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    (TRIVIA) Most indirect through train

    Picking up on the Kent Loop mentioned above, Dover to Faversham on the High Speed via Ramsgate at 49 miles in almost twice the direct 25 mile distance via Canterbury East.
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    Trivia: Just for fun -Rail stations named after body parts.

    Any 'bridge' (referring to the nose)
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    Trivia: which railway station is furthest from the town it serves?

    The old centre Pluckley in Kent is around a mile north of the station, though the village has grown towards the railway. Penshurst Station is in the village of Chiddingstone Causeway nearly 2 miles from Penshurst itself. Also in Kent, Yalding is nearly 2 miles by road, and across the Medway...
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    Christmas works at Ashford International - No HS or Eurostar

    As I may well be travelling back from Nottingham to Dover, it looks like Ramsgate train, change at Sittingbourne then. But checking after I'd typed that, I see that there are no trains into St Pancras from Nottingham and I would be routed via Grantham or Peterborough. Looks like National...
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    Unusual amenities at stations

    Martin Mill has a lot of items of local interest (photos, articles etc). Not that all that many can see it as the station building is only open until 1030 Monday to Friday! In the good old days it was the only station in the country where the ticket office, signal box and post office were all in...
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    Interchange Matters

    Stratford International - very easy to miss seeing the Oyster touchpads if you coming from the HS1 to the DLR as they are by the lifts, with none by the escalators.
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    Delay Repay

    The one occasion of late I could have done, I refrained as the delay was not a railway issue (the fire next to the line at Wellingborough) - the fire brigade imposed an exclusion zone which included the railway. Nothing EMT could do about it.
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    Trivia: Locations that are significantly quicker to travel between by train than other methods

    Nottingham to Beeston is usually 6 minutes out but anywhere between 8 and 11 back (allowing for 'recovery time no doubt). Centre to centre, tram would be an option, given that Beeston Station is some way south of the town centre, but takes 19 minutes.
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    Changing the name of a station?

    There is the situation at the moment where a certain football club want White Hart Lane station renamed. A bit jealous of their north London rivals.....
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    Revenue from booking engines

    I always used to use Great Western for the Nectar points but gave up when I kept having password problems with them. At least using train companies means the money stays in the industry to some degree rather than going to leeches like the Trainline.
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    Violent thug doesn’t get jail for assaulting staff

    Possibly one of those cases where the victim can ask the Attorney-General to appeal against the sentence?
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    Worst Level Crossings for Traffic

    Surprised Langley Green hasn't had a mention. Always busy and at least 12 trains an hour during the working day.
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    MML closed - lineside fire

    I was on the 1434 from St Pancras. We stopped at Wellingborough and there we stayed until coaches eventually turned up nearly 3hours later. Coach to Kettering then another half hour wait until a train came down from the north to form the 2006 to Nottingham. In the end 5 hours late getting to my...
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    Expected or due

    It always amuses me when waiting at Dover Priory when the screen goes to 'Arrived' when the train is around 100 yards away! There is also a scrolling message telling you where it is en route - I have seen this on the SE platforms at St Pancras as well, so I presume it's fairly general on SE.
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    If you could make an announcement or play anything at any station over the tannoy what would it be?

    Going back a few decades, 'Oh Mr Porter, what can I do?' etc.

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