wp-gdpr-compliance domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home/camcab/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114\u00a0A I, Eh? Aye; Pray Why? (Part 2)<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a34.5 million, if spread over a generous ten year<\/span> life for a chunk of software, will be \u00a3450,000 a year. fbb assumes (perhaps optimistically) that the price will include a program and hardware maintenance contract.<\/p><\/div>\n Of course.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n You have to wonder whether the Ai will take into account the loss of passengers consequent upon its application of a timetable\u00a0muddle\u00a0<\/span>intelligence<\/span>.<\/p>\n Well done First.<\/p>\n Maybe First will publish the results of their survey which shows the huge percentage of passengers that prefer punctuality\u00a0to a timetable they can easily understand<\/span>.<\/p><\/div>\n Then half of it was closed and latterly the whole lot was demolished and replaced with a new much smaller Interchange bus station.<\/p>\n But it, too has suddenly closed, albeit for a “temporary” period.<\/p>\n The PTE (which seems to be calling itself “The Combined Authority” is a little coy about the reason.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n … which roughly translated means “Call that Ai? You couldn’t organise pea soup in a brewery with that!” (Or some similar phraseology.)<\/p><\/div>\n The disruption to travel in Bradford is immense with buses scattered into nearby streets. But, as a good house point, the authority has issued a map …<\/p>\n … and a full list of affected services.<\/p>\n Oddly, no one seems to have noticed the invasion.<\/p>\n Apparently the above picture was obtained by the Bradford Telegraph and Argus but a “D” notice was issued to prevent publication.<\/p>\n New Train Set : The Master Cutler?<\/span><\/p>\n Does First know where Woodhouse is? It is nowhere near Worksop but is a suburban stop with no facilities and all buildings boarded up …<\/p>\n
Some of us remember the huge bus station that was built at Bradford Interchange.\n
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![<\/a><\/div>\nThe book on Ai duly arrived from the South American rain forest early yesterday afternoon. The print is small so reading will be a magnifier assisted challenge and certainly haf hardly started by later yesterday evening. Bedtime reading is quite hard using one hand for the book, one for the magnifier and the third had to hold the pages open. Mrs fbb’s clothes pegs will help quite a bit.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBut one thing is immediately certain.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nFirst’s expensive new timetable mangling software is most definitely NOT Ai<\/span>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nIt Costa Lot!<\/span>\n<\/a><\/div>\n\u00a34.5 million, if spread over a generous ten year<\/span> life for a chunk of software, will be \u00a3450,000 a year. fbb assumes (perhaps optimistically) that the price will include a program and hardware maintenance contract.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a3450,000 would cover the wages cost of a team of 10 skilled schedules\u00a0officer<\/span>s who, with simple software<\/span>, could create proper sensible timetables for the whole of First Bus – provided that Head Office were able to spread the work.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe results would be much better!\n<\/a><\/div>\nOf course.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThat is just what the passenger wants. Nothing cheers a traveller by bus more than to have the timetable changed frequently and at short notice<\/span> because First now have computer software to make it easy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWell done First.\n<\/a><\/div>\nYou have to wonder whether the Ai will take into account the loss of passengers consequent upon its application of a timetable\u00a0muddle\u00a0<\/span>intelligence<\/span>.<\/p>\nWell done First.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nMaybe First will publish the results of their survey which shows the huge percentage of passengers that prefer punctuality\u00a0to a timetable they can easily understand<\/span>.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nReading more deeply into these (and other expurgated paragraphs) it would seem that the aim of so-called Ai is to improve punctuality at the expense of passenger numbers and customer satisfaction<\/span>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBut, at the end of the day, First does NOT want those pesky passengers spoiling its arbitrary punctuality targets by foolishly wanting\u00a0to travel on a bus<\/span>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nStatistics and data management are far more important than providing a bus service that people can use.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWell done First.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nYou have spent a huge amount of money to make life difficult for your customers.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWell done First.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWill Non-Ai<\/span>\u00a0Sort Out Bradford?<\/span>Some of us remember the huge bus station that was built at Bradford Interchange.\n<\/a><\/div>\nThen half of it was closed and latterly the whole lot was demolished and replaced with a new much smaller Interchange bus station.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nBut it, too has suddenly closed, albeit for a “temporary” period.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nThe PTE (which seems to be calling itself “The Combined Authority” is a little coy about the reason.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nThe statement does not specify how long the bus station will be closed for, but WYCA said more information will be provided “in due course”.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n\n\nStatement in full on Bradford Interchange bus station closure<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nWest Yorkshire Combined Authority said: “We have taken the precautionary measure to close Bradford Interchange bus station today following some damage believed to be linked to recent extreme weather<\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n“Some damage”? What damage? “Believed to be linked ..?” Don’t you know?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAh, that would be telling.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe WYCA is keeping very quiet because the “damage” was actually an attack by Aliens from the Planet Zog, attempting to steal First’s new Ai software to assist wth their plans for interplanetary domination.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWYCA have successfully decoded a subsequent message from Zog …\n<\/div>\n… which roughly translated means “Call that Ai? You couldn’t organise pea soup in a brewery with that!” (Or some similar phraseology.)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe disruption to travel in Bradford is immense with buses scattered into nearby streets. But, as a good house point, the authority has issued a map …<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n… and a full list of affected services.<\/p>\n<\/a>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nOddly, no one seems to have noticed the invasion.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nApparently the above picture was obtained by the Bradford Telegraph and Argus but a “D” notice was issued to prevent publication.<\/p>\nNew Train Set : The Master Cutler?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nIn fbb’s youth, The Master Cutler ran from Kings Cross to Sheffield via Retford and was a top grade train offering luxury service. fbb could never have afforded to travel on it!<\/div>\n<\/div>\nFirstGroup\u2019s new proposals<\/span> comprise two return journeys a day from London King\u2019s Cross, calling at Retford, Worksop, Woodhouse and Sheffield, and the company aims to provide a faster link between London and Sheffield than alternative services.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nThe new proposed route will give Sheffield the first regular service from London King\u2019s Cross since 1968 and will also give Worksop in Nottinghamshire the first regular direct London trains in decades. FirstGroup estimates there are 350,000 people in the Worksop and Woodhouse catchment areas who will have direct rail access to London because of these proposals. A sizeable number of rail users in these areas currently drive to Doncaster station to pick up faster services to London rather than travelling via Sheffield.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nDoes First know where Woodhouse is? It is nowhere near Worksop but is a suburban stop with no facilities and all buildings boarded up …<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n… and very little parking.\n<\/a><\/div>\nIt is 13 miles from Woodhouse BUT parking as above is FREE!