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    Portsmouth to London via Southampton

    I think you might get around this by getting a Swanwick to London Waterloo ticket, which is valid via Southampton or Fratton, and then a single Portsmouth to Swanwick. You would have to get the stopper from Portsmouth to Southampton not the Great Western, as this does not stop at Swanwick...
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    Why is the UK completely incapable of treating public transport as a whole?

    I think you need to re-read what I wrote as you clearly have not. I use rail and bus as much as many on here, and have never said or implied that public transport is irrelevant. You have invented that in your own mind, because I simply replied to someone who clearly has an anti-car agenda at any...
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    Godalming Station Parking

    Expensive parking at stations not only encourages driving all the way, but also drop off in the morning/pick up in the evening so that car mileage and pollution are doubled. Worse still people waiting to pick up causing congestion and pollution with engines running to provide heating or cooling...
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    New TV series: The Architecture the Railways Built

    Thank you for the reminder @timmydunn. Sure hope there is another series in the pipeline. Has the LT museum sold out of scarves yet?
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    Why is the UK completely incapable of treating public transport as a whole?

    Never suggested anything of the kind your analogy is completely irrelevant. Thank you for explaining that. When I as a motorist stop at a pedestrian crossing presumably my time is stolen from me then? So we could call it quits. Good luck with selling your theory
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    Why is the UK completely incapable of treating public transport as a whole?

    There is no such thing as public money, just taxpayer money. So in your ideal world those who choose to ride around all day because they happen to like trains, for example, would be financed by most who might only use transport rarely. Your ideal world and the real world, I am afraid to say...
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    Coronavirus precautions: Has the world gone mad?

    And for the benefit of the thousands who work in the industry, stables, trainers, transporters etc. Not to mention many others who enjoy watching it live on TV. I have no interest in it at all, but also believe in letting others live as they choose where possible. Horse racing fans probably...
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    Why is the UK completely incapable of treating public transport as a whole?

    I have no idea of how you worked out your "theft" of time theory, but might I suggest you get out of London into the areas that makes up the majority of the country, and see how the rest of us have to get around. I used to work in London finishing after midnight often at 2am regularly, and...
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    Coronavirus precautions: Has the world gone mad?

    Well, they cannot all get jobs at Blackpool North, or on the Euston barriers.
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    Coronavirus precautions: Has the world gone mad?

    Really uplifted my spirits to read the OP comments and so much agreement, about time people started to speak up. So ridiculous how over the top everywhere has become with signs, stickers, barriers, cones etc., the manufacturer's of such products must be rubbing their hands with glee at all the...
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    Blackpool North: The most unfriendly station in the country?

    Having been on the receiving end of inappropriate and insulting language at the station, I think any "complaint" should come from anyone with first-hand experience, rather than, with respect, someone who has not, I assume, been there? Simply saying "I have read about all these people" and making...
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    Class 442s - Now at the end of the road and to be withdrawn permanently

    We should have asked for their advice then, as to how to recycle plastic pigs.
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    Class 442s - Now at the end of the road and to be withdrawn permanently

    You could argue that they have at least provided much employment, and continue to do so, but whether they will ever run in service as promised, what is it almost three years ago now is open to question. They also provide entertainment for those who follow their every move. It might ultimately go...
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    Govenment Briefing 23rd May - Reversing Beeching Cuts

    Beaulieu Road station is poorly located for anything other than a walk in the forest. How would you suggest people get there? If driving they might as well drive to Southampton which is where most people from the area need to be, and in any case a large car park added to the New Forest...
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    Network Rail Recommends 80% of the network should be electrified by 2050

    Absolutely, it must always be remembered how much material goes into manufacturing cars, which last for a short period, and how much space they take up for storage. It is likely that people are more inclined to give up their car to use an environmentally friendly electric train or tram, so I...
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    Network Rail Recommends 80% of the network should be electrified by 2050

    Except the diesel train will never get all those people, and their luggage, to the vast majority of the places people need or want to go. Most people would not consider themselves better off having to use public transport, so I'm afraid the car is here to stay, much to the disappointment of some...
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    Network Rail Recommends 80% of the network should be electrified by 2050

    There is a trial going on already near Aldershot : https://www.energylivenews.com/2019/07/17/south-western-railway-to-launch-trackside-solar-pilot-project/ "South Western Railway (SWR) is due to host a pilot project to find a way to channel power directly from solar panels into the rail network."
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    Network Rail Recommends 80% of the network should be electrified by 2050

    If it leaps too much, battery might be the excuse not to electrify 80%.
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    Is London becoming a problem again?

    Ironic then that some people are making a fuss about a government advisor, who they think might have breached the regulations and should be fined, but those on a demonstration should not. Is it a case of people I agree with - that is OK, people I disagree with - should be fined. Not a good or...
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    New TV series: The Architecture the Railways Built

    Absolutely agree. And getting an insight from the horses mouth so to speak is an added bonus. Nice to meet the parents this week, I am sure they are justifiably proud.

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