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    Derailment near Grange Over Sands

    Another incident where this has happened, due to some clown deciding a dedicated back up battery was an unnecessary cost.
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    Derailment near Grange Over Sands

    What's the line speed at that location? Looks nasty
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    Pay dispute at London Underground

    How many TFL depots have charging points?
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    Strip glazing vs Rounded windows

    When you have a car windscreen replaced, they are all bonded these days, why is there no requirement to wait 24hrs?
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    Could there have been trains with open gangways years ago?

    One of the metro lines in Barcelona definitely had this feature in about 1998.
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    LNER to pilot removal of Off-Peak tickets

    So presumably I will just buy a ticket to Haymarket with my priv and still get the off peak?
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    3 month old 737-9 Max depressurisation incident

    Out of interest was significant turbulence experience in the incident flight up to the altitude where the incident occurred?
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    New National Rail website

    I'll try that, the new website is awful.
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    GWML / Elizabeth line disruption due to OLE down near Paddington

    Worth remember who procured trains with no dedicated emergency battery back up to either the cab radio, or passenger comms system, and those who accepted them into service without them. Sorry for the appalling situation you and your fellow passengers endured.
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    Overcrowding at St. Pancras (EMR) 03/12/23

    Not only is it incompetent and dangerous it is discriminatory against any passengers with mobility issues.
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    Gatwick Airport station upgrade

    I had an early flight from Gatwick on Weds morning, so ended up getting a Southern service from East Croydon to Ore. It came in at I think platform 3 or 4, which had no working lift and no working up escalator (one down one was working) I had hand luggage so wasn't too badly affected, but...
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    Oldest building still in railway use on the national network

    The carriage ramp at Deptford dates to the original London to Greenwich railway so must be in with a shout?
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    QR code scam in station car park

    And of course won't detect cloned or fake plates
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    Ticket Office closures no longer going ahead

    That's what is happening anyway. If the staff leave and aren't replaced, they don't open.

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