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nTimetables have not yet been published but trains will have to be quite speedy to beat the Midland Main Line’s fastest time of just over two hours.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nCurrently trains from The Cross to Retford take just under two hours but with stops at Stevenage, Peterborough, Grantham and Newark. Subtract, say, 7 minutes for a slow, a stop and a sped up four times (28 minutes) which looks like a non-stop run to Retford in one hour 35. That leaves 25 minutes for stops at Retford, Worksop and Woodhouse and the much slower run into Sheffield.\n<\/a><\/div>\nFirst Rail will need some clever timetabling to achieve their advertised aims.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nMaybe they will use Ai<\/span>?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBut before folk get too excited; please note that this is an application for track access<\/span>. There is no guarantee that Notwork Rail will make the requisite paths available. We keep on being told that the East Coast Main Line is full!\n<\/div>\nfbb will keep a close eye on this one.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0Next Weekend Variety blog : Sunday 7th January\u00a0<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0A I, Eh? Aye; Pray Why? (Part 2) The book on Ai duly arrived from the South American rain forest early yesterday afternoon. 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![<\/a><\/div>\n\u00a34.5 million, if spread over a generous ten year<\/span> life for a chunk of software, will be \u00a3450,000 a year. fbb assumes (perhaps optimistically) that the price will include a program and hardware maintenance contract.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a3450,000 would cover the wages cost of a team of 10 skilled schedules\u00a0officer<\/span>s who, with simple software<\/span>, could create proper sensible timetables for the whole of First Bus – provided that Head Office were able to spread the work.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe results would be much better!\n<\/a><\/div>\nOf course.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThat is just what the passenger wants. Nothing cheers a traveller by bus more than to have the timetable changed frequently and at short notice<\/span> because First now have computer software to make it easy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWell done First.\n<\/a><\/div>\nYou have to wonder whether the Ai will take into account the loss of passengers consequent upon its application of a timetable\u00a0muddle\u00a0<\/span>intelligence<\/span>.<\/p>\nWell done First.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nMaybe First will publish the results of their survey which shows the huge percentage of passengers that prefer punctuality\u00a0to a timetable they can easily understand<\/span>.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nReading more deeply into these (and other expurgated paragraphs) it would seem that the aim of so-called Ai is to improve punctuality at the expense of passenger numbers and customer satisfaction<\/span>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBut, at the end of the day, First does NOT want those pesky passengers spoiling its arbitrary punctuality targets by foolishly wanting\u00a0to travel on a bus<\/span>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nStatistics and data management are far more important than providing a bus service that people can use.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWell done First.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nYou have spent a huge amount of money to make life difficult for your customers.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWell done First.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWill Non-Ai<\/span>\u00a0Sort Out Bradford?<\/span>Some of us remember the huge bus station that was built at Bradford Interchange.\n<\/a><\/div>\nThen half of it was closed and latterly the whole lot was demolished and replaced with a new much smaller Interchange bus station.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nBut it, too has suddenly closed, albeit for a “temporary” period.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nThe PTE (which seems to be calling itself “The Combined Authority” is a little coy about the reason.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nThe statement does not specify how long the bus station will be closed for, but WYCA said more information will be provided “in due course”.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n\n\nStatement in full on Bradford Interchange bus station closure<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nWest Yorkshire Combined Authority said: “We have taken the precautionary measure to close Bradford Interchange bus station today following some damage believed to be linked to recent extreme weather<\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n“Some damage”? What damage? “Believed to be linked ..?” Don’t you know?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAh, that would be telling.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe WYCA is keeping very quiet because the “damage” was actually an attack by Aliens from the Planet Zog, attempting to steal First’s new Ai software to assist wth their plans for interplanetary domination.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWYCA have successfully decoded a subsequent message from Zog …\n<\/div>\n… which roughly translated means “Call that Ai? You couldn’t organise pea soup in a brewery with that!” (Or some similar phraseology.)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe disruption to travel in Bradford is immense with buses scattered into nearby streets. But, as a good house point, the authority has issued a map …<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n… and a full list of affected services.<\/p>\n<\/a>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nOddly, no one seems to have noticed the invasion.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nApparently the above picture was obtained by the Bradford Telegraph and Argus but a “D” notice was issued to prevent publication.<\/p>\nNew Train Set : The Master Cutler?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nIn fbb’s youth, The Master Cutler ran from Kings Cross to Sheffield via Retford and was a top grade train offering luxury service. fbb could never have afforded to travel on it!<\/div>\n<\/div>\nFirstGroup\u2019s new proposals<\/span> comprise two return journeys a day from London King\u2019s Cross, calling at Retford, Worksop, Woodhouse and Sheffield, and the company aims to provide a faster link between London and Sheffield than alternative services.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nThe new proposed route will give Sheffield the first regular service from London King\u2019s Cross since 1968 and will also give Worksop in Nottinghamshire the first regular direct London trains in decades. FirstGroup estimates there are 350,000 people in the Worksop and Woodhouse catchment areas who will have direct rail access to London because of these proposals. A sizeable number of rail users in these areas currently drive to Doncaster station to pick up faster services to London rather than travelling via Sheffield.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nDoes First know where Woodhouse is? It is nowhere near Worksop but is a suburban stop with no facilities and all buildings boarded up …<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n… and very little parking.\n<\/a><\/div>\nIt is 13 miles from Woodhouse BUT parking as above is FREE!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nTimetables have not yet been published but trains will have to be quite speedy to beat the Midland Main Line’s fastest time of just over two hours.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nCurrently trains from The Cross to Retford take just under two hours but with stops at Stevenage, Peterborough, Grantham and Newark. Subtract, say, 7 minutes for a slow, a stop and a sped up four times (28 minutes) which looks like a non-stop run to Retford in one hour 35. That leaves 25 minutes for stops at Retford, Worksop and Woodhouse and the much slower run into Sheffield.\n<\/a><\/div>\nFirst Rail will need some clever timetabling to achieve their advertised aims.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nMaybe they will use Ai<\/span>?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBut before folk get too excited; please note that this is an application for track access<\/span>. There is no guarantee that Notwork Rail will make the requisite paths available. We keep on being told that the East Coast Main Line is full!\n<\/div>\nfbb will keep a close eye on this one.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0Next Weekend Variety blog : Sunday 7th January\u00a0<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0A I, Eh? Aye; Pray Why? (Part 2) The book on Ai duly arrived from the South American rain forest early yesterday afternoon. 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![<\/a><\/div>\nOf course.