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    Rail nationalisation: ideas, suggestions, predictions etc

    Indeed it isn't but they would need to change it and it would need to take up parliamentary time. Would they be willing to give this time over? Using an exa.ple im aware off, where laws need updating but have not been. The street naming and numbering laws on this country are antiquated and...
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    Signal Boxes on Maps

    The OS also have rules around classification so somethings might be combined, whereas the rail industry needs them to be more granular. Then there is the frequency of updates as noted by others. The country series, which was 6" to the mile [1:10 560] and pre-dated the National Grid series, did...
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    Rail nationalisation: ideas, suggestions, predictions etc

    If they turn every company nationalised into one company, then they will need to change many tickets because tickets cannot be restricted by brand.
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    The 2024 London Mayoral Election

    The BBC election coverage is in four parts, of which 1, 2 and 4 are on BBC One on Thursday night and Friday. Part 3 is on BBC Two. I can find nothing on BBC One London for the Saturday when the results are actually announced. BBC Two covers England so that wouldn't be the appreciate place...
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    The 2024 London Mayoral Election

    I once tried to find out online why Hinchley Wood was in Surrey but Maldon Rushett, a village in Chessington was in Greater London. I wasn't successful. It seemed odd as Hinchkey Wood merges into Surbtion but there is clear country before Maldon Rushett. The boundaries are unlikely to change...
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    "Your railcard expires soon" postcard

    By telling people their digital card is about to expire, they might be more likely to renew it in time and if they do then the opportunity to fine people will drop. Cynically speaking and partly playing devils advocate, perhaps they don't want that. I don't know if fining people just covers...
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    Rail nationalisation: ideas, suggestions, predictions etc

    No, unless they really radicalise train travel and/or change rules on starting and/or finishing short and/or disallow a break of journey on route. 1714088742 I work in Greater London but can't vote for the mayor and I'm sure I'm far from alone. 1714088911 Indeed you do when they have promos...
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    Rail nationalisation: ideas, suggestions, predictions etc

    But will those go? I suspect not but may be you want to see them go, given this is the speculation thread. If nationalisation does happen, I would like more service figures released for individual routes, to justify why some services have not returned. For example, only one fast train hour...
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    Maximum Journey Times now on Oysterfares Fare Finder

    Great news and thanks for sharing it.
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    Brighton Mainline 4G/5G upgrades

    Fascinating. I must have forgotten that post from Septemeber 2023.
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    Brighton Mainline 4G/5G upgrades

    What led to O2 having good coverage in the tunnels? It comes across as unusual for them to have good coverage. In Surbtion, where I am from time to time the coverage is poor to non-esitsnt and that isn't just on the railway but in the urban area.
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    Thameslink double charging keycard holder

    I would class this as an undocumented system feature. A behaviour that occurs but isn't officially documented anywhere for users to read about.
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    ASLEF strikes W/c 6th May

    I was thinking more woselt as that is what I thought the point was about and not just the times when staff decide on mass not to do overtime.
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    Comedic "things you would ban": minor things that irritate you

    I would ban government press conferences always going to the BBC, ITV, Sky's News and then the rest in that order. Although go give Rishi Sunak from credit, recently he took a question from the I newspaper first and the BBC last. In my dictatorship world it would be randomised as to who asked...
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    ASLEF strikes W/c 6th May

    Do you work in a sector where they can decide your shifts 7 days in advance and this can be any hour of the day or night? In fact what sectors out there offer thus kind of working?

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