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  1. mm333

    Plans announced to open a new train maintenance facility at Shipley

    Do we know who’s going to stable there?
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    Shack Attack 2024

    Wanted to tick off some South Yorkshire stations today. Went to Dronfield first as that was the same price as a return to Sheffield. Ticked off Chapeltown, Elsecar, Wombwell and Silkstone Common on the way home. So I've now done all the Penistone line stations and all the Leeds-Chesterfield...
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    Possible incorrect Delay Repay assessment

    Resolved ✅ I emailed LNER to say that Northern turned down my claim and I was re-opening my case with them. LNER have now granted my delay repay in full.
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    Journey with the most amount of changes

    If you don't mind sitting in Newport for 4 hours in the middle of the night, NRES is giving me an 8 leg journey from Clitheroe to St Ives, changing at Bolton, Manchester Piccadilly, Shrewsbury, Newport, Bristol Parkway, Bristol Temple Meads and St Erth. Dep 1923, arr 1129.
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    Bradford Interchange Bus Station closed until further notice

    A couple of quick photos from when I came through at the weekend. The shutters were down at the top of the stairs up to the rail concourse. And all very eerie on the lower concourse.
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    Has anyone ever moved from the House of Lords to the Commons?

    John Sinclair, 3rd Viscount Thurso, first joined Parliament in the House of Lords as a hereditary peer in 1995 and served until 1999, when he was among the majority of hereditary peers who were removed from Parliament following the House of Lords Act 1999. Thurso was elected Member of...
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    Bradford Forster Square 4th Platform Funding Announced: what improvements would you like to see made?

    Extend one of the shorter platforms with a set of points in the middle so trains can use platform xA and xB without there being any conflicts? Like platform 3 at Doncaster.
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    Shack Attack 2024

    11 new stations ticked off in January - not bad for a month for where one is waiting on cold/windy/wet platforms! On the way back from seeing family in Worksop, I did Kiveton Park and Kiveton Bridge. So I now only have Woodhouse and the outlier of Saxilby left to do before I've ticked off the...
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    Possible incorrect Delay Repay assessment

    Thank you for that. I was thinking that my first delay was LNER telling me not to travel.
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    Possible incorrect Delay Repay assessment

    I travelled from Saunderton to Shipley on a Sunday with a Super Off-Peak single. I bought the ticket from LNER app that morning and was planning on going via Marylebone, Kings Cross and Leeds. But just before I travelled, I checked online and LNER had issued a do not travel warning due to OHLE...
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    LNER fare not bookable on...LNER

    That will explain why I recently saved £15 on a Shipley-London advance. TrainSplit found the xx38 to Leeds, whereas LNER’s app would only show me the xx45. They both connected into the same LNER train at Leeds.
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    [Trivia] Passenger Trains That Often Carry No Passengers For Entire Route

    Vicki Pipe and her now ex-partner Geoff made a video about the 0710 Wrexham General-Wrexham Central (now canned). A passenger would commute in from Chirk every day and instead of sitting on a cold platform at General waiting for the connection north, he'd ride the 0710 and then come back north...
  13. mm333

    Uber ticketing

    Thank you.
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    Uber ticketing

    Do you get an email when the 10% credit is applied to your Uber account?
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    Famous people/celebrities you've met on a train

    On a HST heading north from Kings Cross c. 1991, I sat across the first class aisle from Andrew Neil. I was able to read his correspondence and he was on his way to give a speech in Middlesbrough. He was editor of the Sunday Times in those days.
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    Are National Rail Enquiries based at Ryde Pier Head?

    On my phone, Google Maps tells me that National Rail Enquiries is in Penrhyndeudraeth, but not at the station, but 3 minutes’ walk away.
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    Special Offers Discussion

    And certain bank accounts/debit cards. Halifax have given me cashback offers on LNER, Avanti and Transpennine in the last few months. And a reminder of you can afford it that you can buy LNER vouchers up to the value of £300 and get cashback on them. Well, at least I could with the Halifax offer.
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    Shack Attack 2023

    Have ticked off 33 new-to-me National Rail stations this year, making a total of 460. December’s visits were: Heading home from High Wycombe: Saunderton Princes Risborough Haddenham & Thame Parkway Ticking off the Colne line with a Northern complimentary ticket: Rose Grove Burnley Central...
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    Storm Gerrit related disruptions-27/12/23

    Doh! I should have realised that. *makes mental note for next time*
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    Storm Gerrit related disruptions-27/12/23

    Good work. Were you on the 1224 from Cleethorpes like I was? I thought that was going to get cancelled for a moment as it they were struggling to get into the front cab of the rear set. There has so far been four cancelled TPX services from Cleethorpes today. I got into Doncaster in time to get...

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