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThat is just what the passenger wants. Nothing cheers a traveller by bus more than to have the timetable changed frequently and at short notice<\/span> because First now have computer software to make it easy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWell done First.\n<\/a><\/div>\nYou have to wonder whether the Ai will take into account the loss of passengers consequent upon its application of a timetable\u00a0muddle\u00a0<\/span>intelligence<\/span>.<\/p>\nWell done First.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nMaybe First will publish the results of their survey which shows the huge percentage of passengers that prefer punctuality\u00a0to a timetable they can easily understand<\/span>.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nReading more deeply into these (and other expurgated paragraphs) it would seem that the aim of so-called Ai is to improve punctuality at the expense of passenger numbers and customer satisfaction<\/span>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBut, at the end of the day, First does NOT want those pesky passengers spoiling its arbitrary punctuality targets by foolishly wanting\u00a0to travel on a bus<\/span>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nStatistics and data management are far more important than providing a bus service that people can use.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWell done First.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nYou have spent a huge amount of money to make life difficult for your customers.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWell done First.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWill Non-Ai<\/span>\u00a0Sort Out Bradford?<\/span>Some of us remember the huge bus station that was built at Bradford Interchange.\n<\/a><\/div>\nThen half of it was closed and latterly the whole lot was demolished and replaced with a new much smaller Interchange bus station.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nBut it, too has suddenly closed, albeit for a “temporary” period.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nThe PTE (which seems to be calling itself “The Combined Authority” is a little coy about the reason.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nThe statement does not specify how long the bus station will be closed for, but WYCA said more information will be provided “in due course”.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n\n\nStatement in full on Bradford Interchange bus station closure<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nWest Yorkshire Combined Authority said: “We have taken the precautionary measure to close Bradford Interchange bus station today following some damage believed to be linked to recent extreme weather<\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n“Some damage”? What damage? “Believed to be linked ..?” Don’t you know?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAh, that would be telling.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe WYCA is keeping very quiet because the “damage” was actually an attack by Aliens from the Planet Zog, attempting to steal First’s new Ai software to assist wth their plans for interplanetary domination.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWYCA have successfully decoded a subsequent message from Zog …\n<\/div>\n… which roughly translated means “Call that Ai? You couldn’t organise pea soup in a brewery with that!” (Or some similar phraseology.)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe disruption to travel in Bradford is immense with buses scattered into nearby streets. But, as a good house point, the authority has issued a map …<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n… and a full list of affected services.<\/p>\n<\/a>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nOddly, no one seems to have noticed the invasion.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nApparently the above picture was obtained by the Bradford Telegraph and Argus but a “D” notice was issued to prevent publication.<\/p>\nNew Train Set : The Master Cutler?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nIn fbb’s youth, The Master Cutler ran from Kings Cross to Sheffield via Retford and was a top grade train offering luxury service. fbb could never have afforded to travel on it!<\/div>\n<\/div>\nFirstGroup\u2019s new proposals<\/span> comprise two return journeys a day from London King\u2019s Cross, calling at Retford, Worksop, Woodhouse and Sheffield, and the company aims to provide a faster link between London and Sheffield than alternative services.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nThe new proposed route will give Sheffield the first regular service from London King\u2019s Cross since 1968 and will also give Worksop in Nottinghamshire the first regular direct London trains in decades. FirstGroup estimates there are 350,000 people in the Worksop and Woodhouse catchment areas who will have direct rail access to London because of these proposals. A sizeable number of rail users in these areas currently drive to Doncaster station to pick up faster services to London rather than travelling via Sheffield.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nDoes First know where Woodhouse is? It is nowhere near Worksop but is a suburban stop with no facilities and all buildings boarded up …<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n… and very little parking.\n<\/a><\/div>\nIt is 13 miles from Woodhouse BUT parking as above is FREE!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nTimetables have not yet been published but trains will have to be quite speedy to beat the Midland Main Line’s fastest time of just over two hours.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nCurrently trains from The Cross to Retford take just under two hours but with stops at Stevenage, Peterborough, Grantham and Newark. Subtract, say, 7 minutes for a slow, a stop and a sped up four times (28 minutes) which looks like a non-stop run to Retford in one hour 35. That leaves 25 minutes for stops at Retford, Worksop and Woodhouse and the much slower run into Sheffield.\n<\/a><\/div>\nFirst Rail will need some clever timetabling to achieve their advertised aims.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nMaybe they will use Ai<\/span>?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBut before folk get too excited; please note that this is an application for track access<\/span>. There is no guarantee that Notwork Rail will make the requisite paths available. We keep on being told that the East Coast Main Line is full!\n<\/div>\nfbb will keep a close eye on this one.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0Next Weekend Variety blog : Sunday 7th January\u00a0<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0A I, Eh? Aye; Pray Why? (Part 2) The book on Ai duly arrived from the South American rain forest early yesterday afternoon. The print is small so reading will be a magnifier assisted challenge and certainly haf hardly started by later yesterday evening. 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![<\/a><\/div>\nYou have to wonder whether the Ai will take into account the loss of passengers consequent upon its application of a timetable\u00a0muddle\u00a0<\/span>intelligence<\/span>.<\/p>\nWell done First.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nMaybe First will publish the results of their survey which shows the huge percentage of passengers that prefer punctuality\u00a0to a timetable they can easily understand<\/span>.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nReading more deeply into these (and other expurgated paragraphs) it would seem that the aim of so-called Ai is to improve punctuality at the expense of passenger numbers and customer satisfaction<\/span>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBut, at the end of the day, First does NOT want those pesky passengers spoiling its arbitrary punctuality targets by foolishly wanting\u00a0to travel on a bus<\/span>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nStatistics and data management are far more important than providing a bus service that people can use.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWell done First.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nYou have spent a huge amount of money to make life difficult for your customers.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWell done First.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWill Non-Ai<\/span>\u00a0Sort Out Bradford?<\/span>Some of us remember the huge bus station that was built at Bradford Interchange.\n<\/a><\/div>\nThen half of it was closed and latterly the whole lot was demolished and replaced with a new much smaller Interchange bus station.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nBut it, too has suddenly closed, albeit for a “temporary” period.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nThe PTE (which seems to be calling itself “The Combined Authority” is a little coy about the reason.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nThe statement does not specify how long the bus station will be closed for, but WYCA said more information will be provided “in due course”.