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    Lumo Cancellation Tonight - URGENT

    Friend has a ticket for the 2027 KGX-EDB tonight, has been emailed that it's cancelled. Email states she can get the 'next available LUMO Service which complies with ticket conditions'. Given there aren't any that night, it would seem to be the 0545 on Friday. Does this not violate 28.2 of...
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    Euston to Manchester via Reading

    So an interesting one here. I have an EUS-MAN OPS (AP) booked for tomorrow. With a 26-30 Railcard it comes to £45.25 I've had an emergency meeting put in the diary in Reading, so was looking at alternative ticketing arrangements. Having consulted this thread...
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    Birmingham International - Euston (Super) Off Peak Singles

    Weird one on the Journey Planner. WM/LNWR only Off Peak and Super Off Peak tickets are £16.85 and £10.55 respectively. Makes sense. There's then an 'Any Permitted' Super Off Peak single for £22.45 which is showing as available only on WMR/LNWR despite that being a contradiction, and a...
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    London to Ipswich during Engineering Works

    London to Ipswich journey being made on 18th Feb. Engineering works mean official diversion is tube to Newbury Park, replacement bus service to Ingatestone and train to Ipswich. Given the disruption and discomfort that will cause, is Kings Cross - Cambridge - Ipswich a permitted route...
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    Open Returns unavailable

    This has been something I've known for a while, but never really considered. Between Leeds and York it's impossible to get anything more than a day ticket, even via Harrogate. Given these are supposed to be standard universally-available tickets on the network (i.e. Anytime & Off-Peak...
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    Name for Platforms with A&B ends

    Quick question: Where a platform is signalled such that it can host two departing trains at the same time (e.g. Manchester Picc, Glasgow QS, Leeds P1-6) what's it called? Thinking specifically of instances where (hypothetical example) the 1728 will leave from Platform 4B (far end) and...
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    Leeds to Sheffield via Penistone

    Is this a valid route? If not what's the best ticket combination? Looking to go out LDS-HUD-SHF to arrive at 1130 and depart sometime after 1800, SHF to LDS direct via either WWG or WKG.
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    Kings Cross - Wembley Central via Wembley Park

    Travelling to Wembley tomorrow from York on a STD ADV ticket. Journey planner indicates going via Euston. Is it a valid route to get the Metropolitan Line to Wembley Park & walk? My final destination is equidistant between the two, and going from KGX on the Met will be slightly quicker
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    Lancaster - Leeds Rostered Units

    Anyone know what stock is rostered to work the 1248 LAN-LDS or 1432 LAN-LDS services this Sunday (15/02/15). Travelling home and weighing up pros and cons of a new route versus a lift to Preston and back via Copy Pit.
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    My idea for a London - Doncaster service via the GNGE

    Obviously would require the electrification of the line to work as a service, but in the case it did happen, would it be viable and useful? Something like: Finsbury Park, Stevenage, St Neots, Huntingdon, Peterborough, Werrington Parkway*, Littleworth*, Spalding, Donington*, Sleaford...
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    Why do coaches have letters not numbers?

    Genuine question.
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    My ideas for improving services to Lincoln

    Currently Lincoln gets a pretty shoddy service for a city of nearly 100,000 people, and the main centre of all of Lincolnshire. Despite this, there's got to be some way of improving services to Lincoln. A few thoughts below: Lincoln - London via GNGEJ Extend the current fast FCC...
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    First & Last Trains Leeds [LDS] - London [KGX] 2004

    Hi All Does anyone have the timetables for Leeds-London services in 2004? I'd be interested to know when the first train to London on a weekday departed Leeds, and when the final train from London arrived back in Yorkshire.
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    Snow Hill - solving Birmingham's capacity crisis/

    New Street suffers the serious problem of being both the centre of an intensively-served urban rail network and a key intercity hub. Although HS2 will alleviate some pressure there, the difficult of fitting regular non-stop intercity services into an 'every 10 minutes' local timetable will...
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    Advice needed - Chiltern excess fare demand

    On Sunday 16th March 2014 I boarded the 1455 Moor Street - Marylebone service, to travel to Leamington Spa. I purchased an Anytime Day Single from Birmingham Stations to Leamington, Route 'Chiltern Only' and 16-25 railcard, price of £4.30 When the Guard came to inspect fares I found I did...
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    Manchester Exchange: A Missed Opportunity?

    With the rebuild of Victoria now well underway it's good to see the old place becoming something like the grand old station it once was. However, given there will still be only 4 through platforms, the ability to run cross-Manchester services from the NE & NW is greatly affected...
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    Chiltern Main Line upgrade

    So the Chiltern line has been a runaway success story over the last 20 years. Now running 2tph regularly London - Birmingham, a new service to Oxford soon starting. Replacement of sprinters in Birmingham has seen better passenger flows on Stratford / Dorridge and Worcester / Kidderminster -...
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    Would a Victoria - Piccadilly Eastern loop be a good idea?

    With the Ordsall cord finally under way, trains approaching Victoria from the East will be able to circle round Manchester CC and leave South West. But would facilitating the opposite (trains leaving Piccadilly eastwards and heading NW through Victoria) be a good idea also? By reopening...
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    Failing to Provide Sufficient Seats - Illegal?

    Given the Railway Regulation Act 1844 required third class passengers to be provided with seats instead of being forced to stand, is failure to provide seats to passengers on a train technically illegal?

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