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    Senior Railcard And Oyster Card Discount

    In a few weeks time I will be making my first trip to London since becoming eligible for a Senior Railcard in April. I know I can get the staff at the tube station to add a discount on to my Oyster card so that I can get discounted off peak pay as you go fares. Does anyone know if this...
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    Man Stabbed To Death on Nottingham Tram

    This is somewhat worrying, given the recent stabbings in Nottingham. Police are not looknig for anyone else in connection with the incident. Whilst it is probably not appropriate to discuss the specifics of this case, can anything realistically be done to improve security on buses, trams and...
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    French Rail Operator In Court After Cat Run Over By Train

    The French rail operator SNCF is being taken to court after a cat escaped from its container at the Gare Montparnasse in Paris and hid under a train. The train departed whilst the cat was still under it, resulting in the cat being killed. The owners of the cat are claiming that the SNCF knew...
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    Competition To Name Bull At Birmingham New Street

    As long as it isn't "Bully McBull Face" I don't really mind, but I am sure someone will suggest this though. It will be a useful meeting point, as New Street station can be confusing at times, especially for those who are unfamiliar with the station...
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    Paul O'Grady To Join Boom Radio (now sadly deceased)

    If you look at the blurb from Boom Radio, it is almost a carbon copy of his former show on Radio 2. It is remarkable that within days of each other, two former Radio 2 presenters are starting up on rival commercial radio 2 stations. The commercial stations must think that these presenters have...
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    Avanti West Coast - "Superfare" Scheme

    Haven't seen this published elsewhere. Avanti West Coast are running a "superfare" scheme until the end of July, whereby they offer heavily discounted train tickets (eg. Birmingham - London for £12), with the catch that you have to be "flexible" on journey times. Can't see this catching on...
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    National Express West Midlands Bus Strike

    There is going to be a strike on National Express West Midlands buses on Thursday March 16th. From the report it is not clear whether it will be a continuous strike starting on that date, or just a one day strike. If it is a continuous strike, the union would have to be confident that it can...
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    Fruit and vegetable shortage

    Now we have the great fruit and vegetable shortage, no doubt stoked up by the media with reports that it could "..last for months.." Always amuses me how people "..take to Twitter.." to complain about the lack of tomatoes on the supermarket shelves, as if that will do anything. No doubt local...
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    West Midlands Combined Authority To Investigate Bus Franchsing

    As reported in the Birmingham Mail today, the West Midlands Combined Authority is to investigate setting up a bus franchising scheme similar to that being rolled out in Greater Manchester. I am not sure whether this will have a positive or negative effect, because ultimately it depends on how...
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    Commonwealth Games Bull To Have Permanent Home At Birmingham New Street

    Whilst it is good that the bull has found a new home, I can't help thinking that this huge structure in the middle of a busy station concourse is going to impede the free flow of passengers. Still, it will give us all something to look at whilst we are waiting for the next Avanti service to...
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    Government To Abolish Return Rail Tickets

    It is reported in The Telegraph today that the Transport Secretary is to scrap return rail tickets and move to "single leg pricing", whereby two single tickets will equal the price of a return. I would like to see more detail on this before deciding on whether it is beneficial. Take the...
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    Commuter Sues TfL Over "Rammed Platforms"

    A commuter who was dragged under a tube train after falling from an overcrowded platform at Oxford Circus is suing TfL over the injuries he received. If he were to succeed, no doubt there would be more frequent station closures (due to "overcorwding") as a result, which would then result in...
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    Ken Bruce Quits BBC Radio 2

    More evidence that the BBC, and Radio 2 in particular, is going to pot. Ken Bruce is going to quit his BBC Radio 2 show when his current contract expires at the end of March. But the thing is, he is going to start a mid morning show on Greatest Hits Radio from 10am - 1pm, at more or less the...
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    West Midlands Metro - Industrial Dispute Resolved

    Some good news. Let's just hope that the revised pay offer is accepted. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-63643796 1668791654 A message has just been put up on the West Midlands Metro website to say that the industrial dispute has been resolved, and that no further strike...
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    Bus Driver Is Fined £70 For Driving A BUS In A Bus Lane

    No, this isn't an April Fool's joke. A driver got fined £70 for driving in a bus lane. Nothing wrong with that, you might think, except that the driver was driving, er, a bus at the time. Some councils seem to treat automatic cameras leading to fines as a licence to print money...
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    Shortage Of Eggs

    Is anyone else experiencing a shortage of eggs at the moment? In the West Midlands, many supermarkets have run out completely, or are in very short supply. Bird flu is being blamed. Of course there are anguished comments on local Facebook groups saying, "...do you know which supermarket...
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    Return Of The Routemaster

    A new (non TfL) bus service operated by classic routemaster buses will begin operating in London from this Saturday (15th October) I suppose only time will tell whether the service is successful or not, but at least the company behind the idea is promoting the service, as opposed to TfLs...
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    Eurostar not serving Kent.

    I think it is a load of old cobblers to blame Brexit and COVID. These two events are just being used as a convenient excuse for a bit of cost cutting and saving money. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/08/23/eurostar-says-trains-will-not-stop-kent-two-three-years-blames/
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    Request Stop Kiosks

    Not sure I would trust this to work properly, especially on a line with such an infrequent service. Even though the kiosk would say that a request to stop has been made and accepted, can you be 100% sure that the message has got through to the train driver. I would still want to be on the...
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    Paul O'Grady Quits BBC Radio 2 permanently.

    The title says it all. I find this really sad news, as Paul's show was one of the few on Radio 2 that I still enjoyed. Radio 2 really has gone right down the toilet in recent years, and I would like to shake the producer responsible for the change to Paul's show warmly by the throat. Ken...

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