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n\n\nStatement in full on Bradford Interchange bus station closure<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nWest Yorkshire Combined Authority said: “We have taken the precautionary measure to close Bradford Interchange bus station today following some damage believed to be linked to recent extreme weather<\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n“Some damage”? What damage? “Believed to be linked ..?” Don’t you know?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAh, that would be telling.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe WYCA is keeping very quiet because the “damage” was actually an attack by Aliens from the Planet Zog, attempting to steal First’s new Ai software to assist wth their plans for interplanetary domination.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWYCA have successfully decoded a subsequent message from Zog …\n<\/div>\n… which roughly translated means “Call that Ai? You couldn’t organise pea soup in a brewery with that!” (Or some similar phraseology.)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe disruption to travel in Bradford is immense with buses scattered into nearby streets. But, as a good house point, the authority has issued a map …<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n… and a full list of affected services.<\/p>\n<\/a>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nOddly, no one seems to have noticed the invasion.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nApparently the above picture was obtained by the Bradford Telegraph and Argus but a “D” notice was issued to prevent publication.<\/p>\nNew Train Set : The Master Cutler?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nIn fbb’s youth, The Master Cutler ran from Kings Cross to Sheffield via Retford and was a top grade train offering luxury service. fbb could never have afforded to travel on it!<\/div>\n<\/div>\nFirstGroup\u2019s new proposals<\/span> comprise two return journeys a day from London King\u2019s Cross, calling at Retford, Worksop, Woodhouse and Sheffield, and the company aims to provide a faster link between London and Sheffield than alternative services.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nThe new proposed route will give Sheffield the first regular service from London King\u2019s Cross since 1968 and will also give Worksop in Nottinghamshire the first regular direct London trains in decades. FirstGroup estimates there are 350,000 people in the Worksop and Woodhouse catchment areas who will have direct rail access to London because of these proposals. A sizeable number of rail users in these areas currently drive to Doncaster station to pick up faster services to London rather than travelling via Sheffield.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nDoes First know where Woodhouse is? It is nowhere near Worksop but is a suburban stop with no facilities and all buildings boarded up …<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n… and very little parking.\n<\/a><\/div>\nIt is 13 miles from Woodhouse BUT parking as above is FREE!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nTimetables have not yet been published but trains will have to be quite speedy to beat the Midland Main Line’s fastest time of just over two hours.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nCurrently trains from The Cross to Retford take just under two hours but with stops at Stevenage, Peterborough, Grantham and Newark. Subtract, say, 7 minutes for a slow, a stop and a sped up four times (28 minutes) which looks like a non-stop run to Retford in one hour 35. That leaves 25 minutes for stops at Retford, Worksop and Woodhouse and the much slower run into Sheffield.\n<\/a><\/div>\nFirst Rail will need some clever timetabling to achieve their advertised aims.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nMaybe they will use Ai<\/span>?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBut before folk get too excited; please note that this is an application for track access<\/span>. There is no guarantee that Notwork Rail will make the requisite paths available. We keep on being told that the East Coast Main Line is full!\n<\/div>\nfbb will keep a close eye on this one.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0Next Weekend Variety blog : Sunday 7th January\u00a0<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0A I, Eh? Aye; Pray Why? (Part 2) The book on Ai duly arrived from the South American rain forest early yesterday afternoon. 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![<\/a><\/div>\nMaybe First will publish the results of their survey which shows the huge percentage of passengers that prefer punctuality\u00a0to a timetable they can easily understand<\/span>.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nReading more deeply into these (and other expurgated paragraphs) it would seem that the aim of so-called Ai is to improve punctuality at the expense of passenger numbers and customer satisfaction<\/span>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBut, at the end of the day, First does NOT want those pesky passengers spoiling its arbitrary punctuality targets by foolishly wanting\u00a0to travel on a bus<\/span>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nStatistics and data management are far more important than providing a bus service that people can use.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWell done First.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nYou have spent a huge amount of money to make life difficult for your customers.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWell done First.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWill Non-Ai<\/span>\u00a0Sort Out Bradford?<\/span>Some of us remember the huge bus station that was built at Bradford Interchange.\n<\/a><\/div>\nThen half of it was closed and latterly the whole lot was demolished and replaced with a new much smaller Interchange bus station.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nBut it, too has suddenly closed, albeit for a “temporary” period.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nThe PTE (which seems to be calling itself “The Combined Authority” is a little coy about the reason.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nThe statement does not specify how long the bus station will be closed for, but WYCA said more information will be provided “in due course”.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n\n\nStatement in full on Bradford Interchange bus station closure<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nWest Yorkshire Combined Authority said: “We have taken the precautionary measure to close Bradford Interchange bus station today following some damage believed to be linked to recent extreme weather<\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n“Some damage”? What damage? “Believed to be linked ..?” Don’t you know?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAh, that would be telling.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe WYCA is keeping very quiet because the “damage” was actually an attack by Aliens from the Planet Zog, attempting to steal First’s new Ai software to assist wth their plans for interplanetary domination.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWYCA have successfully decoded a subsequent message from Zog …\n<\/div>\n… which roughly translated means “Call that Ai? You couldn’t organise pea soup in a brewery with that!” (Or some similar phraseology.)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe disruption to travel in Bradford is immense with buses scattered into nearby streets. But, as a good house point, the authority has issued a map …<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n… and a full list of affected services.<\/p>\n<\/a>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nOddly, no one seems to have noticed the invasion.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nApparently the above picture was obtained by the Bradford Telegraph and Argus but a “D” notice was issued to prevent publication.<\/p>\nNew Train Set : The Master Cutler?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nIn fbb’s youth, The Master Cutler ran from Kings Cross to Sheffield via Retford and was a top grade train offering luxury service. fbb could never have afforded to travel on it!<\/div>\n<\/div>\nFirstGroup\u2019s new proposals<\/span> comprise two return journeys a day from London King\u2019s Cross, calling at Retford, Worksop, Woodhouse and Sheffield, and the company aims to provide a faster link between London and Sheffield than alternative services.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nThe new proposed route will give Sheffield the first regular service from London King\u2019s Cross since 1968 and will also give Worksop in Nottinghamshire the first regular direct London trains in decades. FirstGroup estimates there are 350,000 people in the Worksop and Woodhouse catchment areas who will have direct rail access to London because of these proposals. A sizeable number of rail users in these areas currently drive to Doncaster station to pick up faster services to London rather than travelling via Sheffield.