which usually has a subtext of "I am opposed to making things simpler for the vast majority of passengers because then I might not be able to reduce the price of my journeys from St Ives to Sugar Loaf by buying 5 separate tickets".
TT-ONR-NRN
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That clears that up, thank you.
Bletchleyite
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"Takt" means "tick", the tick of a clock. In Britain a clock goes "tick, tick, tick". In German speaking countries it goes "takt, takt, takt".
The implication is far more than a timetable (Fahrplan) and far more than even a clockface timetable.
It's about a system that works as one in a rhythm. Picture yourself standing at Zuerich HB under a big clock, the type where the seconds hand draws a 59 second minute then it all jumps forward. The clock ticks, and trains arrive from all directions, people interchange, it ticks again and off they go to their destinations. Then it's quiet for 15 minutes before it all happens again.
I don't think there's an English word for it, largely because no English speaking country has the transport competence to have introduced one. But if you want a sentence, "regular-interval clockface timetable with planned connections" is roughly its meaning. The idea is that everything is co-ordinated so people can make the journeys they wish to make, even if there's no direct train, easily and frictionlessly, at the same time each hour.
adrock1976
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Although I have recently made reference to these phrases the last couple of days, are both below still used a lot nowadays?
"Loco hauled 442s"
"Sussex Scot"
"Loco hauled 442s"
"Sussex Scot"
TT-ONR-NRN
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Can you please do the same for moans about how 365s were "wasted"We now issue an automatic ten year ban for that one.
Can you please do the same for moans about how 365s were "wasted"
We’ll put it on the list for discussion.
TT-ONR-NRN
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I'll agree this one is often used in a rather sneery manner.
edwin_m
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45 posts and nobody has mentioned datum plates?
TT-ONR-NRN
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What on earth are those?
Often followed by the rhetorical "who's going to pay for it" or "where's the money coming from"
D6130
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'Low-hanging fruit'.
Bletchleyite
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South WCML - obviously the most important bit of railway! 
tbtc
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“Fresh air” And “overcrowded” (It feels like 95% of trains tend to be described as fitting one of these two categories, which suggests that some posters are either very lucky or very unlucky when it comes to getting a seat)
“Ironing boards”
“If you build it, they will come”
“DafT” (And various other childish nicknames, like “Vermin Vomiters”)
“Ironing boards”
“If you build it, they will come”
“DafT” (And various other childish nicknames, like “Vermin Vomiters”)
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Mentioning "Barnes" whenever someone uses BNS as an initialism for Birmingham New Street.
"Back in the day" referring to when the railway was fun.
"Red pen"
"Yellow pen"
"Dreadful!"
"Paint froth"
"Back in the day" referring to when the railway was fun.
"Red pen"
"Yellow pen"
"Dreadful!"
"Paint froth"
TT-ONR-NRN
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Kite159
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I believe "Yellow Pen" is used as a term when someone covers new track as they mark it off with a yellow highlighter (other colours are available)
"Red Pen" has been going on for years
hexagon789
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'Red pencil(ing)' for correcting a document is definitely a longer going term.
htafc
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"Christ, five posts in and we're already discussing ________ - only on here!"
WizCastro197
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Deleted. seems to one of my most common ones somehow as well as the "Do you have a source for that" one in addition.
htafc
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