Central Trains

Advantages: Large network
Disadvantages: Sometimes a poor service

...Central Trains are their own worst enemy. They provide train services from Shrewsbury to Nottingham via Birmingham and also to East Anglia. They have provided train services for a long time. So how come they still have not got it right, yet? Central Trains is the cause of many phone calls to consumer radio programmes in the Midlands. And you often hear a spokesman or spokeswoman coming up with some explanation as to why they have managed to mess things up, again. One of the problems that face passengers of Central Trains is the fact that Central Trains seems unable to understand that, sometimes, people become ill and have to 'phone in sick. Of course, it would not be possible (sadly!) to go back to the days when spare staff would wait at strategic locations around the British Rail network, waiting to cover for colleagues who had...

Martinscholes 15.12.2005 · Read review
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Central Park, Peterborough.

Advantages: An oasis in the city
Disadvantages: None that I know

...I have lived in Peterborough for 37 years, and the Central Park has always been the place to take your children, photos of the park go back to Victorian times and the actual layout has not changed since then. For one it cannot get any bigger as it is in the older central part of the city with buildings all around, though this does not distract from the Park itself. The Park is one large circle with a very wide road around the outside. There are four gates, entry points to the Park and about ten yards in an inner footpath that goes around the Park. The four gates all have footpaths that lead to the centre which is a large flower bed that has a willow tree, this my husband tells me was planted some time in the 60's as there used to be a band stand on the same spot. It seems that the demise of the band caused the band stand to be...

bostonianbeer 24.08.2008 · Read review
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Central do Brasil

Advantages: Poignant, beautiful, superbly acted and directed
Disadvantages: None

...I first saw "Central do Brasil" (English title - Central Station) several years ago but having seen it again recently I thought that my collection of film reviews on Ciao would be sadly lacking without reference to it. Central Station is a Brazilian film released in 1998 and it was nominated for 2 Oscars (Best Actress in a Leading Role and Best Foreign Film) in 1999 and won the BAFTA for Best Foreign Film. It is directed by renowned Brazilian director Walter Salles (who also did "Behind the Sun" and "Foreign Land"). It is in Portuguese with English subtitles. Plot ---- Dora (Fernanda Montenegro) is a retired schoolteacher who makes some money by working in Rio de Janeiro's central railway station (Central do Brasil) writing letters for some of the city's many illiterate citizens. Dora is a bitter and cynical person who has never...

buzios 24.11.2003 · Read review
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Park Central Hotel

Advantages: Superb location, comfortable accomodation, helpful staff
Disadvantages: No major disadvantages to the actual hotel itself

...In "the city that never sleeps," especially if you're visiting for the first time, it's all about site-seeing, shopping, and taking advantage of New York's endless amount of restuarants. So when choosing a hotel, it's all about location! I took my first ever visit to New York (and certainly not my last, taking into consideration the amazing time I had there) in February 2007, for a school trip, and stayed in Park Central Hotel. FIRST IMPRESSIONS I was delighted when we first arrived at the Park Central hotel - the immaculate lobby and reception area, with brown leather sofas and sparkling floor tiles, was classy and modern. We were greeted by friendly staff who gave us our room keys, and we went off up the lifts (we didn't fancy taking the stairs, having being accomodated on numerous floors up the building!) to our room...

pash123 12.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Park Central, New York City

Central Park away from hussle and bustle

Advantages: Good to get away from crowds of people
Disadvantages: Can't walk in at night

...I only spent half a day in Central park and it definately wasnt long enough. Not living in a city myself I felt it strange being in a park and seeing skyscaper buildings all at the same time.The place is alot bigger than I had initially thought. I got a horse and carriage ride through central park which I thought was nice however it wasnt a very long trip on it maybe 10 or 15mins maximum. I could have walked around the ciruit they go however our carriage driver did give us some information on the sights that we seen. I was on the bridge they use in the film Home Alone which was nice to see plus I seen the skating rink however we could not go on it as it had been raining and it was not safe to do so.This would only be interesting if you like seeing where they have filmed things. If not it is just a nice walk away from the hussle...

