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    Italian travel issues

    You can get a Seat on the 06:00 Frecciarossa from Milan to Rome (arr 09:10) and then the 13:05 FrecciaArgento to Bari (arr 17:14)
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    Battlefield Line: travel to

    There is an hourly (Mon-Sat) Arriva 153 service between Leicester and Market Bosworth Square (about 1 mile from the station).
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    Tapping in at Paddington then train fails….

    TfL have issued guidance on "Same Station Exits" and getting refunds: Always tap both in and out. The computer should sort it within a couple of days; otherwise you will need to claim.
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    Appealed Transpennine Penalty Fare for purchase after train departure

    You can check the actual purchase time of a ticket by putting the QR code into the Railway ticket decoder website.
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    BUT-KNN Season Tickets

    Blake Street and Four Oaks stations on the Cross City line are inside the West Midlands Combined Authority area and have free parking. There may be a charge for driving through the Birmingham Clean Air Zone if your car in non-compliant. The Zone is within the "Middleway" ring road and includes...
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    Minimum connection time on CIV tickets

    Eurostar recommended Check in Times are:
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    Total Eclipses Spain, 2026 and 2027.

    The TimeAndDate website gives times for the eclipse with direction (almost due west) and angle above the horizon (5-10%), together with the probability of it being cloudy. The main criteria is to find somewhere with an good unobstructed view west. I saws the 1999 eclipse near Munich and it...
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    Dangerous boarding procedures at Euston

    Still Open according to the ORR Website. Now more than 3 months past the extended compliance date. What options does the ORR have now other than fining Network Rail or a Prohibition notice shutting down Euston?
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    Euston - Wolverhampton options

    A Two-Together railcard required a passport sized photo of each applicant. No photograph is required for a senior railcard.
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    Thameslink Intension to Prosecute Notice Received - PLS HELP

    10:02 is for Outward travel. This is the return portion of the ticket and restriction 7E states:= As he was arriving at St Pancras after 08:46 there should not be a problem with this restriction.
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    Penalty fare paid but letter received from IRCAS

    IRCAS have a form that you can complete online. It also allows at least two attachments.
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    Heysham Harbour Branch Signalling, 1970?

    Signal 33 has calling-on aspects for platforms 1,2 & 3 (the arrow points to both the main and subsidiary signal). This probably wasn't provided on the original signal as there does not seem to three additional spare levers (next to or near the original signal levers) to operate them. The new...
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    Coventry VLR

    A planning application (PL/2024/0000288/FULM) has been submitted for the Coventry VLR (Very Light Rail) demonstration line. The link gives access to all the documents submitted with the application, including scheme drawings and the "planning statement". From the planning statement. The...
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    What's happening with the Birmingham metro expansions as of right now?

    The Delta junction at Wednesbury for the Dudley/Merry Hill extension is going in over Easter. Delta junction structure in Wednesbury entering final construction phase (Midland Metro)
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    Trivia: More than one operator on town services

    Stagecoach operate the 51 service from Coventry Pool Meadow bus station to University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire taking 80 minutes on a "scenic" tour of west and north Coventry. The direct National Express Coventry No. 17 between the same points takes 27 minutes. Two very different routes...

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