Between the Lines 18 Autumn 2013

Follow the Flirts! (30mins) The FLIRT has been a remarkably successful train, perhaps the most successful train of its kind in modern times. The Swiss company sold the first FLIRTS (Fast Light Innovative Regional Trains) to SBB. That was in 2002. Since then sales have been made across Europe – sometimes with multiple operators in the same country! We find them in: Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Italy, Hungary, the Netherlands, Sweden and Finland.

Make a journey from the outskirts of Paris to the Mediterranean coast. (30mins) We start in the Parisian suburb of Brétigny-sur-Orge and travel the route of Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans, or PO, one of the  first railways to be built in France. On the way to the coast we see CoRail hauled trains in their many liveries and TGVs of several varieties – lots of modern Regional trains in the liveries of their Department sponsors, and freight including the Modalohr intermodal  and the Fruit Express from Perpignan to Paris.

Spend an hour at Freilassing (5mins) – a German station just west of Salzburg that is a mainline for both  OBB and  DB. 

Narrated,  Filmed in HD RT 60mins ©FHP 2013

All Ticket to Ride, Perren, TG Trains and Van den Burg products are in PAL format. Region free (0).  

      DVD and BluRay compatibility in North America.

• Regions format and players
• Region 1 USA, Canada, US Territories
• All Region 1 DVDs are NTSC format. Many north American players are still NTSC region 1 only.
• Region 0 (region free) DVDs can be PAL or NTSC format. Ticket to Ride, Perren, TG Trains are all PAL format
• The latest models of DVD players sold in north America are usually NTSC & PAL  compatible.              
•  TVs
• Some North American TVs play NTSC only.
• The latest TVs in north America play both 50Hz (European) and 60Hz (US)- probably High Definition sets.
• BluRay  discs
• To be able to play Blu-Ray discs,  you need a HDTV (High Definition Television), a multi region Blu-Ray Disc Player, HDMI cable and a Blu-Ray Disc.  Please note that BR players are also capable of playing standard DVDs.
• Summary
• The requirements for North American customers to watch PAL DVDs are:
• a multi region DVD player and a PAL compatible TV system;
• or be willing to watch the movie using a pc/laptop DVD ROM drive (pcs are not format dependent.
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• please contact us by email if you have any questions or would like a sample PAL disc sent.

Delivery

We endeavour to despatch all orders within 24 hours. Items marked SPO (special order)  delayed despatch will be forwarded when back in stock.

All items destined for UK  and Channel Isles addresses are sent Royal Mail 

Second Class Royal Mail.    post free 

First Class Royal Mail.     

All items destined for Europe and Rest of the World are sent by Air Mail

Post and packaging costs

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 Air Mail postage costs to Europe and Row  

Returns

Faulty items  If an item is found to be faulty or incorrect please contact us to arrange a return. If the item is faulty a replacement will be sent, if the item is not what you ordered, the correct one will be sent.

If you are unhappy with a product it can be returned to us (in mint condition) within 14 days for a refund. Returning items is at the consumer's cost. For your own protection, we suggest you use a secure delivery method which requires a signature upon delivery. Please include your name, address, order number and reason for return.