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nDoes First know where Woodhouse is? It is nowhere near Worksop but is a suburban stop with no facilities and all buildings boarded up …<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n… and very little parking.\n<\/a><\/div>\nIt is 13 miles from Woodhouse BUT parking as above is FREE!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nTimetables have not yet been published but trains will have to be quite speedy to beat the Midland Main Line’s fastest time of just over two hours.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nCurrently trains from The Cross to Retford take just under two hours but with stops at Stevenage, Peterborough, Grantham and Newark. Subtract, say, 7 minutes for a slow, a stop and a sped up four times (28 minutes) which looks like a non-stop run to Retford in one hour 35. That leaves 25 minutes for stops at Retford, Worksop and Woodhouse and the much slower run into Sheffield.\n<\/a><\/div>\nFirst Rail will need some clever timetabling to achieve their advertised aims.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nMaybe they will use Ai<\/span>?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBut before folk get too excited; please note that this is an application for track access<\/span>. There is no guarantee that Notwork Rail will make the requisite paths available. We keep on being told that the East Coast Main Line is full!\n<\/div>\nfbb will keep a close eye on this one.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0Next Weekend Variety blog : Sunday 7th January\u00a0<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0A I, Eh? Aye; Pray Why? (Part 2) The book on Ai duly arrived from the South American rain forest early yesterday afternoon. 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![<\/a><\/div>\nThen half of it was closed and latterly the whole lot was demolished and replaced with a new much smaller Interchange bus station.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nBut it, too has suddenly closed, albeit for a “temporary” period.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nThe PTE (which seems to be calling itself “The Combined Authority” is a little coy about the reason.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nThe statement does not specify how long the bus station will be closed for, but WYCA said more information will be provided “in due course”.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n\n\nStatement in full on Bradford Interchange bus station closure<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nWest Yorkshire Combined Authority said: “We have taken the precautionary measure to close Bradford Interchange bus station today following some damage believed to be linked to recent extreme weather<\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n“Some damage”? What damage? “Believed to be linked ..?” Don’t you know?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAh, that would be telling.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe WYCA is keeping very quiet because the “damage” was actually an attack by Aliens from the Planet Zog, attempting to steal First’s new Ai software to assist wth their plans for interplanetary domination.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWYCA have successfully decoded a subsequent message from Zog …\n<\/div>\n… which roughly translated means “Call that Ai? You couldn’t organise pea soup in a brewery with that!” (Or some similar phraseology.)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe disruption to travel in Bradford is immense with buses scattered into nearby streets. But, as a good house point, the authority has issued a map …<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n… and a full list of affected services.<\/p>\n<\/a>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nOddly, no one seems to have noticed the invasion.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nApparently the above picture was obtained by the Bradford Telegraph and Argus but a “D” notice was issued to prevent publication.<\/p>\nNew Train Set : The Master Cutler?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nIn fbb’s youth, The Master Cutler ran from Kings Cross to Sheffield via Retford and was a top grade train offering luxury service. fbb could never have afforded to travel on it!<\/div>\n<\/div>\nFirstGroup\u2019s new proposals<\/span> comprise two return journeys a day from London King\u2019s Cross, calling at Retford, Worksop, Woodhouse and Sheffield, and the company aims to provide a faster link between London and Sheffield than alternative services.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nThe new proposed route will give Sheffield the first regular service from London King\u2019s Cross since 1968 and will also give Worksop in Nottinghamshire the first regular direct London trains in decades. FirstGroup estimates there are 350,000 people in the Worksop and Woodhouse catchment areas who will have direct rail access to London because of these proposals. A sizeable number of rail users in these areas currently drive to Doncaster station to pick up faster services to London rather than travelling via Sheffield.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nDoes First know where Woodhouse is? It is nowhere near Worksop but is a suburban stop with no facilities and all buildings boarded up …<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n… and very little parking.\n<\/a><\/div>\nIt is 13 miles from Woodhouse BUT parking as above is FREE!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nTimetables have not yet been published but trains will have to be quite speedy to beat the Midland Main Line’s fastest time of just over two hours.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nCurrently trains from The Cross to Retford take just under two hours but with stops at Stevenage, Peterborough, Grantham and Newark. Subtract, say, 7 minutes for a slow, a stop and a sped up four times (28 minutes) which looks like a non-stop run to Retford in one hour 35. That leaves 25 minutes for stops at Retford, Worksop and Woodhouse and the much slower run into Sheffield.\n<\/a><\/div>\nFirst Rail will need some clever timetabling to achieve their advertised aims.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nMaybe they will use Ai<\/span>?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBut before folk get too excited; please note that this is an application for track access<\/span>. There is no guarantee that Notwork Rail will make the requisite paths available. We keep on being told that the East Coast Main Line is full!\n<\/div>\nfbb will keep a close eye on this one.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0Next Weekend Variety blog : Sunday 7th January\u00a0<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0A I, Eh? Aye; Pray Why? (Part 2) The book on Ai duly arrived from the South American rain forest early yesterday afternoon. 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![<\/a><\/div>\nBut it, too has suddenly closed, albeit for a “temporary” period.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nThe PTE (which seems to be calling itself “The Combined Authority” is a little coy about the reason.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nThe statement does not specify how long the bus station will be closed for, but WYCA said more information will be provided “in due course”.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n\n\nStatement in full on Bradford Interchange bus station closure<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nWest Yorkshire Combined Authority said: “We have taken the precautionary measure to close Bradford Interchange bus station today following some damage believed to be linked to recent extreme weather<\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n“Some damage”? What damage? “Believed to be linked ..?” Don’t you know?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAh, that would be telling.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe WYCA is keeping very quiet because the “damage” was actually an attack by Aliens from the Planet Zog, attempting to steal First’s new Ai software to assist wth their plans for interplanetary domination.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWYCA have successfully decoded a subsequent message from Zog …\n<\/div>\n… which roughly translated means “Call that Ai? You couldn’t organise pea soup in a brewery with that!” (Or some similar phraseology.)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe disruption to travel in Bradford is immense with buses scattered into nearby streets. 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FirstGroup estimates there are 350,000 people in the Worksop and Woodhouse catchment areas who will have direct rail access to London because of these proposals. A sizeable number of rail users in these areas currently drive to Doncaster station to pick up faster services to London rather than travelling via Sheffield.