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    Derailment between Hersham & Walton on Thames (04/03)

    And therein lies the problem. Incidents will happen; the quality of the operation can be measured in how it recovers service after an incident. There will be many valid and detailed reasons why recovery didn't happen; they will not matter to the paying punters whose days were disrupted by the...
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    Russia invades Ukraine

    Just briefly on the policy of attrition, I agree with your interpretation of how the stalemate was broken and the role of new forces. My observation is more about the choice, faced with stalemate, to continue repeatedly to mount massed offences against the evidence that they didn't work at...
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    Russia invades Ukraine

    The point about 1918 was that it represented significant changes of tactics., breaking the stalemates of the previous few years. The criticism, IMHO justified, is of generals (especially Allied) who pursued a strategy of attrition.
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    School trip to London - fare advice

    It's an answer to both. I've been booker for a trip to Westminster Abbey, and there was a really clear split: * Me - I want to get to the Abbey by 11:00 and have a pickup at 18:00 * Coach company - this is what it'll cost * Driver - please wait at this point and I'll be there when you need me...
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    School trip to London - fare advice

    Coach companies can and will advise, based on the itinerary - and parking is their issue, not the booker’s.
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    School trip to London - fare advice

    I concur with the advice to use the Group Travel for whichever InterCity operator you want to book with. I've done this for a couple of choir trips, and they've been really good at managing the best value between Group Fares and various permutations of Railcards. However, be careful if your...
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    Should there be a total ban on autofill for Railcards on online ticket sales

    If we're talking about an expired railcard, then the loss of revenue is still as I've calculated. The tickets have been purchased at the discounted rate, when the rate was not available because the railcard wasn't held. The actual loss would depend on the number of tickets actually purchased...
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    Should there be a total ban on autofill for Railcards on online ticket sales

    But the loss is £30 plus the sum of all the discounts given. If I've used a 1/3 discount that I'm not entitled to 10 times on a £30 fare, then the loss is £30 + ((£30*1/3)*10), which is actually £130. This is based on actual usage. If the railway treats it as solely the cost of the railcard...
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    Should there be a total ban on autofill for Railcards on online ticket sales

    I purchase tickets for: Myself (no railcard) Myself with my wife (Two Together) Myself with my wife and daughter (Family Railcard) My Son (16-25 Railcard) An elderly family friend (Senior) Any of the above with friends (railcards may vary!) Many of these journeys are indistinguishable by...
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    Why do you contribute to threads in the Disputes Section when sometimes people have deliberately broken the law?

    Absolutely. Not to mention that on a lot of the threads which go silent, I suspect the advice given creates the space for the OPs to realise the reality of their situation, and offer a guilty plea/accept that a settlement is the best they can hope for. I think tone is important - your "utter...
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    Fallout for rail prosecutions from Post Office scandal

    Back to the OP, the link between the railway industry and Post Office is the combination of private prosecutions and recovery of economic losses. My view is that such prosecutions are inherently vulnerable to being an abuse of process, and should not be allowed outside exceptional...
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    ECML South disruption - OLE down 09/12

    Having been at the station briefly this afternoon to collect a ticket, I can believe that there were Newcastle fans heading south.
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    Stansted Airport fines

    And when someone in a hurry goes through the "wrong" gate? It's not as though the gatelines at either Liverpool Street or Tottenham Hale are generously sized - and I'm not sure I'd like to see the reaction of a crowd alighting from a train off (say) the Cambridge line being told they can't use...
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    Prosecuted for Attempted to Travel without Paying

    Noting the railcard involved, and the OP's location, it is possible that there may be extenuating circumstances. However, the questions are reasonable ones that would need to be answered.
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    Russia invades Ukraine

    @najaB is right about the imperial leadership. But we also need to remember that there are a range of influences at work, amongst which are some that emphasise a common Muslim identity. And as Russia has a few problems with anti-Semitism (both the word "pogrom" and the concept of the "Pale of...
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    Russia invades Ukraine

    Not to mention that Russian rulers have long had an uneasy relationship with their subjects in the Caucasus, where religious differences have been one of the factors aggravating tension.
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    Caledonian Sleeper

    A mere 6’6”, and bed length didn’t cause me any issues when I’ve travelled. Not perfect, but perfectly adequate and any sleep issues were for other reasons.
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    Cancellations from Cambridge to King’s Cross

    The rule about King's Cross and Moorgate was set in response to the closure of the Hotel Curve in the 1970s, removing a through route. This has caused problems that have been discussed on here before. It's unsurprising that this edge case concession, rooted in events nearly 50 years ago, has...
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    (Reasonable) Features you'd like to see implemented on RailUK Forums

    And the brevity imposed is widely associated with some of it's downsides.
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    (Reasonable) Features you'd like to see implemented on RailUK Forums

    I'm sure I have, and each has their own foibles. What you see as a feature, I consider a bug; what you consider clarifying, I find confusing. Ultimately, this is not a deal breaker and I shall leave it to the forum team to decide what, if any, changes to progress.

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