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  1. Starmill

    Implied contract terms - ticket delivery methods

    Sometimes the only winning move is not to play.
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    Implied contract terms - ticket delivery methods

    I think the problem is that ultimately these companies running the trains aren't really that bothered about these kinds of details. Sometimes they'll get it right and sometimes they won't. You have to learn to live with it, while agitating for change, or simply ignore it. If you keep "sweating...
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    Inspiration for a two night UK break from Manchester via train

    You can use Trainsplit and set it to Flexible after the results come up, to reduce many of the prices mentioned, including Cardiff.
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    Capacity of HS2 during evening peaks.

    I think this just fundamentally isn't true. There will likely be more freight than today, and likely there will be no "ban" on it passing through Colwich, Stafford, Crewe and Waver Jn for three hours in the middle of the afternoon. 1710781634 I'm afraid that without Euston, none of that plan...
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    Implied contract terms - ticket delivery methods

    What sort of proportion of the face value are they offering regarding the printing costs? If it's say around 10% it seems proportionate to just accept it? Alternatively if it's more like 0.5% then it might be worth thanking them for their offer of "printing costs" but digging in. I don't get...
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    Dangerous boarding procedures at Euston

    It shows a situation which could easily become a crush if something small went wrong.
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    Dangerous boarding procedures at Euston

    I think London Waterloo does have turnaround cleaners, it's just that during certain times of the day they can't really do many trains because it's too busy. They can be requested for cleaning specific areas or they just do a litter pick. It's not thorough. In general Avanti West Coast do like...
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    Railcard minimum fares

    There did used to be a bit of an issue where some ticket machines, including Avantix machines, didn't actually know what to do with the minimum fare because they weren't given logic for it. As such if you needed a ticket with the minimum fare as this was cheaper than the ticket without the...
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    Liverpool-Chester-Crewe ticket query

    You could always enquire with the guard at Liverpool Lime Street, showing them your Liverpool - Crewe ticket and asking if it were OK to remain onboard to Chester. I would imagine they'll be happy to take you on the basis you've paid almost £10/15 and asked politely, and it's not particularly...
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    Liverpool-Chester-Crewe ticket query

    If you were to highlight that Runcorn to Chester has permitted routes via Crewe you would risk the routeing guide being updated to remove this.
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    Dangerous boarding procedures at Euston

    I think you're misunderstanding though. There's nothing to say people need to board the train is there? 1710764908 To travel on a train with an Advance ticket you must turn up much earlier, with a private car you can depart at any time you wish. Add connections across London into the mix and...
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    Really don’t understand the Rail Staff Travel website

    Full details are at this link, but in short, as @glasgowniteowl says those services are totally fine with a Super Off Peak ticket. The barred services on the outward are only from London Paddington on working days after 04:29 and before 10:15 and after 15:01 and before 19:02. For the return...
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    Dangerous boarding procedures at Euston

    Given people do that occasionally when they are themselves late for the train because they weren't at the station in time, I would be surprised if someone who was there in time didn't try to interfere with the train in a way which meant it wasn't able to depart without them. 1710434957 If they...
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    Horrendous Hull Trains East Coast ride

    Mark 4 ride is hardly excellent either, and yet over the same stretches they seem to ride with much, much less wheel noise, lateral hunting, and high-frequency vibration over the same tracks.
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    Dangerous boarding procedures at Euston

    If Network Rail senior management can't be trusted to use good judgment and ensure they have enough control staff, and that they can liase with the TOC and Network Rail staff on the ground, then a mandatory minimum should be set. Say a fixed 9 minutes minimum with no trains permitted to depart...
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    Should cost benefits of new schemes be worked out in a different way?

    Personally I don't really see what the problem is with a bus journey of 60 - 90 minutes. There are plenty of examples of these working successfully at filling gaps where the railway cannot provide or doesn't exist. I don't think it makes sense to rebuild railway infrastructure to serve these...
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    Poor boarding experience at Euston (11/03)

    Euston is far worse than anywhere else. Recently they put up a "platform closing in" countdown timer on the screens at the top of the platform access. This is sometimes set to start with as little as a minute to go. If they can't get this to show reasonable times they should suppress this...
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    Landslip at Wellington (Shropshire), Birmingham - Shrewsbury services suspended

    They'd have to run the replacement buses from Shrewsbury anyway to at least Shifnal, even if the train served Wellington. You can't ask people to make two extra changes against plan when one is so easily offered. Likely they'll still run a Shrewsbury - Wolverhampton faster bus.
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    All Line Rover Restrictions

    I wouldn't bother looking for the logic. It's something that is what it is for historical reasons and there's so few tickets sold it's not worth the effort of changing, not because it's actually good for anyone that it's the way it is! As long as you're within the restrictions as they're...
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    Should cost benefits of new schemes be worked out in a different way?

    I'm afraid this is simply a misunderstanding. Most people would prefer a direct bus for their whole journey, with a shorter journey time, over a train with a longer one, and potentially a change of trains. You personally have stated many times you're in the latter group, which nobody should...

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