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nDoes First know where Woodhouse is? It is nowhere near Worksop but is a suburban stop with no facilities and all buildings boarded up …<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n… and very little parking.\n<\/a><\/div>\nIt is 13 miles from Woodhouse BUT parking as above is FREE!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nTimetables have not yet been published but trains will have to be quite speedy to beat the Midland Main Line’s fastest time of just over two hours.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nCurrently trains from The Cross to Retford take just under two hours but with stops at Stevenage, Peterborough, Grantham and Newark. Subtract, say, 7 minutes for a slow, a stop and a sped up four times (28 minutes) which looks like a non-stop run to Retford in one hour 35. That leaves 25 minutes for stops at Retford, Worksop and Woodhouse and the much slower run into Sheffield.\n<\/a><\/div>\nFirst Rail will need some clever timetabling to achieve their advertised aims.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nMaybe they will use Ai<\/span>?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBut before folk get too excited; please note that this is an application for track access<\/span>. There is no guarantee that Notwork Rail will make the requisite paths available. We keep on being told that the East Coast Main Line is full!\n<\/div>\nfbb will keep a close eye on this one.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0Next Weekend Variety blog : Sunday 7th January\u00a0<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0A I, Eh? Aye; Pray Why? (Part 2) The book on Ai duly arrived from the South American rain forest early yesterday afternoon. 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![<\/a><\/div>\nThe PTE (which seems to be calling itself “The Combined Authority” is a little coy about the reason.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nThe statement does not specify how long the bus station will be closed for, but WYCA said more information will be provided “in due course”.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n\n\nStatement in full on Bradford Interchange bus station closure<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nWest Yorkshire Combined Authority said: “We have taken the precautionary measure to close Bradford Interchange bus station today following some damage believed to be linked to recent extreme weather<\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n“Some damage”? 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Subtract, say, 7 minutes for a slow, a stop and a sped up four times (28 minutes) which looks like a non-stop run to Retford in one hour 35. That leaves 25 minutes for stops at Retford, Worksop and Woodhouse and the much slower run into Sheffield.\n<\/a><\/div>\nFirst Rail will need some clever timetabling to achieve their advertised aims.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nMaybe they will use Ai<\/span>?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBut before folk get too excited; please note that this is an application for track access<\/span>. There is no guarantee that Notwork Rail will make the requisite paths available. We keep on being told that the East Coast Main Line is full!\n<\/div>\nfbb will keep a close eye on this one.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0Next Weekend Variety blog : Sunday 7th January\u00a0<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0A I, Eh? Aye; Pray Why? (Part 2) The book on Ai duly arrived from the South American rain forest early yesterday afternoon. 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![<\/a><\/div>\n… and a full list of affected services.<\/p>\n<\/a>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nOddly, no one seems to have noticed the invasion.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nApparently the above picture was obtained by the Bradford Telegraph and Argus but a “D” notice was issued to prevent publication.<\/p>\nNew Train Set : The Master Cutler?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nIn fbb’s youth, The Master Cutler ran from Kings Cross to Sheffield via Retford and was a top grade train offering luxury service. fbb could never have afforded to travel on it!<\/div>\n<\/div>\nFirstGroup\u2019s new proposals<\/span> comprise two return journeys a day from London King\u2019s Cross, calling at Retford, Worksop, Woodhouse and Sheffield, and the company aims to provide a faster link between London and Sheffield than alternative services.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nThe new proposed route will give Sheffield the first regular service from London King\u2019s Cross since 1968 and will also give Worksop in Nottinghamshire the first regular direct London trains in decades. FirstGroup estimates there are 350,000 people in the Worksop and Woodhouse catchment areas who will have direct rail access to London because of these proposals. A sizeable number of rail users in these areas currently drive to Doncaster station to pick up faster services to London rather than travelling via Sheffield.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nDoes First know where Woodhouse is? It is nowhere near Worksop but is a suburban stop with no facilities and all buildings boarded up …<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n… and very little parking.\n<\/a><\/div>\nIt is 13 miles from Woodhouse BUT parking as above is FREE!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nTimetables have not yet been published but trains will have to be quite speedy to beat the Midland Main Line’s fastest time of just over two hours.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nCurrently trains from The Cross to Retford take just under two hours but with stops at Stevenage, Peterborough, Grantham and Newark. Subtract, say, 7 minutes for a slow, a stop and a sped up four times (28 minutes) which looks like a non-stop run to Retford in one hour 35. That leaves 25 minutes for stops at Retford, Worksop and Woodhouse and the much slower run into Sheffield.\n<\/a><\/div>\nFirst Rail will need some clever timetabling to achieve their advertised aims.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nMaybe they will use Ai<\/span>?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBut before folk get too excited; please note that this is an application for track access<\/span>. There is no guarantee that Notwork Rail will make the requisite paths available. We keep on being told that the East Coast Main Line is full!\n<\/div>\nfbb will keep a close eye on this one.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0Next Weekend Variety blog : Sunday 7th January\u00a0<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0A I, Eh? Aye; Pray Why? (Part 2) The book on Ai duly arrived from the South American rain forest early yesterday afternoon. The print is small so reading will be a magnifier assisted challenge and certainly haf hardly started by later yesterday evening. Bedtime reading is quite hard using one hand for the book, one for the magnifier and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camcab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhB30Rlh539bxQoWPMa4BKD77GEWm_O2CdKCU6gEH-GNgLpIdE5O_9SiyhHZDcDRIYckwxwcfVnmzTUuWrELTHoFR7mGcj9XnP8E4tOLiMMDuAFTFK1ZRrhq1qgYolZYvF3kWajSK2kPSMgZwL0iIzcfR94aaF67gve5ZQgJwLSI7aDLQOBX4l_ipHZu5O5\/s720\/Screenshot_20240105-134914.png\"){kind=link}
![<\/a>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nOddly, no one seems to have noticed the invasion.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nApparently the above picture was obtained by the Bradford Telegraph and Argus but a “D” notice was issued to prevent publication.<\/p>\nNew Train Set : The Master Cutler?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nIn fbb’s youth, The Master Cutler ran from Kings Cross to Sheffield via Retford and was a top grade train offering luxury service. fbb could never have afforded to travel on it!<\/div>\n<\/div>\nFirstGroup\u2019s new proposals<\/span> comprise two return journeys a day from London King\u2019s Cross, calling at Retford, Worksop, Woodhouse and Sheffield, and the company aims to provide a faster link between London and Sheffield than alternative services.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nThe new proposed route will give Sheffield the first regular service from London King\u2019s Cross since 1968 and will also give Worksop in Nottinghamshire the first regular direct London trains in decades. FirstGroup estimates there are 350,000 people in the Worksop and Woodhouse catchment areas who will have direct rail access to London because of these proposals. A sizeable number of rail users in these areas currently drive to Doncaster station to pick up faster services to London rather than travelling via Sheffield.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nDoes First know where Woodhouse is? It is nowhere near Worksop but is a suburban stop with no facilities and all buildings boarded up …<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n… and very little parking.