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    Poppies removed from Hale Station - because they could confuse train drivers

    I assume one danger is a driver thinking 'oh it's just the poppys I can see' and then have a SPAR at the signal just ahead (showing YY in the photo) Complacency is dangerous. Confusion is dangerous.
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    Car parks at stations owned by two different companies

    Opposite St.James Hospital in Leeds is exactly the same. Council | Private | Council
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    Derailment near Carlisle - 19/10/2022 - 1715 Clitheroe Castle Cement Gb to Carlisle N.Y. (6C00)

    I suspect in that case, the other wheel on the same axle would have been a factor. It would still be round, and by virtue of being intact, larger. This would introduce additional forces into play to enable complete or intermittent rotation of the damaged wheel.
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    Northern Unit Refurbishments

    Whilst boarding the train in Ilkley that is headed to Leeds.
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    Class 221 for Grand Central

    Could it also be that on the weekend, all the stock moves from Crofton can go via Brighouse but there aren't the paths on a weekday meaning they run via New Pudsey and they may well not be cleared that way yet.
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    Transpennine Route Upgrade and Electrification updates

    But the 333s are 4 cars and could substitute
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    10 years in prison for forgetting to renew a railcard?

    Utter crap. A database tracking ID number, Type and validity dates is trivial and fast. Give me a working week and I'd have one built to an enterprise performance level.
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    Healey Mills Happenings?

    That sounds like it needed turning around
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    Leeds Station Improvement

    Good food there! Better than Greggs, never had bones in sausages anywhere but Greggs.
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    Royal Train to Edinburgh today (05/07)?

    Less of a bad impression than the extravagant ceremonies, millions of pounds etc wasted when people are relying on foodbanks.
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    Illogical and haphazard stations

    Leeds was 2 if I remember correctly. 1 terminus (Wellington) and 1 through on viaducts that was a joint station.
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    More Delay for HS2, and how should we proceed?

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64901985 As I kinda expected, it's definitely going to Birmingham and likely never any further.
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    Traksy Website

    Shows for me
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    Frustrated with RMT

    Nothing, but it would be fought and contested by the union (s). If they'd already agreed to allow it as part of a pay deal, their hands would be tied and unable to protect their members effectively.

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