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Ticket acceptance is in place with EMR so the two car 0736 struggles when a TPE is cancelled. I’m not sure how tolerant northern are being of the punters who board the 0720 with a TPE only ticket though. A two car would cope well if it didn’t stop at Hazel Grove!

‘Please take care when leaving the train’ is completely unnecessary. I wasn’t intending to leave the train recklessly but the announcement made me change my mind. There’s no common sense! 1642787035 Since we’re on the subject... best and worst TOC’s for announcements? I’ve always found EMR to...

Yes, in M&S but they didn’t make announcements about it in the foodhall

Isn’t that expected for a toilet? When the announcement lasts from Stockport to Hazel Grove... it’s clear there’s too much drivel ...And then the automated announcement repeats everything!

Transpennine when they announce their toilets have ‘hand washing facilities’ ...come on

Afternoon all, Has anyone got any ideas on the dispute at TransPennine? I received a message from them earlier stating they’re unable to sell advance tickets due to ongoing traincrew industrial relations. This has also caused a shortfall in crew?

Has anyone noticed the leading coach is always a different temperature to the two trailing? My theory is that the leading coach is synced with the drivers cab. Can be a benefit or a nightmare

Punctuality on the Hope Valley has been better than ever since the Airport was cut to Piccadilly. The Hope Valley only works when trains run to their schedule; as mentioned this will simply cause delays and have knock on effects all round ! Just as we thought progress was being made for...

...And the 1742 out of Piccadilly to Sheffield. Not good for Chinley and Dore commuters, that was always a key service. And busy even in lockdown!

The 2042 off Doncaster used to call at Swinton every night. Not that I’m arguing it will happen with the Hope blockades

For a few years during Xmas period, the EMT Meridan York - St Pancras did stop at Meadowhall for a few weeks.

Would be interesting to know what anyone else’s opinion is on Funchal airport? Flown from their a few times and although check in can be a bit chaotic, I thought departures was fantastic - especially being able to sit with a Starbucks on the balcony!

Keep an eye on the news in the morning... another major airline going the same economic direction as Monarch :(

It’d be a lot easier for us ground dispatchers if it was door to door times! Our 25 minutes starts as soon as the anti-cols are off and ends with the pushback movement of the aircraft. Can be extremely frustrating when doors are closed and there is no movement for 4/5 minutes!

Neither party were accepting responsibility (I booked on the XC website) or telling me which service I should use. After about an hour of pestering XC on Twitter they caved and asked which of their services I would like to travel on. Originally both ATW and XC were simply telling me to get a...