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    LT Museum, Covent Garden

    The new Glasgow museum is not a patch on the old one that was at Kelvingrove..The 'street' is a pale imitation, The car Showroom is no longer there, the maritime sections is a feeble replacement where now it is like looking at the conveyor belt from the generation game instead of a wander around...
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    Realtime trains

    Whilst info on it is 99% written in stone. Today it appears to be at variance with what TfL say Tfl Say no trains on the Liz through the central core RTT says otherwise with only services to Abbey Wood from Plat A What one is correct, and i dont fancy going from P11 to PA to find out TfL...
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    GTR employee bids to visit all 2,580 GB railway stations in 6 weeks

    Gave it up a few years ago due to knee problems!
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    GTR employee bids to visit all 2,580 GB railway stations in 6 weeks

    Bafra Perchance do you referee a minority sport?
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    GWML / Elizabeth line disruption due to OLE down near Paddington

    So there could be a situation where peoples lives were in danger for whatever reason, and you would not ring 999 etc until your conversation has been recorded to give you permission?
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    Why are todays railway engineers not as well known as they were during the steam era?

    When it was heard that Edward Thompson was to retire, the drawing office staff still worked on his plans for the Pacifics etc They were on the desks just to cover up the designs they were doing for Peppercorn to sign. In Several books on Gresley he got subordinates to work out problems and...
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    GWML / Elizabeth line disruption due to OLE down near Paddington

    VP is there a situation where you WOULD use your phone, or would you just sit there?
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    GWML / Elizabeth line disruption due to OLE down near Paddington

    Looks like we dodged a bullet going into PAD last night.from Hayes.(18.12) Coming home ...a bit different. Arriving at Liv St at 23.00 headed for the Lizline and it was mobbed at the top of the Escalator.saw a written notice about reduced service out of PAD. Did a quick think and jumped a H+C...
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    QR code scam in station car park

    I use paybyphone app at Hayes and Harlington ( mostly) and a few others.. No problem at all
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    How is it decided whether a station should be moved inside the TfL Travelcard/Oyster (or other PTE) area?

    Alex365dash said Also, switching terms from Travelcard area to Oyster area comes with some side effects - like how Gatwick Airport is in the Oyster area but not in the London Zones (and therefore the Travelcard area) because of its distance! Of course, considering the obvious destination at the...
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    Oxford Circus Bakerloo/Victoria interchange

    Apologies for writing northbound and southbound.. should have been both northbound.. Congrats to the chaps who saw that and confirmed it is a cross platform interchange via cross corridors Much appreciated
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    Oxford Circus Bakerloo/Victoria interchange

    Looking at the London Metro line map it seems that the north and southbound lines are 'cross platform' changes, although the app first off the tube app' suggests that the only way is from Car 1 door 4 and straight instead of saying 'any' as it does on other side by side lines As the ITK...
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    War Nostalgia Gone Wrong?

    John The US civil war lads do exist. We had two brothers living opposite us who were in iirc SOSKAN aka the Southern skirmish association. This only came to light when my Dad enquired who were the two guys outside having a sword fight. and being photographed by the local press. There is a...
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    Delays on SW Trains yesterday..esp the Waterloo-Reading line

    Thanks It must have been a nightmare . When i spoke to the driver and mentioned Level crossings he said it was the one at Wokingham, which puzzled me as it was to his rear..Now all were going pear shaped i can understand it....
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    Delays on SW Trains yesterday..esp the Waterloo-Reading line

    Bro in law had to do a very quick Plan B yesterday to get his connection at KX ( thread on delay repay in the Fares Forum) Info was sketchy and although the tannoy at Bracknell said for further info ask staff they had nothing to add apart from something about a level crossing Checked with...
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    Can he get delay repay?

    Situation BiL booked a Stiirling to KX 1st advance return He is booked out on the 15.00 Kx to Stirling today We arrived at Bracknell at 12.45 to get the 13.00 that would give him plenty of time to get across to KX he purchased a single to Waterloo The trsin was delayed due to level crossing...
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    Level Crossing stupidity

    The BBC news just now ran an clip on idiots on level crossings They may need to chastise one of their own as on P23 of Todays Daily Express there is a picture of Anita Rani advertising her programme on BBC4 She is standing in between what appears to be two running lines Now where the picture...
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    TfL proposes to withdraw Day Travelcards

    apologies if this has also been mentioned If the one day travelcard is scrapped byTfL, at the moment anyone using bank contactless is capped at the rate of the Travelcard What will TfL set the bar at ,as there will no longer be a price to match? Mt Bro in Law will be travelling home to...
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    Parking Charge Notice - Chelmsford Station (NCP)

    May i recommend for anyone on here who has received a parking charge from one of the Private parking companies to contact Pepipoo.com, before rushing headliong into a deep hole by contacting the PPC beforehand Roughly speaking most station car parks are not 'relevant land; and as such the PPC...
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    Incorrectly issued penalty fare

    Also should the debt recovery boys come round asking for the money. just tell the to refer the matter to their princinpals. This is standard practice forpeople who have received an invoice from the parking company and have asked the local debt boys to collect it. They try all ms oeans oif...

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