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    A few questions re: shower facilities at London Euston

    Assuming this is in the virgin first class lounge. Never travelled on the sleeper but have used the showers as a first class passenger. Ask for towels at the front desk and they'll point you in the right direction. The showers are in large private rooms (larger than my bathroom at home) so flip...
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    Night Tube launch "deferred"

    DLR is franchised and is up in 2021. IIRC only renewed at the start of this year but the night tube had already been announced by then, so why night running wasn't put in as part of the agreement I don't know.
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    Trivia: Stations that still have a canopy

    Portsmouth & Southsea, albeit only covers those trains up to 3 cars long and only platforms 1+2
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    Will the Wolverhampton station redevelopment finally happen?

    Going through the design fly through on the website http://wolverhamptoninterchange.co.uk/, you can clearly see a sign for the subway and low level station... One can dream ;)
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    Why does Pontefract have three stations?

    Dorking must a contender for most stations per person? It has three stations and only a population of 11,000
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    Broken escalators at Birmingham New Street

    Not been to New Street for a while, are people still not standing to the right on the escalators despite the reasonably clear signage?
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    RailUK Forums Ticket Gallery Project

    the key smartcard (hope this is of sufficient quality! I might be able to scan it in later next week if that's preferable?)
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    Trainline.com to float on the stock exchange

    I haven't used thetrainline in a long long time (if ever) and just jumped on. Entering your journey information is probably the easiest I've ever seen then you're presented with this monstrosity (attached). Designed to force you into only seeing 4 trains at once and less likely to see...
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    Trivia:Best and Worst Station information boards

    They do exist still, not in this country as I'm aware though http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split-flap_display Can confirm that the sound they make is as satisfying as one would hope
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    Trolleyman

    Catch that last train from Soton to Portsmouth quite regularly and I've never seen him :-(
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    How Many train crew is there normally on a train?

    I've seen the trolley sporadically on the PDL, generally on weekday afternoons IIRC. I once saw someone being trained as a trolley assistant, so four if you're lucky :wink:

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