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    Non-Urgent TOPS Requests

    What was it for? It seemed some sort of test train.
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    Non-Urgent TOPS Requests

    Anyone know what 6J48 today was for? It ran from Guide Bridge to Ulverston.
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    2024 election and party Railway policies

    Even then it was only electrified because the line was closed as part of the WCML upgrade through Stoke-on-Trent in 2003. A big part of the early 2000s on the railways was the West Coast upgrade. Also back then there were plans for a lot of new light rail networks.
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    2024 election and party Railway policies

    Think it was the stereotype of a mother in medium sized settlements in their 30s who is middle class with children. What would she want from a government. At the time also they had Mondeo Man who was the male version of Labour's target voter in the 1997 election. A big part of both of them was...
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    2024 election and party Railway policies

    Worcester was held by Labour during the Blair years so it is certainly winnable for Labour. According to the latest projections Labour have an 88% chance of winning the seat.
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    2024 election and party Railway policies

    In regards Carlisle I was thinking along the lines of that it was Labour from 1964 until 2010 so in winnable for Labour. In regards Worcester I remember back in 1997 Labour had a target voter nicknamed "Worcester Woman". While Worcester may not have any physical shovel ready projects however...
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    2024 election and party Railway policies

    Nope I was pointing out how voters think at election time and many in the north (often incorrectly) think that the south gets new stock while the North is stuck with older stock.
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    2024 election and party Railway policies

    Voters won't see it as benefiting both areas, in the East Riding of Yorkshire there would be some who would see it that way but in other parts of the North and the Midlands it will be seen as London getting new trains while the rest of the country is stuck with old trains.
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    2024 election and party Railway policies

    Also the next government will last until 2029 at the latest and the last franchise due to expire I think is the East Midlands Franchise in 2030. There is also Hull Trains which is due to expire in 2032 although not sure how open access operators would would with a state owned network...
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    2024 election and party Railway policies

    Given Portillo has a show on GB News it would be good if he could have all the candidates for Secretary of State for Transport on as guests to discuss the railways. Leaving the controversial nature of GB News out of it I think Portillo would be a good person to discuss it as he knows a lot about...
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    2024 election and party Railway policies

    With an election happening just a couple of months time I was wondering what the party policies are for each party? So far Labour seem to be interested in completely nationalising the railways although not as much as in 2019 which makes me think that it may not be a policy that makes it into...
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    ORR unveils station usage data between April 2022 and March 2023

    The two tickets to Teesside Airport were apparently sold from Crewe. I assume that is someone visiting the station for the day and not just someone who collects tickets.
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    2023 Israel - Hamas war

    Section 14a notices have been put in place at 10 London Terminals according to British Transport Police. This is of course to stop trespassers from protesting at stations on the grounds of safety and the fact that they are a nuisance to many passengers.
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    Additional calls to compensate for cancelled trains

    As others have said sometimes rail companies have to contact other operators to get additional calls. When I was regularly traveling to Longport in the East Midlands Trains days there were times when the EMT trains would terminate at Uttoxeter and a rail replacement bus would take passengers to...
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    Leaving a platform through a staff-only exit

    Passengers leaving through unauthorised exits although is "wrong" from personal experience it's largely up to the discretion of individual staff if it's allowed or not. For example on Class 390s at terminal stations other than Euston it's not uncommon for passengers in Coach A to leave via the...
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    2023 Israel - Hamas war

    I wouldn't just say it's GB News, we have always had on average a right wing press in this country. Think about it the best selling newspapers in the United Kingdom are largely center right/right wing publications.
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    2023 Israel - Hamas war

    We will wait and see, given how much controversy it's already caused there will naturally be more media coverage there than normal. As I say I think it will end up as a PR disaster for the Free Palestine movement.
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    2023 Israel - Hamas war

    It's up to them if they want to organise protests, I don't think it's a good PR move though. I wouldn't be so sure, we are talking about the official marches planned. There are plenty of "rebel" members of the marches (as there are with any protest). For example last night there were fireworks...
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    2023 Israel - Hamas war

    If the planned Pro-Palestine demonstration happens on Remembrance Day next weekend and there is any trouble near the cenotaph I reckon there could be major repercussions for the Free Palestine movement. Remembrance Day, the poppy and the Royal British Legion is probably the most sensitive topic...
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    2023 Israel - Hamas war

    I don't think Network Rail allow them to and I think it's against railway bylaws. I can see Network Rail applying for injunctions soon though if it carries on.

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