DeniseKelly40 21.08.2007 · Read review
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Review of Central Park

No night's sleep at Norwich Central

Advantages: Can benefit from £15 rates, great central location
Disadvantages: Noisy main road right outside hotel, no free car park.

...minute travel distance, Norwich Central and Norwich Cringleford I went off the list provided by the Bride and Groom and Norwich Central was there recommendation so I took that to be the closest location. *~*Booking Process*~* As with most travel companies now the lowest prices are offered online whether it be a hotel room, car hire or package holiday. So I logged onto www.travelodge.co.uk and the homepage gives you two options to locate your hotel. Option 1: Somewhere to stay Here you can enter your destination such as Norwich, then the next page will ask you to confirm the region so I selected Norwich, Norfolk and 5 results were produced on the next page ranging from 0.5 miles to 34.6 miles to my required destination. Option 2: Go straight to booking a room This is the option to select if you know the name of the hotel and have...

KELLYLOUJ 26.08.2007 · Read review
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Central Park Zoo

Advantages: Great
Disadvantages: None

...We went to the central park zoo when we were in New York the other week. It was a lot of fun and the animals were beautiful. it was obvious that the animals were very hot though and this came across quite cruel. Any way, the animals looked well looked after, but due to the heat I did think that they would be a little too hot. The snow leopard was gorgeous, she was the most gorgeous animal that I have ever seen. She spent most of the time trying to hide from the heat, but we still got some amazing pictures of her. An amazing zoo, one that I would recommend that you check out if you get to the states, it is cheap as well at only $8. parkfielsd-2006...

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Premier Inn - Oldham Central

Advantages: Clean, good staff, nice breakfast
Disadvantages: Terrible bed

...My husband had to go to Manchester for a meeting at fairly short notice and would be staying over the night before. As I'm not working at the moment, I decided to tag along - any excuse to go shopping in Manchester for a few hours. Unfortunately, it being the 4th March, Manchester United were playing at home in the Champions League and, despite the best efforts of his company travel people, the nearest they could get at a price they were willing to pay - £58 room and £7.50 breakfast - was the Oldham Central Premier Inn (about 12 miles from the Gmex where we were planning to park). Now this hotel is literally right next to Oldham football ground and they were playing at home but we had absolutely no problem getting a room! We actually hadn't realised that the game was on, otherwise we would have pushed it a bit on the way up...

BristolBud 28.03.2008 · Read review
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Review of Premier Travel Inn Oldham - Central, Oldham

The Revival of South Central

Advantages: Much better than they used to be.
Disadvantages: Still a way to go.

...Well I know that this train company is still listed in Ciao as Connex South Central, but for the last year and a bit, this train service has changed hands. It is now run by a company called Govia, under the new name South Central. Having been in Brighton now in university for three years I have seen first hand how the train service has been running here. When I arrived, Connex was in charge down here and had a fairly bad reputation. With an open mind, I used this service on many occasions, on both the longer routes into London and to Gatwick Airport, in addition to the suburban routes to the university station at Falmer. However, after a few months I came to realise that Connex reputation was well deserved. Often late, cancellations were common place and overcrowding due to lack of available rolling stock. To make matters worse...

pumfster 08.05.2003 · Read review
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Cairns Central YHA - great bargin!

Advantages: Was very clean
Disadvantages: can be noisy

...Cairns Central YHA **GENERAL INFORMATION** Address: Cairns Central YHA Backpackers Hostel, 20-26 McLeod Street, Cairns 4870 Phone: (07) 4051 0772 Fax: (07) 4031 3158 Email: cairnscentral@yhaqld.org Reception Hours: 6.30 am to 11pm, however after hours there is a manager on site to contact if you have any emergencies or problems. **TRANSPORT** We got off the Greyhound bus and were supposed to walk to the hostel. Luck was on out side and the kind Greyhound driver brought us to our hostel. If he didn't it would have been about a 10-15 minute walk, which would have seemed miles with a large suitcase, rucksack and 2 small rucksacks (we would have struggled). If your baggage weren't heavy it would have been hard. Leaving the hostel we had to catch a flight. A shuttle bus was arranged at reception and cost $8 per person...

DeniseKelly40 07.04.2008 · Read review
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