\n<\/a><\/div>\nIt is 13 miles from Woodhouse BUT parking as above is FREE!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nTimetables have not yet been published but trains will have to be quite speedy to beat the Midland Main Line’s fastest time of just over two hours.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nCurrently trains from The Cross to Retford take just under two hours but with stops at Stevenage, Peterborough, Grantham and Newark. Subtract, say, 7 minutes for a slow, a stop and a sped up four times (28 minutes) which looks like a non-stop run to Retford in one hour 35. That leaves 25 minutes for stops at Retford, Worksop and Woodhouse and the much slower run into Sheffield.\n<\/a><\/div>\nFirst Rail will need some clever timetabling to achieve their advertised aims.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nMaybe they will use Ai<\/span>?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBut before folk get too excited; please note that this is an application for track access<\/span>. There is no guarantee that Notwork Rail will make the requisite paths available. We keep on being told that the East Coast Main Line is full!\n<\/div>\nfbb will keep a close eye on this one.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0Next Weekend Variety blog : Sunday 7th January\u00a0<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0A I, Eh? Aye; Pray Why? (Part 2) The book on Ai duly arrived from the South American rain forest early yesterday afternoon. The print is small so reading will be a magnifier assisted challenge and certainly haf hardly started by later yesterday evening. Bedtime reading is quite hard using one hand for the book, one for the magnifier and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camcab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgGgFEEZm05-xIsQu76NDpRk24Rux-re_9SPzH2EQRgE752tWttf4_uErdMqifCITptoHML89-y11KfMlr5j4SvvQ4tMcDsRsxKC-S2NBAKDXNdWkRmCHqsyBEQT7BKEwuYxswFK75m6HT04XyyxR2oL55Hyid-T4cSjke1vR1zGuk5ci-6tAA4QqyYL0P5\/s1382\/Screenshot_20240105-134827.png\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nOddly, no one seems to have noticed the invasion.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nApparently the above picture was obtained by the Bradford Telegraph and Argus but a “D” notice was issued to prevent publication.<\/p>\nNew Train Set : The Master Cutler?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nIn fbb’s youth, The Master Cutler ran from Kings Cross to Sheffield via Retford and was a top grade train offering luxury service. fbb could never have afforded to travel on it!<\/div>\n<\/div>\nFirstGroup\u2019s new proposals<\/span> comprise two return journeys a day from London King\u2019s Cross, calling at Retford, Worksop, Woodhouse and Sheffield, and the company aims to provide a faster link between London and Sheffield than alternative services.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nThe new proposed route will give Sheffield the first regular service from London King\u2019s Cross since 1968 and will also give Worksop in Nottinghamshire the first regular direct London trains in decades. FirstGroup estimates there are 350,000 people in the Worksop and Woodhouse catchment areas who will have direct rail access to London because of these proposals. A sizeable number of rail users in these areas currently drive to Doncaster station to pick up faster services to London rather than travelling via Sheffield.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nDoes First know where Woodhouse is? It is nowhere near Worksop but is a suburban stop with no facilities and all buildings boarded up …<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n… and very little parking.\n<\/a><\/div>\nIt is 13 miles from Woodhouse BUT parking as above is FREE!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nTimetables have not yet been published but trains will have to be quite speedy to beat the Midland Main Line’s fastest time of just over two hours.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nCurrently trains from The Cross to Retford take just under two hours but with stops at Stevenage, Peterborough, Grantham and Newark. Subtract, say, 7 minutes for a slow, a stop and a sped up four times (28 minutes) which looks like a non-stop run to Retford in one hour 35. That leaves 25 minutes for stops at Retford, Worksop and Woodhouse and the much slower run into Sheffield.\n<\/a><\/div>\nFirst Rail will need some clever timetabling to achieve their advertised aims.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nMaybe they will use Ai<\/span>?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBut before folk get too excited; please note that this is an application for track access<\/span>. There is no guarantee that Notwork Rail will make the requisite paths available. We keep on being told that the East Coast Main Line is full!\n<\/div>\nfbb will keep a close eye on this one.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0Next Weekend Variety blog : Sunday 7th January\u00a0<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0A I, Eh? Aye; Pray Why? (Part 2) The book on Ai duly arrived from the South American rain forest early yesterday afternoon. The print is small so reading will be a magnifier assisted challenge and certainly haf hardly started by later yesterday evening. Bedtime reading is quite hard using one hand for the book, one for the magnifier and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camcab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjLyJ1DxFS5pS7Qu4ArsssSWMBfPypX9j2RNflhnEHG-0XJS4KJAfSt3arvvqL_T43rnIslzUiuhOXV1E-07enpCBVE-cbzXRRE1qMX-wjI_T5FcfjSS5Efu0-7Xb6R2fFpoAAfKkCKoDu60QRH8NVaQkmRKELlFMgyKlA12q8SaGmuYweaBMoaj6ivlR2K\/s1102\/Screenshot_20240105-134838.png\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/div>\nApparently the above picture was obtained by the Bradford Telegraph and Argus but a “D” notice was issued to prevent publication.<\/p>\nNew Train Set : The Master Cutler?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nIn fbb’s youth, The Master Cutler ran from Kings Cross to Sheffield via Retford and was a top grade train offering luxury service. fbb could never have afforded to travel on it!<\/div>\n<\/div>\nFirstGroup\u2019s new proposals<\/span> comprise two return journeys a day from London King\u2019s Cross, calling at Retford, Worksop, Woodhouse and Sheffield, and the company aims to provide a faster link between London and Sheffield than alternative services.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nThe new proposed route will give Sheffield the first regular service from London King\u2019s Cross since 1968 and will also give Worksop in Nottinghamshire the first regular direct London trains in decades. FirstGroup estimates there are 350,000 people in the Worksop and Woodhouse catchment areas who will have direct rail access to London because of these proposals. A sizeable number of rail users in these areas currently drive to Doncaster station to pick up faster services to London rather than travelling via Sheffield.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nDoes First know where Woodhouse is? It is nowhere near Worksop but is a suburban stop with no facilities and all buildings boarded up …<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n… and very little parking.\n<\/a><\/div>\nIt is 13 miles from Woodhouse BUT parking as above is FREE!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nTimetables have not yet been published but trains will have to be quite speedy to beat the Midland Main Line’s fastest time of just over two hours.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nCurrently trains from The Cross to Retford take just under two hours but with stops at Stevenage, Peterborough, Grantham and Newark. Subtract, say, 7 minutes for a slow, a stop and a sped up four times (28 minutes) which looks like a non-stop run to Retford in one hour 35. That leaves 25 minutes for stops at Retford, Worksop and Woodhouse and the much slower run into Sheffield.\n<\/a><\/div>\nFirst Rail will need some clever timetabling to achieve their advertised aims.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nMaybe they will use Ai<\/span>?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBut before folk get too excited; please note that this is an application for track access<\/span>. There is no guarantee that Notwork Rail will make the requisite paths available. We keep on being told that the East Coast Main Line is full!\n<\/div>\nfbb will keep a close eye on this one.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0Next Weekend Variety blog : Sunday 7th January\u00a0<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0A I, Eh? Aye; Pray Why? (Part 2) The book on Ai duly arrived from the South American rain forest early yesterday afternoon. The print is small so reading will be a magnifier assisted challenge and certainly haf hardly started by later yesterday evening. Bedtime reading is quite hard using one hand for the book, one for the magnifier and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camcab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhbxz264_FKnyevQou18w6bwfDcJaOWIO0c36dwBG-aBMqWYHMaW1Afx3yj6TBDRpR-yZtjBtf3hGnrh8QNM5-xLcIntK_pvi2_l3Id7vlrMXyLQ4o592gHO3PJAzjy_6MyqMrmtRJaavOYqS7CWwVCxk8d1lwibus7ZcJqr_z_XAPPHTijnVH4vqA2UuXI\/s848\/screenshot.25934.jpg\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/div>\nIn fbb’s youth, The Master Cutler ran from Kings Cross to Sheffield via Retford and was a top grade train offering luxury service. fbb could never have afforded to travel on it!