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    Why does Eurostar not pay delay repay in the case of cancelled trains?

    They will (eventually) give compensation. The relevant page is here: https://www.eurostar.com/uk-en/travel-info/service-information/claiming-compensation
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    What can you do if somebody sits on your booked seat ?

    This has happened to me on a flight. It was a lovely moment. (And lovely flight, as it turned out...)
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    What was the last change you were genuinely excited about?

    Definitely this (though Peterborough rather than Cambridge in my case). Direct trains to where I work, direct trains to Gatwick, single change (with lifts!) for Heathrow, and occasional trips to ExCeL, single change at Redhill for the North Downs Line to see family. I don't love the 700s, but...
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    Lighting quality on trains: are you bothered?

    This is something I'm very sensitive to, as the "wrong" lighting is quite painful for me, and also a migraine trigger. "Wrong" can mean many factors, or combination of factors, around brightness, colour and flicker. Too bright, too dark, too blue, too slow a flicker, and it sets me off (for...
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    Stansted Airport Gateline - was I in the right?

    Thanks. The ticket in question was this one - not too fussed about pursuing, it, just wanted to check I wasn't arguing the toss incorrectly! The only delay to the travel was me not realising that XC had gone down to two-hourly...
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    Stansted Airport Gateline - was I in the right?

    So, had to visit a place on the outskirts of Bishop's Stortford a while ago - took my folding bike on the train via Cambridge. On the way back, the trains were looking a bit of a mess (not badly), so I thought I'd ride over to Stansted and catch the train up to Cambridge from there. It's quite...
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    Police stopping trains?

    Maybe it was speeding?
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    Which tramways have you used?

    No, you're quite right, I've checked and I'd misremembered. I first visited Ljubljana mid-90s (also a fascinating time for that part of Europe) and stayed at a campsite on the outskirts of town. In fact, it was a heavy rail service I'd used to get there, but the image of the station - no...
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    Which tramways have you used?

    Oh, quite a few, I think. UK: Blackpool, Nottingham, Sheffield, Birmingham, Croydon, Manchester, Edinburgh, Beamish Ireland: Dublin France: Paris, Strasbourg, Bordeaux, Mulhouse, Lille/Roubaix/Tourcoing, Nice Belgium: Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent Netherlands: Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam...
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    Razor blades allegedly stuck to the back of posters

    The razor blade behind stickers/posters rumour has been going around as long as I've been alive. Not saying it doesn't happen (and that precautions shouldn't be taken), but it's an easy rumour to start on either side - either to scare people into not removing material, or to discredit an opponent.
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    How far away can you hear a train (in good conditions)?

    In my current house, I can hear trains a mile and a half away, across town. It's a quiet place, and dependent on the wind direction. In my old house, a hundred metres from the railway line, there was an odd acoustic effect where, in the right weather conditions, the trains sounded like they...
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    A New Station Called !

    Perhaps the resident in question doesn't like the trains now coming to a full stop. Or perhaps there's other issues in his life causing him stress, like issue with his colon.
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    Trivia: Consecutive Trains to Different Terminating Destinations

    IIRC it's presented as "Lime Street Liverpool" at Ely (and Norwich, for that matter) for this exact reason.
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    Why there are less cycle space on British trains compare to European ones?

    It's a bit different in the Netherlands, though - IME there's relatively little bicycle storage on trains, and the hours are quite restrictive. Instead, you have big, easy to use, secure cycle parks and a national, dirt cheap rail-cycle scheme. Denmark is an interesting example to look at...
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    Stations with excellent facilities....not provided by the station, but adjacent businesses

    Cambridge has a load of places in the CB1 development immediately adjacent, as well as a "food truck" location just round the corner. Stevenage is adjacent to the town's leisure park, so a Nando's is definitely on the cards.
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    Early days of the Tyne & Wear Metro

    I used to catch the metro from Ilford Road to South Gosforth to go to school way back in the early 80s - when the line was just South Gosforth to Haymarket. It was 4p for a child fare, 8p for an adult fare - I remember my Mum being annoyed that the flat child fare (it was originally half fare)...
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    Stations unsure of their name

    Salford Central seems to often get its suffix omitted (I know it only gained it when Salford Crescent opened). The name Battersby Junction was certainly in common use in the 90s when I was often round that way. Although hardly the busiest station, and now basically disused, British Steel...
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    Trivia - Largest towns served by just one TOC

    Belfast only has NIR, unless you count the jointly-run Enterprise as being a different TOC.

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