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    Toc to Open Access

    I've always had the impression that they have domestic travel facilities (well since the dates they each started accepting PRIV tickets from other operators), but do they all have FIP discount and coupon privileges?
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    LNE & LNW

    *North & East Which includes Dronfield and Cleethorpes.
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    Stockholm Alranda Border Control

    Arlanda - no issue. Copenhagen - I was told off for approaching a booth without the friend I was travelling with. We then only got a question about the purpose of our visit, "holiday", whereas we'd overheard other passenger being asked for itinerary details, hotel bookings and return travel...
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    Strensall station should've been built, not Haxby

    Under a previous administration at City of York Council the site selection for Haxby ruled out the historic (central) location for the new station on the basis that it would not serve Strensall. The concept that a central Haxby station and then later a Strensall station was entirely alien to the...
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    Workington bridge closed? (29/02/2024)

    Drag is just the same as tow; drivers working a train containing a 156 need to sign a 156. Ah yes, find yourself a contractor who can drive a train from Lancaster to Carlisle and thats entirely different. Neither of which addressed whether Network Rail have enough signallers to keep Carlisle...
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    Workington bridge closed? (29/02/2024)

    So if your proposed unit needs to be towed it must not be fit for traffic so I don't see how that helps. Also there are no Northern drivers who sign Oxenholme to Carlisle so not exactly something Northern can solve in isolation. 1709607473 Presumably needing to find signallers to open this...
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    DfT Plan to Demolish Disused Bridges and Tunnels

    I'm fairly sure I recall Highways England appearing at a Select Committee or similar saying that they only had budget to remove/infill a certain number of structures, and that the order they were addressing them was simply based on the order of a review process. If they had done a little...
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    June 2024 Timetable Change

    That wasn't the question. The Arriva franchise agreement included a requirement to bring all the retained stock to 'ETCS ready' ie all the wiring and equipment boxes are present, making any future fitment a relatively quick project. At the end of that after the fleet changes, I don't think...
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    Class 175 future speculation

    If additional 158s were secured from the current TfW fleet it would make a lot of sense to loose the sole 3 car, Northern's MD has been busy talking about longer formations so I bet they'd want to take it on.
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    June 2024 Timetable Change

    It came at the back end of efforts to simplify the franchise map that gave us the 'one London Terminal' operators such as EMR, GWR and Greater Anglia. The idea was that the service would be easier to manage if more trains were run by the same operator. ETCS definitely isn't it, the franchise...
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    LNER London - Leeds £220 single on Social Media/Yorkshire Evening Post

    I saw this earlier today and I just can't rationalise what is going on... With screengrab showing London to Leeds journeys (attached): 22:00 £47.45 ('discounted' from £72) 23:33 £218.65 ('discounted' from £230) 23:35 £82:20 ('discounted' from £124.70 - from St Pancras, involving an RRB and...
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    York’s decommissioned platforms.

    Except that you couldn't timetable xx11/xx42 arrival into a bay platform sharing a single lead with another bay platform with an xx/12xx43 departure. Interestingly the usage of platform 8 is likely to reduce going forward when the new York Independent line is constructed, due to the conflicts...
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    New routes for sleeper trains

    I didn't say it was likely, just that the best chance was to tap into sleeper journeys and overnight airport journeys with the same trains.
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    New routes for sleeper trains

    I have thought for a while that if there were going to be any further sleeper services in GB the obvious thing for an OAO to do was make use of withdrawn Caledonian Sleeper Mark 3s, run something like Plymouth to Glasgow via Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds etc, with seated coaches to pick up the same...
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    Duplicate Trains Running in the Path of Late Runners

    The first part is common, in RTT if this has been done you're looking for a xFxx, xGxx, xTxx or xZxx headcode depending on where in the country you are, the other character would remain the same as the original train. Note that these letters are used for other purposes too. The second part I've...
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    June 2024 Timetable Change

    I think its time for this thread... So far we've seen TPE talking of their West Coast services returning to 2 hourly: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/tpe-to-go-2-hourly-glasgow-edinburgh-on-wcml-from-june-still-at-110mph.262360/ On past form the first schedules will be uploaded any day...
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    TPE Future Network

    You seem to be arguing TPE shouldn't be thinking about ordering new stock to take advantage of upgraded infrastructure, nor to keep up with passenger demand, until the current operation is perfect. In the grand scheme of things traincrew competencies and availability are a medium term issue -...
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    Service charges added to bills

    I think if its going to be presented on the bill then it should be advertised in advance. Adding something onto the bill which you've not been advised of previously shouldn't be allowed. It shouldn't be an "opt out" situation! I always consider such actions poor service which results in no tip...
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    Service charges added to bills

    For me if an establishment chooses to advertise that they add a service charge then (perhaps with the exception of big groups) that comes across as rather big headed and makes me question whether I want to go in. For establishments that choose to add a service charge to the bill before...
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    June 2024 reopening of the line between Clitheroe and Hellifield for passenger trains

    I'm lead to believe it's always technically been a charter service rather than a usual timetabled service.

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