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It's great to finally see some info about the circus trumpet, I always used to wonder about that. It was used to annnounce fast trains through platforms -you'd hear it quite a lot at New Cross Gate (as the fast lines had seldom used platform faces there) and East Croydon.
TPE's in-house system...
Agree that cycle spaces shouldn't have tip up seats, it used to be an utter pain on TPE, between luggage and having to ask people to move - I have had people refuse and become aggressive before. The guards were all too happy to chuck you out of the disabled space on 185s and send you to the...
I'd be very glad to see the back of 150s, but I think a well sorted 156 is passable (I'm sure I read they like to rust away though).
The two car thing is annoying as two car trains simply aren't big enough for the needs of the network any more: what's wrong with larger units and SDO?
https://twitter.com/officialtfgm/status/1674011056862011393
PIDs (passenger information displays) finally on trial for GM bus stops - so we can imagine a rollout in what, 2025? :rolleyes: . Why this even needs trialling baffles me as much as the fact they even considered a flip dot display over...
Stalybridge has never had anything except independent retail - the P1-3 waiting room has a small refreshment stall in it (does that still operate?) to replace the previous one, and the buffet bar is just a local pub. SSP were never involved.
Yes it did: it closed long before the arena bombing...
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It'd be nice if Northern could get a brand image and livery designed with an actual budget for once, their livery is the worst in the country by a long shot.
No more App Store, no more...
The staff at Stalybridge haven't changed in a very, very long time - I can recall one member of staff that's been there since the old car park and station building were still there, and the Quickfare machine. I've never found them to be particularly pleasant or helpful, they're usually outwardly...