<\/div>\n<\/div>\nFirstGroup\u2019s new proposals<\/span> comprise two return journeys a day from London King\u2019s Cross, calling at Retford, Worksop, Woodhouse and Sheffield, and the company aims to provide a faster link between London and Sheffield than alternative services.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nThe new proposed route will give Sheffield the first regular service from London King\u2019s Cross since 1968 and will also give Worksop in Nottinghamshire the first regular direct London trains in decades. FirstGroup estimates there are 350,000 people in the Worksop and Woodhouse catchment areas who will have direct rail access to London because of these proposals. A sizeable number of rail users in these areas currently drive to Doncaster station to pick up faster services to London rather than travelling via Sheffield.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nDoes First know where Woodhouse is? It is nowhere near Worksop but is a suburban stop with no facilities and all buildings boarded up …<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n… and very little parking.\n<\/a><\/div>\nIt is 13 miles from Woodhouse BUT parking as above is FREE!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nTimetables have not yet been published but trains will have to be quite speedy to beat the Midland Main Line’s fastest time of just over two hours.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nCurrently trains from The Cross to Retford take just under two hours but with stops at Stevenage, Peterborough, Grantham and Newark. Subtract, say, 7 minutes for a slow, a stop and a sped up four times (28 minutes) which looks like a non-stop run to Retford in one hour 35. That leaves 25 minutes for stops at Retford, Worksop and Woodhouse and the much slower run into Sheffield.\n<\/a><\/div>\nFirst Rail will need some clever timetabling to achieve their advertised aims.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nMaybe they will use Ai<\/span>?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBut before folk get too excited; please note that this is an application for track access<\/span>. There is no guarantee that Notwork Rail will make the requisite paths available. We keep on being told that the East Coast Main Line is full!\n<\/div>\nfbb will keep a close eye on this one.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0Next Weekend Variety blog : Sunday 7th January\u00a0<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0A I, Eh? Aye; Pray Why? (Part 2) The book on Ai duly arrived from the South American rain forest early yesterday afternoon. The print is small so reading will be a magnifier assisted challenge and certainly haf hardly started by later yesterday evening. Bedtime reading is quite hard using one hand for the book, one for the magnifier and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camcab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjNWF76sJqrzeG1novcQnMun4AiVHQGgsLfrO96e46xcWR5_sH7LdSwfW9tdmxqC8x0I3QnXq8f8Iri0715zkwS1oVA3ZxldLJl9hqYzUrFZkUqmuOy7xHC9OTwwlX_Peg6hz9mEWdQYo26T37PYfOknXPGc9Ou5FXBeQG2D8W3x_BwNy_f7ONCXswt06St\/s712\/screenshot.25935.jpg\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n… and very little parking.\n<\/a><\/div>\nIt is 13 miles from Woodhouse BUT parking as above is FREE!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nTimetables have not yet been published but trains will have to be quite speedy to beat the Midland Main Line’s fastest time of just over two hours.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nCurrently trains from The Cross to Retford take just under two hours but with stops at Stevenage, Peterborough, Grantham and Newark. Subtract, say, 7 minutes for a slow, a stop and a sped up four times (28 minutes) which looks like a non-stop run to Retford in one hour 35. That leaves 25 minutes for stops at Retford, Worksop and Woodhouse and the much slower run into Sheffield.\n<\/a><\/div>\nFirst Rail will need some clever timetabling to achieve their advertised aims.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nMaybe they will use Ai<\/span>?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBut before folk get too excited; please note that this is an application for track access<\/span>. There is no guarantee that Notwork Rail will make the requisite paths available. We keep on being told that the East Coast Main Line is full!\n<\/div>\nfbb will keep a close eye on this one.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0Next Weekend Variety blog : Sunday 7th January\u00a0<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0A I, Eh? Aye; Pray Why? (Part 2) The book on Ai duly arrived from the South American rain forest early yesterday afternoon. The print is small so reading will be a magnifier assisted challenge and certainly haf hardly started by later yesterday evening. Bedtime reading is quite hard using one hand for the book, one for the magnifier and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camcab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjr41CVxLF6f72XfFlquieWPAjQJiUPU_sqlXRC8SKwZ0IOhqqHjhbaTleDwlATZGgdRPE9MdmsXS0Mf33ReDnCgjHiY-bMURdoBtO0cPzmmMssNI8RwCItDY8FyoS1YQRNZ0_AKz-_XTwSyOqOKuhIZgnnMzpu0Y9WZ-9RWogx7Y_AB8RLCrfHN8NQkttU\/s1014\/screenshot.25936.jpg\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/div>\nIt is 13 miles from Woodhouse BUT parking as above is FREE!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nTimetables have not yet been published but trains will have to be quite speedy to beat the Midland Main Line’s fastest time of just over two hours.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nCurrently trains from The Cross to Retford take just under two hours but with stops at Stevenage, Peterborough, Grantham and Newark. Subtract, say, 7 minutes for a slow, a stop and a sped up four times (28 minutes) which looks like a non-stop run to Retford in one hour 35. That leaves 25 minutes for stops at Retford, Worksop and Woodhouse and the much slower run into Sheffield.\n<\/a><\/div>\nFirst Rail will need some clever timetabling to achieve their advertised aims.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nMaybe they will use Ai<\/span>?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBut before folk get too excited; please note that this is an application for track access<\/span>. There is no guarantee that Notwork Rail will make the requisite paths available. We keep on being told that the East Coast Main Line is full!\n<\/div>\nfbb will keep a close eye on this one.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0Next Weekend Variety blog : Sunday 7th January\u00a0<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0A I, Eh? Aye; Pray Why? (Part 2) The book on Ai duly arrived from the South American rain forest early yesterday afternoon. The print is small so reading will be a magnifier assisted challenge and certainly haf hardly started by later yesterday evening. Bedtime reading is quite hard using one hand for the book, one for the magnifier and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camcab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEj17MGV2p87IZCimPFtrvDmfxGDyqxMWzguoNKzxLKgOLJ_1U8bBjK6lcpUJ9U-StJoqs82d101-u_JftkSS_H9IZhP9QdYXP-wePPIaBV1hZc3_fTpAOJEg9p33uxw9plOafFDEbkbeK2qULDI49YyHGKPsdwznkPJwyrR78h-72zHKbxuy3yhTSXS44X7\/s698\/screenshot.25937.jpg\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/div>\nFirst Rail will need some clever timetabling to achieve their advertised aims.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nMaybe they will use Ai<\/span>?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBut before folk get too excited; please note that this is an application for track access<\/span>. There is no guarantee that Notwork Rail will make the requisite paths available. We keep on being told that the East Coast Main Line is full!\n<\/div>\nfbb will keep a close eye on this one.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0Next Weekend Variety blog : Sunday 7th January\u00a0<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0A I, Eh? Aye; Pray Why? (Part 2) The book on Ai duly arrived from the South American rain forest early yesterday afternoon. The print is small so reading will be a magnifier assisted challenge and certainly haf hardly started by later yesterday evening. Bedtime reading is quite hard using one hand for the book, one for the magnifier and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camcab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEimwZtl5uCGSdxBcPd1_Gui1jjQjt_NFsuiN-tCb-2WJtmpsdaQUKIV6aoFhqhRX4MzBzWXUaMsWSSodY0WMqKVYcajiBjmzOqWtAC3cQfX5sFuXIzOvM0vAMvTsApP41a7fWIUi_kHE406BCOT4Vu6oQX53yypqHSKSUvyN8Q3g_obQnLJH7hX1jdAxxfS\/s1044\/screenshot.25938.jpg\"){kind=link}