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    Caledonian Sleeper booking engine not working properly

    Just curious, I've booked the 27th of October the other night from Edinburgh to London, I was allocated coach E 5L 6U these are beds right? Is there a layout guide anywhere online? Sorry to hijack your thread.
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    Locomotion: Dan Snow's History of Railways

    I never watched it, but I will guess and say the cutting into lime st, there are 7 tunnels though, Russell St, lime St, mount Pleasant, crown St, Smithdown Rd, Overbury St, tunnel road. Sorry if that's not what they were on about in the program, like I said I didn't watch it. Cheers
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    Building at Liverpool Lime Street.

    Do you mean the former Royal Mail sorting office?
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    Stations with wooden platforms

    Does Humphrey Park count?
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    Fitter Interview

    Firstly I hope this post is in the correct forum/heading (I'm doing this on my phone) last week I attended an interview for a EDS vacancy at Allerton depot but I was unsuccessful I now have a fitters interview (yes I come from an engineering background) just wondering what the interview will be...
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    Guards now & then

    I'd be interested to know what other guards keep additionally in their traps, personally I keep avantix alcohol printer cleaner strips, phone charger, kindle, flask, spare pens, spare keys (think I've got about 5 T-keys), daily newspaper and other bits and bobs. I've never used the Northern...
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    Depot Engineering Supervisor

    Hi guys Im currently a guard for Northern and I have an interview for an engineering supervisors job at Allerton depot. Just wondering if anyone else does a similar job role and can give me some information about the job role. Thanks
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    The next station is...!

    Trafford Park
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    Thanking Staff

    Grrrrrr "unexpected item in the bagging area, please remove item before continuing"
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    Good railway films?

    Creep, thats set on the underground, don't watch it with little kids though!
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    Funny Guard Announcements.

    The train will shortly be arriving at .......... If you look out on your left hand side you will see a brand new BMW 3 series in blue, that's mine.
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    Wigan Queries

    Also used as a diversion for if springs branch points failure to get to Wigan from Bryn, leave Bryn head over fishermans crossings change ends, under WCML then join back up.
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    Report: Big Ben to be renamed Elizabeth Tower

    The structure would still be called Big Ben, bit like a dyson is a hoover
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    Booking Office Hrs

    Anyone know the opening/closing times of Glazebrook on the CLC, that's normally only open for a few hours in a morning isn't it? Thanks
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    Liverpool Lime Street Query

    There was points failure yesterday afternoon which meant no access to platforms 1-4 maybe that had something to do with it.
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    My single BIGGEST Gripe about the railways...

    You may have an open ticket and we wouldn't want you to use it on another day now would we!
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    Tunnels

    Severn tunnel, Totley tunnel, then Standedge are the longest ain't they? --- old post above --- --- new post below --- 175001 - hi mate how's it goin? Had a good Xmas not seen ya for ages! Take care pal. Cal
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    Tunnels

    Tunnels are named, bridges are numbered :)
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    Why won't the guards open the back carraige/coach?

    If we are travelling alone with no other guard acting as an AFC then the rear unit must remain locked out of use until Stalybridge, at that point we can jump in the rear unit unlock it let passengers on and then work the train from the front cab of the rear unit.
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    Why won't the guards open the back carraige/coach?

    There is a specific method of working for 2 units between Huddersfield and Manchester Victoria that we have to sign to say we have read and understand and that we will work to Northerns method of working on the Huddersfield line. Personally I don't want to go into detail of it but I would rather...

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