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    Railway Industrial Disputes Mk2

    No doubt National Express Coaches , have already thought about extra services , and are beginning to rub their hands with glee , at the threat of another Rail Strike . And when will Rail Union leaders stop prattelling on about , our members worked through the pandemic ! so did Doctors , Nurses...
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    Stoke Newington Power Supply Problems 06/06

    So why don’t they run the service via Stratford and Lea Bridge , picking up the normal route at either Tottenham Hale or Seven Sisters for Southbury Loop or Enfield Town services ?
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    TfL telling people not to travel on Monday

    RMT throwing its toys out of the pram again . TfL have repeatedly stated No Job Losses etc . But what this is really about is 600 x weekly subs the leaders of the RMT will not be getting into their pockets . And before I get comments , remember I worked all my working life on the railway , and...
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    Stagecoach industrial action across the UK

    Oh well when I am on holiday in Torquay next week . It will be money in the Taxi Driver’s pockets then !!
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    Harlow Local Plan - proposed Central Line extension

    Note to MODS…. This seems to have gone wildly off topic !!
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    Central Line RAT trains

    That must presumably mean it was the longer one I saw over the back at Neasden then ?
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    Central Line RAT trains

    Thank you
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    Central Line RAT trains

    What I am after is the make up of the two Central Line RAT stock . I guess they were converted from either 1959 & 1962 stock . At this stage I am Not interested in times , just what the trains are . Do they carry their previous stock numbers , or were they renumbered into London Underground’s...
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    RMT on a "war footing" to threaten a national strike

    In the late 1960s I worked for BR in the Royal Group of Docks in London . The “Dockers” were quite militant at that time . With our office windows open m you could here the shoutingbetc at an outside union meeting. One shop steward or what ever he was called continually said , I will not let one...
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    Blackpool Trams / LRT

    Having spent the last week in Blackpool , I have ridden on and photographed all the newish Bombardier LRT Trams , EXCEPT 004 & 018 . I have not seen these two running are they “off” for some reason ? Also there are two sets that seem permanently in Starr Gate Depot , visitEd three times and...
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    Reading Station

    Again thanks
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    Selhurst Plat 2/3

    Harrow & Wealdstone has them too .
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    Why is railway catering such a rip off?

    I can assure you that my Roast Beef and Horseradish sandwich was top quality and very high in flavou and content
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    Why is railway catering such a rip off?

    I passed through Liverpool Street this afternoon , instead of paying the various Kiosks imaginative prices , I went over the road to Tesco , and purchased a Roast Beef and Horseradish sandwich , a scotch egg and a 500ml bottle of pop for exactly £3
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    Reading Station

    Thanks , London end or Country end ?
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    Reading Station

    Is Reading Station ok for photographing and number collecting , or will they say it is not allowed ?
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    Why is railway catering such a rip off?

    The one upstairs is alive and well
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    Why is railway catering such a rip off?

    At Liverpool Street and Cambridge there is an M & S outlet , at Liverpool Street it is upstairs . Their prices are Cheaper ( ! ) than the Station kiosks . After about 1600 hrs the M & S at Liverpool Street mark prices down with Yelloway Stickers , making them even better priced .
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    Flooding at Manor Park 25/07/21

    Not only at Manor Park , line slightly underwater between Roydon and Harlow Town , plus a fallen tree between Harlow Town and Harlow Mill , but trains can just about “scrape” by !
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    Holborn and the Aldwych Branch

    If you go to Holborn Piccadilly Line platforms , is it possible to view / visit the unit on the Aldwych branch ?

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