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A Lichfield TV to West Mids all zones weekly is £39.40 if I'm reading it right. https://www.brfares.com/!fares?orig=LTV&dest=I421&period=20240401

My train sat at Stafford for 40 mins, then a number of other stations. Then nearly 90 late they skipped Atherstone and Nuneaton which achieved nothing before getting terminated at Milton Keynes.

Just to clarify the times, I scanned the barcode on my ticket machine. Ticket purchased at 07:42 Rejected Penalty fare 07:42:52 Seems like it was checked straight away.

The footbridge is at the B end end of the platforms, which is at the rear of trains coming in from the Wolverhampton direction. I'm fairly sure it's stairs only though.

I was talking to one of the barrier staff for half an hour on my break one day and in that time 10-15 jumped/ pushed through the barrier. All young, mostly men. They could do with a couple of BTP stood just outside the door. I even managed to sell a few ticket because they didn't have a machine...

Prepare Cab Previously Coupled. A few tests (mainly brakes) that need carrying out on cabs that were intially prepared as middle cabs.

I have a copy of this book. It contains maps of most of the pits in South Wales and the CD is a really comprehensive record of the pits with opening, closing dates, disasters and information on the companies operating in the South Wales coalfield.

Once again thanks for all the advice. I had a great trip visiting the collieries of Southern Poland. Trains were pretty reliable even if they were busy a certain times, especially the one I took between Katowice and Krakow. I also took the train down to Auschwitz. This route seemed almost...

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Thanks all for the advice. As the day draws nearer I have come up with a couple of plans. I'd like go to Rybnik which is unfortunately not in the area, can I just buy 2 singles from the border station. Which in this Case will probably just be Gliwice as I believe Knurow on has a few trains a...

It was before my time there and quite a few years ago now so probably pre net zero. I was told it would be because of an increase in vehicle movements despite 10 ton being like 1 lorry load a year. This whole off shoring of our co2 output is rediculous, at least if its done here we can put...

I volunteer at a mining museum and I'd love to be able to do a bit of mining. Sadly the council wouldn't give us planning permission for a measly 10 ton a year.

Do you put the tickets in your phone case? This can mess up the magnetic strip.

As long as your ticket was purchased before the train you are on departed the station no warning would come up on the screen. Our ticket scanners take no account of which train was selected at point of purchase for flexible tickets, only advances.

Its directly next to it.