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  1. richardio123

    Teenagers act like idiots in Wythenshawe

    I work in Wythenshawe, I live in Wythenshawe. Trust me, this is nothing compared to what some of these "kids" do on Metrolink and around the local area. I got spat at by a 13 year old 2 weeks ago.
  2. richardio123

    Northern franchise awarded to Arriva.

    It was the opposite at Manchester Piccadilly. We had leaflets, people explaining what was happening etc. Manchester Victoria has a huge new poster above the ticket gates about new services and trains.
  3. richardio123

    TPE franchise awarded to First

    TPE have updated there website with a new logo http://www.tpexpress.co.uk
  4. richardio123

    Virgin Azuma unveiled & plans for faster journey times

    Theres a picture of it here on there Twitter https://twitter.com/Virgin_TrainsEC/status/710766526572400640
  5. richardio123

    Forums Problem

    Aye still problems Safari OSX
  6. richardio123

    Manchester Metrolink journey times

    They only released one of the journey time between stops for the APL as seen below Also the weekday timetable for all lines 1660 Weekday TimeTable v1.1.xls
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    New fourth platform at Manchester Airport station.

    I saw a 323 depart from platform 4 last night :)
  8. richardio123

    Metrolink Second City Crossing

    BIB: 3108 actually ;)
  9. richardio123

    Greater Manchester smartcard scheme (ATOS agreement terminated and revised plan)

    They will but this is just as a substitute whilst they fix the previous mess which ATOS made.
  10. richardio123

    What do you think of your local station?

    Manchester Airport MIA is the closest train station approx 1 mile, a nice new refurbed cafe 4 platforms even though one is OOU and 2 Metrolink Platforms oh and and international airport attached to it ;) The service pattern is more than decent so its a simple quick hop to Piccadilly, I rarely...
  11. richardio123

    Steam on the Met(rolink)

    3004, 3005, 3051 & 3055 and 3014, 3016, 3017, 3021 and 3032 are all fitted with ice breaker pantographs so no need for the t68's :D
  12. richardio123

    Electromagnets to combat leaf fall?

    I have. Going 30mph down Ashton New Road. Stopped almost instantly. A woman stood up in the middle of the tram ended up on her face at the front.
  13. richardio123

    Uber taxis

    The petition in question https://action.uber.org/tfl/ They've got 100,000 signatures almost
  14. richardio123

    London underground strike

    Just RMT now then http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-34045753
  15. richardio123

    London underground strike

    Two more Tube strikes announced http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-33866704 Edit: the abuse RMT are getting on Twitter is astronomical
  16. richardio123

    Good and bad bus stations.

    Aye
  17. richardio123

    Good and bad bus stations.

    Wythenshawe just got a great new bus station !
  18. richardio123

    Why 85mph?

    75mph
  19. richardio123

    London underground strike

    In regards to the strike BBC just got a fantastic and rare shot of a full Neasden depot https://twitter.com/bbctravelalert/status/619126324553252864
  20. richardio123

    Manchester Piccadilly to get ticket gates

    An application has been put in by Virgin Trains to install ticket gates between platforms 3 and 7 at MAN http://pa.manchester.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=NQ2U60BC6K000 this means taking the current glass wall out and installing the gates into it

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