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Two new additions have arrived at Alan Thomson Sim. The first is the Class 745 FLIRT: https://alanthomsonsim.com/product/ats-class-745-flirt/ The second is the enhanced Great Eastern Main Line (named the GEMMA Phase One)...

One website I have recently begun using for real time train information is Avanti West Coast's live running page (powered by SignalBox): https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/travel-information/live-train-status/signalbox?utm_source=signal-box&utm_medium=mobile-promo&utm_campaign=3042023 This page...

That's happened to us a few times in the last year or two (we get milk deliveries directly from Arla via a third party haulier). We mostly land up with either Morrisons or Aldi milk by accident when it does happen. In an ideal world the warehouse colleagues would spot it and pass it back to the...

The irony with the Sainsburys store I tried to visit earlier today is that their cash machine outside wasn't working, and with no others nearby, anyone wanting to use cash to pay in the store who hadn't already got some was out of luck. I couldn't say if it was just a coincidence or if the fact...

Asda have also jumped onto the loyalty card band-wagon with the Asda Rewards scheme (all digital via an app; no physical cards are involved). Rather than reducing the cost of items up front in the vain of Clubcard/Nectar Prices, it gives you credit for particular products, either 10% of the...

On the subject of in-store music, Asda has it's own syndicated radio station, Asda Radio (unsurprising name). It's pretty much like your typical Global Media radio station with pseudo-live presenters and the advertising being all based around Asda products or services. You can even listen to it...

The main game genres I play are racing games, RPGs (particularly JRPGs) and some Real-Time Strategy and Simulation games, playing these either on PS5 or my gaming PC. Unsurprisingly I'm playing Final Fantasy VII Rebirth at the moment (Final Fantasy VII was my first true JRPG experience way back...

Four other branches have either already gone on strike or are currently balloting for strike action. Staff at the Gosport branch were on strike a few weeks ago, and staff at Wisbech, Brighton Marina and Brighton Hollingbury are being balloted. With how things seem to be at Asda right now, it...

One thing to place into consideration in this matter is that availability of Class 80x units for LNER is currently rather patchy, as a result of the ongoing industrial action at Hitachi. While this Wednesday is not an actual day of action for Hitachi, this Thursday is, so I would imagine that...

The disabled passenger mentioned this in her instagram post linked within the article. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3HpLgzIZlG/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=a5dc1090-7905-4700-b088-dcc6172c7d1d

Not looking to discuss the rights and wrongs of the industrial action (despite being caught up in it quite often, I do support the drivers in this dispute personally), but one major knock-on effect of there being no Thameslink and Great Northern services tomorrow between Peterborough/Cambridge...

If the advances you are looking for include connecting travel with other TOCs, they can also be influenced by availability on the connecting services. For example, LNER advances that include connecting travel with Northern are only available up to 8 weeks in advance, as this is the current...

Thameslink's GBRS page states that only off-peak day return tickets to London and only selected routes are part of the sale, which I believe was also the case during the previous sale. https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/destinations-and-offers/offers/great-british-rail-sale I imagine this also...

Another reason why the trial could be running for two years is to allow the full implementation of LNER's proposed future timetable for when projects like the East Coast Digital Programme are completed. Implementing these fares on the existing timetable wouldn't work for several LNER-served...

LNER's sale seems to be as restrictive as it was when the last GBRS ran in 2022. No availability of the sale fares on Fridays, Saturdays or Sundays, and where they are available it is only on northbound services after 0930 (except for Kings Cross and Stevenage where the 'peak' restrictions are...