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    London - Hastings - Brighton - London

    What is the cheapest walk-up ticket(s) which will let me travel London Terminals - Hastings - Brighton - London Terminals off-peak on a weekday? I want to visit both Hastings and Brighton, in that order. My routeing guide fu is weak! :(
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    OpenTrainTimes is back

    Thanks to Rockshore, OpenTrainTimes is now back :)
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    Open railway data @OpenTech 2013, Sat 18 May, London

    For those who are interested, I'm giving a presentation at OpenTech in a week and a half. Details are at http://www.opentech.org.uk/2013/schedule/ and slides will be on http://blog.poggs.com/ afterwards. In it, I'll be telling the story of how I - somebody who didn't work in the industry at...
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    Signal aspects and route set indications

    I am somewhat pleased to announce signal aspects and route-set indications (and TRTS and track circuit status) for some of the maps on OpenTrainTimes are now live. Check 'em out at http://www.opentraintimes.com/maps
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    Goodbye from Bletchley PSB

    Spotted this on the map of Kings Langley - Wolverton yesterday:
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    Open access to freight schedules

    Many of you are enthusiasts with a particular focus on freight trains. Some of you will know about Network Rail's transparency agenda and that freight data isn't included. I've written a blog post which is probably my final word on freight data and why I don't anticipate it being 'open' any...
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    Network Rail Working Timetable (WTT) online

    Anyone want a copy of the whole Network Rail WTT? It's at http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browseDirectory.aspx?dir=%5CTimetables%5CWorking%20timetable%20(WTT)&root=
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    Urban Exploration - Camden Rat Hole

    Found this post - http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=67066 - on an UrbEx site a couple of weeks ago.
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    Open Train Times - Real-time maps

    I think some of you may be interested in the P2-esque real-time map I'm developing for http://www.opentraintimes.com/ It's all in a blog post...
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    Open Train Times - "Where's all the freight?"

    Lots of people have already contacted me to ask where the non-passenger services have gone from OpenTrainTimes. There are many rumours, the vast majority of which simply aren't true. There is a debate at the moment over ownership of the schedules - some of it has happened in public, and some...
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    Open Data

    Serious question. Given that Network Rail are likely releasing real-time train data in the next couple of months, what *other* datasets would you love to see released and why? I'll start off: * Train formations from Gemini
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    Open Train Times site launched

    http://www.opentraintimes.com/ launched at 7am today. Real-time data and maps will be coming in the next couple of weeks :)
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    Wembley Mainline/Watford PSB signal diagrams

    Does anyone have a reasonably up-to-date copy of any signalling plans for Wembley Mainline SCC or Watford Junction PSB? I'm looking in particular for signal numbers and track layouts.
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    Understanding TOPS 'LAST LOCN' / Train Identity fields

    A Train Identity (e.g. 722J33M801) is composed of the first two digits of the originating location's STANOX code, then the 'headcode', then a number or digit... but what's the next character? I've been told it refers to the time at the originating location: * 0-6 are complete hours from...
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    Open Rail Data

    I'm not sure how many of you are interested, but I am working with several other people to try and open up access to rail data. I gave a presentation at OpenTech 2011 a couple of weeks ago, http://blog.poggs.com/2011/05/open-rail-data/ has the presentations from Jonathan Raper of Placr, and...

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