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    Bi-Directional at Hereford

    Platforms 1 & 2 at Hereford have been signalled for bi-directional use in that Birmingham-bound services can depart from their arrival platform without running round south of the station to access platform 3. With the recent closure of the Marches line at weekends for engineering work, the...
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    Fare dodging

    Recently travelling on an afternoon Birmingham to Hereford service. At Worcester Foregate St a number of youths, students I think, boarded the train. None had tickets. The onboard ticket inspector/issuer worked his way through them as best he could on a crowded train ( a number incidentally...
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    Passenger lifts: how long to commission?

    A passenger lift was installed alongside the existing footbridge at Hereford station a while ago. As far as I can recall it was complete in January. Last week I returned by train to Hereford and the lift is still out of use for "safety testing" or similar words. A member of the station...
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    Sheffield-Dore: Additional Track Possible?

    I recently travelled by rail into Sheffield from the South, the first time in at least 30 years, and noticed how development has encroached quite close to the running lines at Millhouses, where there used to be four tracks, ie two Hope Valley and two for Chesterfield etc. Does any kind soul...

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