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    Harringay station closed northbound this week (22-28 Jan) - "urgent bridge repairs"

    This morning, Great Northern announced that northbound trains wouldn't be calling at Harringay, as the bridge requires urgent repairs (from https://twitter.com/GNRailUK/status/1617065745011064833): The current alert at...
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    Climb through the windows to get onto the platform

    I thought this article from the Beeb's "News from Elsewhere" feature might amuse some folk here: German station resorts to window access after mix-up - basically, Deutsche Bahn have increase the platform height (to provide level access for wheelchair users), but the town council that owns the...
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    "Not via London" - no obvious route

    I was looking up fares for Alexandra Palace (my local station) to Reading, and noticed a few listed on brfares.com that have route "Not via London", e.g. this super off-peak return. Which got me wondering, what route(s) is this ticket be valid on? AIUI, the valid routes for a "A to B not via...
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    50 bikes per train?

    I noticed this mentioned on Twitter, for the morning after the Dunwich Dynamo (an overnight cycle ride from London to the Suffolk coast) Greater Anglia are saying: (http://www.abelliogreateranglia.co.uk/dunwich-dynamo-restrictions) I'm intrigued as to how they're planning to fit 50 bikes...

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