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    Best sited stations for town/city centre.

    Can't think of many better placed to a Wetherspoons than Grimsby Town :) . But Hull Paragon is not far from one, has a bus station inside the shed, shopping centres not far to walk either, perfect location.
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    BBC reporting on Northern Rail's Preston to Ormskirk line

    Happy 4th year. BBC are dismal with rail and northern facts generally
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    [Trivia] Most Offpeak Termini For The Same Bus Route Number

    The Stagecoach 5 in Grimsby can terminate at Immingham County, South Killingholme, Habrough, and Grimsby, Cleethorpes Pier, North Sea Lane on the other side.
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    Beeching II - you wield the axe.....

    If I was rail minister and given an axe... I'd resign on principle. Politicians care more about their budget than people far too often.
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    ARMISTICE 100 1918--2018

    SS4, the Poppy is just a symbol of remembrance, it hasno other connotations, in my town I have seen poppies placed on christian crosses, jewish stars, muslim crescents, and also a double diamond shaped stake I can't identify. There is no religious aspect except if it's important to truly...
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    Central England "Megaplan"

    I saw that on BBC too. I thought the article appeared to forget about publishing these plans, where exactly will the expressway go etc? Also since when is the south east called "Central England"?
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    [Trivia] Frequent Or Long Bus Services That Don’t Cross (Passenger) Railway Lines

    In North East Lincolnshire all bus services cross a rail line except the 17 summer open topper. The 1 only crosses a freight line. Louth has long routes which don't cross rails like the 59.
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    London to Newcastle without tunnels?

    How about flying to Newcastle Airport?
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    Pregnant!

    Congratulations. I don't know much about employment but try not to worry about it at this stage.
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    HS2 Station Designs Revealed

    Why make the project "hard to kill", it's always best to have to option of scrapping HS2 than being forced to build it. HS2 Ltd don't seem at all competent with how they handle things so far.
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    Rhonexpress most expensive tram in Europe at 70 cents per km?

    The Central Tramway in Scarborough charges about 70p per 100meters!
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    RIP Geoffrey Hayes

    He is also well known as the voice of some Daleks in Doctor Who.
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    New Disabled train users app

    My mum always books assistence. There's no way an app will improve anything at all. We book stuff and no one turns up sometimes, the slightest delay and we are forgotten about. Also my mum has on occassion been lectured that she should book assistence even though she did, it's incredibly...
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    Trivia: 'Local' bus routes that extend into another county

    The Humber Flyer passes through Hull, East Yorks, North Lincs, Lincs, & NE Lincs council areas, way more than the 5 in Grimsby.
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    Truncated railway station termini

    I went to Saltburn and the hotel platform was still there, tracks weren't though.

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