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    Merseyrail to introduce Oyster-style ticketing from the Autumn

    Then those people can buy paper tickets as now.
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    Confused about ticket type. Sorry if I'm missing the point

    If you've got a booked train only ticket then you must follow the itinerary given (unless there's disruption, if one of your trains was cancelled or you missed a connection due to a delay you'd be able to travel on a different train). You would therefore not be able to break your journey in...
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    WCRC loses judicial review in High Court

    No idea! But if they're not running them the ORR really won't care :lol:
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    WCRC loses judicial review in High Court

    Well yes, that is the problem and why they're in so much trouble (amongst other reasons such as not actually managing their proposed mitigations). But the point I was replying to was regarding the progress being made by other operators, I suspect that if they were not making progress at all and...
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    WCRC loses judicial review in High Court

    Nope, but seeing as the ORR haven't seen the need to take action against them I can only presume that the ORR are satisfied with their plans and progress.
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    WCRC loses judicial review in High Court

    All the other operators either have or are well on the way to fitting their stock with CDL and it hasn't caused them any particular problems seemingly. So why should WCRC be given different preferential treatment to the rest of the heritage sector?
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    Dublin: Leap Cards

    I suppose to be fair I was travelling out of the centre around 10am so I'd have been very unlikely to have much traffic get in the way! Might have been a different story if I'd been travelling at 1730. It is an odd one isn't it? It's not all that far away, three/four miles as the crow flies...
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    So many announcements, so few people taking them on board

    Yes very true! It is odd sounding but as you say not inaccurate at all.
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    So many announcements, so few people taking them on board

    I've always quite liked the approach of DB on their long distance services to this. If the train is on time the conductor will simply announce words to the effect of "All connections will be made" without giving further detail, but if the train is late and connections have been missed then...
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    Dublin: Leap Cards

    I must admit, there was quite a lot of internal swearing going on when I realised what I'd done! It was then doubly frustrating as I realised halfway to the airport but didn't think I'd have time to turn around and go home to collect them. Only for the flight to be delayed by two and half hours...
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    Dublin: Leap Cards

    Just to feedback that everything worked out fine for me. The 24 hour visitor card worked brilliantly for what I needed to do when I was bashing may way around the DART and some of the Irish Rail commuter services as well. The Leap card then worked very well for the other bits and bobs I did...
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    Interesting journeys in Belgium and the Netherlands

    Thanks for all the suggestions everyone, you've certainly given me plenty to ponder!
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    Interesting journeys in Belgium and the Netherlands

    I'm hoping that the more knowledgeable types around here might be able to steer me in the right direction! I have some time in the Benelux region next week (starting in Brussels and making may way eastwards to Amsterdam over the course of a few days) and I was hoping someone might be able to...
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    Brexit matters

    What more opposition would you have liked to see in order for it to be relevant? Hundreds of thousands attended protest marches, millions signed a petition saying Article 50 should be revoked, a majority of people voted for parties other than the Tories in 2019, opinion polling has consistently...
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    Brexit matters

    I'm not sure I'd characterise what went on during 2018/19 leading up to December 2019 election as being a period "without a huge amount of opposition". It may not have been effective in the end at preventing a hard Brexit but it certainly was there and to pretend otherwise would be re-writing...

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