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    Manchester - Liverpool Electrification

    On the 8:40am Huyton to Liverpool cruising through the Edge Hill tunnels towards Lime Street. Second carraige from the front (facing backwards).
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    Manchester - Liverpool Electrification

    Hello everyone I'm Billy Blue's red Liverpool supporting son! I normally get the 9:02am from Huyton to work each morning. But today got out that little bit earlier for the 8:40am. So here it is. The first ever electric train (319 363) to stop at Huyton station, calling into platform 1...
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    Urgent: upgrade Family & Friends tickets to standard adult?

    You mean they will issue me a new Ranger and I will pay the difference plus a potential admin charge? And they will do this without me having to apply for another voucher (as there are no more vouchers for Saturday left now). Schoolboy error I know. Shouldn't have been in such a rush to buy...
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    Urgent: upgrade Family & Friends tickets to standard adult?

    The ones I bought are Day Rangers. What would you do personally would you panic buy something now before midnight or take your chances at Lime Street in the morning? I'm doing the LM route via New Street to Euston. Would cost me £20 odd as an Advance tonight but over £50 odd off peak in the...
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    Urgent: upgrade Family & Friends tickets to standard adult?

    I was supossed to be travelling to London tomorrow with my son for the weekend but unfortunately something's come up and he's unable to make it. I've decided to go alone but now have a problem with the train tickets since the ones I bought - London Midland Great Escape - were purchased with the...
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    notice of intention to prosecute

    Over the past few months I've noticed a serious increase of Northern Rail revenue inspectors not just at Liverpool Lime Street but also at Huyton and Wavertree in my area. In the past it was just once every few months but lately it seems to be a couple of times a week. They've cottoned on it's a...
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    Liverpool to Exmouth but which route?

    That's what I was thinking. Everything we still be "legal" with that 13 minute gap and it could actually work out quite beneficial if our train from Liverpool into New Street ends up being delayed as the next direct one from New Street we'd be joining later down the track at Cheltenham anyway...
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    Liverpool to Exmouth but which route?

    Right I've now booked the 13:52 from Cheltenham to Exeter. Arriving at Exeter @ 15:45 (tickets split at Temple Meads). Another question. The official minimum connection time at New Street is 12 minutes. There's a cheaper option of getting the 12:30 from New Street to Cheltenham (Nottingham to...
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    Liverpool to Exmouth but which route?

    When attempting to book the tickets for the Cheltenham to Bristol leg I forgot to add a seat reservation so I deleted the selection except when I now search again all the tickets for every time train on that route have suddenly jumped up in price. Is it a problem with the cookies on my computer...
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    Liverpool to Exmouth but which route?

    Thanks that's brilliant. I'll go ahead and book them tonight. Just one final question and I hope this doesn't sound too daft. I've decided to make the first interchange at Wolverhampton but since the fare from Liverpool to Wolverhampton is the same as that from Liverpool to Birmingham (ie...
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    Liverpool to Exmouth but which route?

    Would the fact we travelled on Off Peak tickets for one particular leg earlier on in the journey (sandwiched between Advance tickets before and after) not complicate things if we missed an interchange and have to travel on a later train further down the line? Also regarding the first train...
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    Liverpool to Exmouth but which route?

    Oh right that's news to me. I was always under the impression when you booked split tickets that if you missed one or more of your connections, due to the previous train being delayed, it was a case of hard luck and you would be liable to pay again. I just assumed that was the risk associated...
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    Liverpool to Exmouth but which route?

    Thanks for the Wolverhampton tip. It's exactly the same price from there to Cheltenham as it is from Birmingham so we'll probably do that. Do you think getting the 10:34 from Liverpool on route #1 is safe because if it's cancelled we'd be stuffed. Whereas going the second route, if the first...
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    Liverpool to Exmouth but which route?

    Hi we're holidaying in South Devon in late August. Check in at our holiday park near Exmouth opens at 4pm so we're looking at getting there between 4pm and 5pm ish so we can get settled and have something to eat before the evening entertainment starts at 7pm. To do so for the cheapest price...
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    Which stock operate Chiltern Birmingham to London?

    Thanks for the replies guys. We've changed our plans and are now staying an extra night so will be going down on the Monday after work instead now. There's some cheap direct tickets from Lime Street with Virgin available that night so we might as well get one of those. Although I am still...
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    Which stock operate Chiltern Birmingham to London?

    Hi I'm traveling down from Liverpool taking my son to the Olympics in London next month. Just wondering if anyone knows which stock operate the Chiltern services from Birmingham Moor Street / Snow Hill to London? He really loves slam door trains but there aren't any in our area. So hoping it...
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    Remaining LM 150s

    Was on 150132 for the first time last night on the 19:01 Liverpool to Wigan. Looked proper shaby inside. Was still in Midlands livery but with Northern information posters on the walls inside. Are these going to.be a permanent fixture on my line, and if so how many of them?
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    Girl In Heels Dies After Slipping Under Train

    Tragic Story RIP: Tributes have been paid to a schoolgirl who died after slipping in her high heels and falling under a train while waving goodbye to her friends. Megan Moore had just got off the train and was running alongside it, tapping on the window, when the accident happened on...
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    Disused platform Liverpool James Street

    The train I get in the morning to James Street is the one from Lime Street, after previously departing a City Line train I just travel two stops westbound and alight on platform 3 and obviously when I go home I board the eastbound train on platform 1 to Lime Street without gaining any sight of...
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    Disused platform Liverpool James Street

    I'm aware maintenance vehicles use the track that goes through the platform most days as I've see them quite often in the morning. I've never seen a train alight at platform 2 before though, and I've used the station literally thousands of times, albeit around the same each day which would be...

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