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    Paper season tickets to be phased out?

    So I was at the ticket office yesterday to buy a monthly season and was informed that Northern Trains (at least anyway) were "looking" to phase these out by the end of this year. I know the "paperless railway" has been discussed for many years and debated on this forum (the feeling is most on...
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    Drop in passenger numbers sees train services cut

    I commute to work in Manchester and last week was disturbingly quiet on the train so the possibility of some services being temporarily reduced over the coming months is not a surprise. It seems as if some are already working from home and I am expecting where we work that we will be doing the...
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    Cost of Delay Repay to TOCs?

    Just curious, how Delay Repay works from a financial perspective if anyone has knowledge or expertise in this area. I've applied for Delay Repay consistently over the past year since the shambolic May 2018 timetable change in Northern England - the after affects are still being felt today. This...
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    Mid-platform signals at Manchester Piccadilly 13 & 14

    Some shenanigans have been going on for a few days now on platforms 13 & 14 but today was a bit odd. The 17:19 Northern service to Southport arrived at platform 14. However from what I understood, there was an ill or disruptive passenger on this train who had to be removed. This blocked the...
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    [Hypothetical] Ticket inspections outside station premises/boundary?

    Just curious and would be interested in hearing peoples' thoughts as to what powers (indeed, if any) RPI's have in relation to questioning or challenging a passenger who have left a station but on which they have been stopped or questioned on public land? By public land I mean not privately...
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    Northern Delay Repay 15?

    Anyone know when Northern will start compensation for 15-29 minute delays? It was announced in September this would commence in December. It is now December but has been very quiet. Anyone shed some light?

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