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    TOC football charters

    I went to a concert there about 15 years ago and there were a load of extra papers and sprinters to get people both north and south. No idea if it still happens (clearly not with pacers any more)
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    International trip 4 days from Belgium to Italy

    Route seems fine though I agree Bernina northbound is more dramatic...climbing up... and maximising daylight travel makes sense, but Basel and Zurich are not very scenic bits of Switzerland. I'd be tempted to stay on the lakes east of Zurich en route to chur, north of Milan, and south of basel
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    Suddenly feeling “off”/getting cold feet about taking job as a trainee driver for northern rail

    Go for it. I can see very little downside. If you don't like it then try something else later. As a customer, I like my drivers (and dental nurses) competent and safe. Passionate is optional. I'd imagine employers think along similar lines. If yiu do it for a few months/weeks/years and then do...
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    Help, advice, literally anything

    If you follow the advice on here you'll learn (1) If you engage and follow the advice given here there's a good chance of being able to reach an out of court settlement, which will cost you money and feel like a fine but isn't a fine and will spare you any potential criminal record and (2) while...
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    Southampton - london Waterloo, monthly travelcard with london underground zones 1-6

    I think you'll find some discussion of cashback, discounts etc in the "offers" section...10% uber, 5 or 10% LNER are common at the moment, but very few work on season tickets.
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    Bristol Airport access

    A taxi from the airport to Nailsea and Backwell station is about£15-20 if you want your own DIY shuttle service, which is very reasonable if there are 2,3,4 people
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    Bristol Airport access

    Not familiar with integrated tickets via Worle?
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    Bristol Airport access

    The airport is about 170 metres higher than the nearest bit of railway line, which doesn't make things easier and cheaper. Considering how difficult it's been to open a railway to Portishead that's mainly already there, I don't think you'll be seeing a railway link anytime soon
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    Trainsplit survey

    Getting rid of the postcode buttons and just having the free text box would make it a lot more obvious, and having some acknowledgement that you'd input data in the interminable options would be useful. First time I had a go I thought it was stuck before I realised the options were changing...
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    Why did the class 91s need a flat cab for freight operations?

    The flat cab isn't needed to make it more aerodynamic when going flat cab first but to make it more aerodynamic when going pointy end first as it eliminates the area of turbulence you'd otherwise have between the back cab and the carriages. It's similar to the way modern articulated trucks have...
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    Multiple ticket checks on the same train

    Personally, I think the more checks the better. While it may cause me a very small inconvenience, I feel safer with more staff visibility, and I guess but have no hard data to show it probably discourages more casual fare dodging if there is a perception that you are likely to have your ticket...
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    Ticket FO from Oxford Parkway

    So is an off peak return from Oxford to london plus a couple of anytime singles from Oxford parkway to Oxford the answer?
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    Result of court case - TFL fare evasion

    Image 3 includes your daughters name, I suggest you edit the post to remove this.
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    Are timetables available for SNCF and SBB

    Not that you asked, and I've no idea about your preferences for trains, scenery, chocolate, skiing, walking, or whatever, but I'd suggest staying somewhere you want to be rather than somewhere that means it's easy to travel to places. Interlaken is a favourite of Brits but I've always had a soft...
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    Are timetables available for SNCF and SBB

    If you want to get off the trains, generally in the valleys, and up into the mountains then look at a couple of cable car etc timetables to see when they are operating as many will close between end of ski season and beginning of summer walking season. If you want to go walking in the mountains...
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    Are timetables available for SNCF and SBB

    The European timetable shop usually sells last summer/winter timetable for a fiver or so which is great for this sort of thing and armchair travel, and personally I'd get a new one for an actual trip.
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    London <-> Paris <-> Vienna

    Nightjet pricing seems to have got a lot more variable and in general more expensive. The most obvious route is from Brussels as mentioned above but you could also pick one up in cologne. If you wanted to add destinations you could take the Zurich to Vienna nightjet (or the hungarian portion...
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    Belfast to Eindhoven?

    with Dublin to eindhoven flights starting from around £30 how about flying there and spending the cash saved on some travel around the 3 country euroregion? apologies no idea why some text underlined!
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    Prosecuted for travelling using any day return T&Cs

    It looks like you only have a couple of days left. I think there are two wise choices and one unwise choice: Wise choice 1: pay the £126.90 without delay. This may seem a lot but it is an out of court settlement, you will not get a criminal record or have to deal with the legal system. Wise...
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    Prosecuted for travelling using any day return T&Cs

    It will be clearer once you have uploaded the information requested by other posters, but it sounds like you have an anytime return (which can be used on any train) with a network railcard discount (which can only be used after 10AM on weekdays, with a few exceptions). It is very rare for anyone...

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