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    National Routeing Guide update

    They don't need to check. They can just publish the changes and wait for Kieron to point out the errors. He should be on the payroll.
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    Simplified overhead electrification

    It seems TPE have come up with a new design for overhead electrification. It might not however reduce the rate of pantograph entanglements. Photo taken at Manchester Piccadilly:
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    Liverpool Stations

    Doesn't that mean that a ticket from anywhere to Liverpool stations should not be an e-ticket because it might be used to travel to James Street? In practice, such e-tickets are issued.
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    Virgin Trains Ticketing getting validity dates wrong

    I recently booked of an off-peak return e-ticket, London to Manchester, from Avanti. The outward is dated 21 Jul 2023, valid until 21 Jul 2023. The return is dated 20 Jul 2023, valid until 19 Aug 2023. Fortunately my return was within the reduced validity (and I didn't want to come back before...
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    Pacers on the mainline on Tuesday 18th July

    Hunt's Cross was an issue at least once. Something on a pacer I was on contacted the third rail as we entered the station (from Liverpool), causing much smoke, evacuation of the train and it going out of service. Clearly not a fundamental problem though; pacers continued in use on that line.
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    Metrolink penalty for failing to tap out

    Can the Metrolink system distingiuish between a touch-in and a touch-out? If you only tap one reader, at the end of a journey won't it register a journey starting there and never finishing?
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    Avanti off-peak tickets used on Thursday instead of Friday due to strike

    There are no Avanti trains this Friday (12 May), but they advertise that tickets dated Friday can be used on the day before. These tickets have no time restrictions on Fridays, but do on Thursdays. The question is, can a ticket dated Friday be used at any time on the Thursday? I asked at the...
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    Trouble using new style mag strip bank card at TVMs

    I have often had problems with Nothern TVMs reading my card (for ticket on depearture). But you don't need to put the card into the slot - holding it against the conatctless pad works and is more reliable.
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    Things we don't see at stations these days

    Machines that could print your name (or anything else) in raised letters on a strip of aluminium.
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    Seat reserfvations on Avanti

    For my last two journeys on Avanti, between London and Machester and using off-peak returns (route Any Permitted), I have been issued with seat reservations which state "No specific seat reserved". Have Avanit abandoned seat reservations generally, or just on some trains? These journeys were out...
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    Manchester - London on TfW and LMR

    An update... I wrote to both Transport for Wales and London Northwestern. TfW asked for more information, then replied that they were not the fare setter (true enough) and I should ask LNR. LNR have not replied yet, apart from an acknowledgement. Early days yet, it's only been five weeks...
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    Manchester - London on TfW and LMR

    I was on the 11.30 from Manchester today. The passenger behind me asked the guard if he could have used his super off-peak ticket on the 10.30. The guard's response was no he couldn't. Using the ticket at 10.30 without an itinerary risks getting into a semantic discussion. I have asked both TfW...
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    Manchester - London on TfW and LMR

    The super offpeak return from Manchester to London on TfW and LMR only has a niche following, as a walk-up ticket at only £23.95 (with railcard). The restrictions include "Not valid on trains timed to depart Manchester Piccadilly after 04:29 or before 10:30..." Since the last timetable change, a...
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    Stockport/Wilmslow to London

    brfares.com reports that break of joirney is not permitted on the outward jouurney. However I don't recall ever being alerted to this when buying the ticket...
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    Mainland Italy to Sicily

    When we travelled on the sleeper Rome - Siracusa last year we slept through the ferry crossing and woke up on the island.
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    Which ticketing website allows any card when collecting from TVM?

    I booked at https://www.trainsplit.com/ (using the classic interface).
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    Which ticketing website allows any card when collecting from TVM?

    Good to know, but an extract from a confirmation email sent by trainsplit on 4 July: If you select a departure point where ticket on departure machines are available, Raileasy encourages you purchase your tickets on this basis. Picking up your tickets just before you travel is very...
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    Great Ticket Sale courtesy of Grant Shapps

    I have a ticket marked "Mandatory reservations detailed on coupon xxxxx-xxxy". The single coupon with those numbers has two reservations and the text "MANDATORY RESERVATION COUPON 1 OF 2". But this isn't in the Rail Sale (off-topic alert).

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