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    Birmingham to York in early April

    Hi All, I would like to travel from Birmingham to York on Friday 8th April, returning on Sunday 10th April (2022). My departure time on the Friday is completely flexible, although I'd like to arrive in York by about 19:00 at the latest. My departure time on the Sunday is also flexible, but I...
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    Reading to Woking on Thursday

    Hi, I'm planning to travel to Woking from Reading on Thursday leaving at 09:30 and returning around 19:00. Could anyone confirm that routes via Guildford and via Basingstoke are both valid on an off-peak any permitted ticket please? Are there any restrictions for off-peak tickets if I...
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    File on Four

    Don't know if any one else caught it, but there was an interesting documentary on the UK rail industry broadcast last night on Radio 4. Contributions from Philip Hammond, Margaret Hodge. Nigel Harris and issues such as overcrowding, fare structures and rolling stock procurement were covered...
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    Drivers for one TOC driving trains for another (as part of normal timetabled services

    AIUI Southern drivers based at Redhill have six(?) scheduled turns on the North Downs Line to Reading each weekday, driving First Great Western Class 165s and 166s in passenger service. I was wondering how widespread his practice is across the network and whether a similar arrangement for...
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    AVP, EMD and COR: How successful has their first year been?

    A number of new stations have been opened in the eighteen months or so. I was wondering how well they had fared in terms of passenger numbers, given that they have opened during a recession. Specifically I'm interested in Aylesbury Vale Parkway (AVP), East Midlands Parkway (EMD) and Corby...

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