M J Forbes wrote:
That doesn't seem quite right. I am sure that platform 15 is (and has
been for years) used for trains in the Putney direction, not the
Portsmouth direction. Has the above got slightly out of line?

I was quoting from an internal document that was issued in the run-up
to the new timetable - I never actually bothered to check if it was
adhered to!



Since this I've checked a couple of times in passing, and 15 has not
been used for anything. But last time I came into it it was from the
"Windsor lines". This in conjunction with pre-timetable-change
memories of catching Reading trains there made me sure that it was used
for trains in that direction.

Platform 14 has been used for Alton and Basingstoke services today
(which I think is normal).

I suppose I could stand there till a train leaves from platform 15, but
that might seem obsessive. Somebody working for SWT probably knows.

"MIG" wrote
I suppose I could stand there till a train leaves from platform 15, but
that might seem obsessive. Somebody working for SWT probably knows.

An easier way is to ask
http://217.23.229.206/jpclient.exe
for trains from Waterloo to Clapham Junction. The next one from platform 15
comes up as the 05.05 to Reading, headcode 1C05.

John Salmon wrote:
"MIG" wrote
I suppose I could stand there till a train leaves from platform 15, but
that might seem obsessive. Somebody working for SWT probably knows.

An easier way is to ask
http://217.23.229.206/jpclient.exe
for trains from Waterloo to Clapham Junction. The next one from platform 15
comes up as the 05.05 to Reading, headcode 1C05.


(Mumble mumble old fashioned ways ...)

But I'm only getting a timeout from this link at various times today.

John Salmon wrote:

An easier way is to ask
http://217.23.229.206/jpclient.exe

....but suffers from the slight downside of not actually responding.

--
gordon

wrote:
John Salmon wrote:

An easier way is to ask
http://217.23.229.206/jpclient.exe

...but suffers from the slight downside of not actually responding.

That's the danger of quoting IP numbers instead of URLs.

"Jack Taylor" wrote in message
...
wrote:
John Salmon wrote:

An easier way is to ask
http://217.23.229.206/jpclient.exe

...but suffers from the slight downside of not actually responding.

That's the danger of quoting IP numbers instead of URLs.

The IP numbers are not the problem, you need to use
http://217.23.229.206/jpclient.exe?newQuery=newQuery and then it will work.

Peter Smyth

Peter Smyth wrote:
"Jack Taylor" wrote in message
...
wrote:
John Salmon wrote:

An easier way is to ask
http://217.23.229.206/jpclient.exe

...but suffers from the slight downside of not actually responding.

That's the danger of quoting IP numbers instead of URLs.

The IP numbers are not the problem, you need to use
http://217.23.229.206/jpclient.exe?newQuery=newQuery and then it will work.

Peter Smyth


OK; got it now. But how do I tell it that I don't care where I go as
long as I start from platform 15 at Waterloo?

(I am getting ideas about a new series of one-off TV plays involving
journeys from platform 15, or perhaps a documentary about despatchers
and barrier staff, on the lines of Airport. "Platform 15" hmm.)

Peter Smyth wrote:

The IP numbers are not the problem, you need to use
http://217.23.229.206/jpclient.exe?newQuery=newQuery and then it will
work.

Unless the application is ported to a server with a different IP address!
The point of a URL is that it does any redirection for you (provided that
it's been set up and is maintained correctly!).

"Jack Taylor" wrote in message
...
Peter Smyth wrote:

The IP numbers are not the problem, you need to use
http://217.23.229.206/jpclient.exe?newQuery=newQuery and then it will
work.

Unless the application is ported to a server with a different IP address!
The point of a URL is that it does any redirection for you (provided that
it's been set up and is maintained correctly!).

It doesn't seem to have another address though. If you go the the main
Traveline page at http://www.traveline.org.uk/index.htm and click on the
North East region, that is the address it takes you to.

Peter Smyth

Peter Smyth wrote:
"Jack Taylor" wrote in message
...
wrote:
John Salmon wrote:

An easier way is to ask
http://217.23.229.206/jpclient.exe

...but suffers from the slight downside of not actually responding.

That's the danger of quoting IP numbers instead of URLs.

The IP numbers are not the problem, you need to use
http://217.23.229.206/jpclient.exe?newQuery=newQuery and then it will work.


Also it gives the booked departure rather than (understandably) the
actual platform which may be or (often) may not be the actual platform
on any given day.
--
gordon