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    Staines - London Terminal validity

    Hi all, I hold a Staines-London Terminals season, which terminals am I valid to? There's the obvious ones of Waterloo, Victoria, Charing Cross (via Waterloo E), but would I also be valid to, say Blackfriars or London Bridge? Thanks.
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    Online purchasing and "receipt roll" tickets

    I'm looking at purchasing a 7 day rover next week from the GWR website (7x nectar points!) And wondered whether the tickets they post are still the standard credit card stock or the new "bog roll" style? The new ones don't have a hope of lasting 7 days and are awkward to carry. Any help would...
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    Norwich class 321s

    Hi all, With GA still running a reduced service and the 745 introduction well underway, is the 19:30 Norwich to London (1P56-old 321 diagram) still a 321 or likely to become one anytime soon, or is it a flirt now? Many thanks.
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    Stopping short with an SSH

    Evening all, In a few weeks time I have an advance from Brum New St to Euston. For the return portion, I have a " weekend super off peak saver half" (SSH) from Virgin trains, priced at £11.90 (YP railcard). However, I am only going to Birmingham on the way south to meet a friend. Would I be...
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    Southern-buy on board

    Evening all, Is it permissible to buy tickets on board on southern? I may be doing the coastways soon, however I won't be sure what we want to do until I get there. Can I buy my ticket off the guard (yes, there'll be one, 313s need them) or do I need to try to track them down before we leave...
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    2E12 07:56 Victoria-Horsham

    Evening all, Would anyone happen to know if the service mentioned above still runs as a 455 on weekdays? I’m aware it’s booked to do so (as of December 2017), but I can’t be sure there hasn’t been a change I don’t know about. I’m off down the south coast soon, if it’s a 455 I’ll go via...
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    Super off peak and outboundary travelcards

    If I have a super off-peak outboundary travelcard, which bars me from certain trains into and out of London, would this apply only to the outboundary leg, or to services within London too? This would be on a Saturday. I'm trying to work out whether I need an off-peak or if a super off-peak will...
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    Glass covers on passenger alarms-good idea or not?

    I've noticed on the new Desiro City stock (70x) that all passenger communication alarms have a glass panel covering them, which must be broken in order to activate the alarm. I can see the merit in this, in that it may be enough of a barrier to reduce "malicious activations", however in the...
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    43125's trip report(s) (Written in full procrastination!)

    OK, so I'll admit I'm writing this entirely out of procrastination (I don't want to study for my A levels!(I do but don't, fellow students will understand)), not done one of these before, let's give it a go. Manchester 03/01/18 An early start after hardly any sleep started with much caffeine...
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    SW Post-2018 timetable

    SW have, earlier this week, released their proposed timetable; which would be active from December 2018. There now follows a three-month consultation period, running until mid-December. The timetables are available from https://www.southwesternrailway.com/contact-and-help/timetable-consultation...
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    Caledonian Sleeper Questions

    I'm looking at doing a trip on the sleepers next summer, and I have a few questions. What's the formation and order of carriages? I know someone posted this a while ago but I can't for the life of me find it. Is it just one seated carriage per portion? How busy do the seated portions...
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    Signaller Anecdotes

    (I've created this thread to avoid further derailing the "what's this on the diagram" thread.) I'm interested to hear people's anecdotes related to signalling, be it a funny conversation in a box, a funny occurrence or a visit gone wrong. I'll start with a story I was told by someone. A...
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    Another 390 seat question

    Evening all, could some kind soul please tell me how well seats J8&11 (if at all) line up with the windows on an 11-car 390? I'm booked in these for a return trip, so if I turn out to be staring at a pillar I won't be very impressed. Thanks.
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    Oyster Card Peaks

    Afternoon all, Next week I am travelling on the tube in the early morning. The single fare finder says that the peak fare applies between 0630 and 0930. My question is: If I touch in at Heathrow at 6am and out at KXSP at 7am, will I be charged the peak fare or the off peak fare...
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    Wires down at Retford (20/01)?

    Word that the wires have come down at Retford AGAIN this afternoon. Not a good week for the ECML...

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