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    A few days in The Netherlands… ideas?

    Hiya folks, At the end of this week we will be in The Netherlands for a few days, armed with FIP Coupons. We will have a couple of days over the long weekend with flexibility do explore the country by rail. We are already planning on visiting the Railway Museum in Utrecht on one of the days...
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    Opportunity to pay

    Hi folks, I’m looking for some clarity on the above topic. This is partly theoretical but also a very real potential problem. If a passenger wishes to buy a specific ticket (for example a Ranger or Rover, or a ticket with a specific discount) that is not available from a TVM, are they...
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    Oyster: Bus and Tram cap when combined with other modes

    I have searched online and the forum and have been unable to find an answer to my question thus far, so hope you fine folks can help me. I’m aware that there is a bus and tram Oyster day cap, so if multiple journeys on these modes are made, I’ll pay no more than that price. Sometimes I make...
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    What is this ticket?

    Hi all, The fares I’m looking at are Singles from Skegness to York. A quick search of BR Fares gives only two single fares: Anytime Day Single (SDS) - £75.40 Off Peak Single (SVS) - £65.30 Looking at the Envoy ticket machine I’m using today also only gives those two flexible fares. However...
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    TRIVIA: Longest dwell time in the middle of a continuous service

    My train to Skegness from Nottingham this morning (2S91) has an 18 minute dwell time at Boston, between 0701 and 0719. What other examples exist where a train simply waits at a platform for an extended period of time before continuing? Mid journey reversals are related, but I would say are...
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    MPV TOPS Numbers

    Hiya folks, I have searched the forums for this information but to no avail. Network Rail have a fleet of MPV vehicles for various purposes. However the thing I need to understand is the numbering. Which TOPS class do they fit into? Are they counted as units with a number for each coupled...
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    TfW Night Headlights

    Out for the day on the Valley lines around Cardiff today and couldn’t help but notice that all the units we’ve seen so far seem to be running around with night headlights on. Any information on this? A new policy perhaps?
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    Dan's somewhat random trips out

    Ok so I'm new to this trip reporting business but after being featured in one of TC60054's recent postings in this place, I thought I'd better start writing something here. This is yesterday's trip around the West Midlands. It ended up just a bit longer than I expected! 07/03/17 The...
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    Manchester United Football Ground railway station accessibility

    Having searched through the forums I couldn't find any mention of this, however apologies if this has come up before. I'm interested to know if it is possible to exit this station from one of the match day services that terminate there, without having to go into the ground itself, i.e. to a...
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    Class 90s out of Liverpool Street to Stratford

    I'm wanting to get the thoughts of someone more familiar with Liverpool Street and Stratford stations. In early September I'm travelling to London in the hope of travelling on as many different TOPS classes as I can in the day. I have been informed that the class 90 hauled mk3 sets that are...
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    Sprinter engine shutdown

    On a couple of occasions I have noticed Sprinter units (mostly 158s and occasional 156s on Northern and EMT) that have been sitting in a station for a while ticking over will shut down/be shut down around 15 minutes before departure, then restarted 5 or 10 minutes later. My question is if this...

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