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    Special Edition London Overground Tube Map (February 2024)

    It was issued for the press launch of the Overground network. This was an event at Highbury and Islington and I believe it was only given out then.
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    Trivia: Alliterative train services

    Waterloo-Weymouth Paddington-Penzance Paddington - Plymouth Paddington - Paignton Brighton - Bedford Cheltenham Spa - Cardiff Central West Ealing - West Ruislip (the weekly Parliamentary bus) Maidenhead - Marlow Plymouth - Penzance Stourbridge Town - Stourbridge Junction Motherwell - Milngavie...
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    Severn Beach Miniature Railway

    Good luck to them - lets hope it is successful https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyj55x8jxjo. They have a tidy website as well https://www.severnbeachminiaturerailway.co.uk/
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    No ticket? Have a 'yellow card.'

    IMHO fare evaders can be split into two broad categories: 1. Those who make a genuine error in the ridiculously complicated ticketing system we have for example they misread the time on their ticket or have let their railcard lapse by a day or so. The 'yellow card' is probably a good idea for...
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    Surviving UK industrial railway systems

    Plasser at West Ealing has Herbert - a Drewry diesel
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    Plusbus with Network Card

    Thanks for the reply. What are 'NLCs' and how does the omission get rectified?
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    Plusbus with Network Card

    Travelled today from Southall to Greenhithe using a Network Card. Ticket office was able to issue the ticket with the appropriate discount but was unable to discount the Plusbus ticket from Greenhithe. I thought that Plusbus tickets were exempt from the £13 minimum fare applied to Network Card...
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    Paper Tube Maps - Discontinued?

    Santander Cycle versions tend to be in stations within the area that the hire bikes are available. Try Central London and you’ll struggle to get the TFL app version
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    No trains between Lewes and Brighton

    Start of the article says 'until further notice', whilst the end says 'until 12:00'https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1ln2mn7ln1o
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    Travel Issues

    Stratford station (assuming you mean the one in London and not the one in Warwickshire) most definitely has barriers. Your email (IMG_2124) definitely gives a strong hint that you have done something wrong - why else would you want to settle the matter?
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    Class 33s on Portsmouth-Bristol-Cardiff-Crewe (1980s)

    IIRC the 14:10 from Portsmouth was booked a 47 in the late 80s. Used to see it at Bath on my way home from school. The class were also booked on summer Saturday Bristol - Weymouth via Southampton Central services.
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    what trains did Virgin use over the years west and east

    Deltic D9000 was a regular on the SO Birmingham - Ramsgate service
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    New Overground line names progress?

    Apparently this means that all copies of the Tube map sent to stations are to be withdrawn and replaced with correct copies
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    Stations with "platforms" which could in principle be used but (almost) never are

    Platform 0 is used by some charter sets from the nearby depot to allow catering and stewarding staff to board / alight. It was also used when the steam rail motor ran a series of excursions along the Brentford branch. It is not electrified, the lines are used solely by freight accessing the...
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    Teacher caught not having railcard for multiple journeys

    It is unlikely you will automatically lose your job for a conviction of fare evasion, a criminal record is not an automatic bar to teaching. Put simply most schools are so desperate for teachers they won’t want to lose you. If you are in a union (NASUWT or NEU) speak to your rep or local...
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    Incident at Talerddig, Wales - 21/10/2024

    The coach next to the Police vehicles in the picture would suggest that thankfully most of the passengers are able to travel without needing an ambulance
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    Trivia: Stations which have had platforms removed.

    Acton Main Line, West Ealing and Hanwell have all lost platforms on the fast lines. The Up platforms are still there at Acton and Hanwell, albeit with the track alignment making an impractical gap for boarding, but the down platforms are no more. Chippenham seems to originally have had at...
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    Chiltern Railways Intent to prosecute

    If you are in 6th form / Year 13 speak to your school about whether you qualify for the bursary - this will help with travel costs moving forward. If at uni speak to the Students Union both for advice on hardship funds and possible free legal advice.
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    Waterloo Intercity Services

    IIRC these passed non stop through Salisbury, notable for being the first timetabled service to do so in a very long time (possibly since the infamous crash there in the early 20th Century

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