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    We've got the Key, it's no secret... (Smartcards on GTR)

    Agreed, just tried it. I originally registered on the Thameslink website. Hopefully, for Digital Railcards, they will accept Screen Prints.
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    We've got the Key, it's no secret... (Smartcards on GTR)

    Per the email I received: The process of adding a railcard to the Key smartcard requires manual verification by our customer relations team as a one-off process. As a result, we are promoting the upgrade initially to existing users of KeyGo before promoting the initiative network wide in...
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    Contactless at Luton Parkway and more

    It's all down to Franchise committed obligations. I *think* the original commitment was to provide Oyster and Contactless to the Airport. The Oyster part has been removed because TfL's Oyster system can't support the number of zones needed (hence Oyster only goes as far as Radlett on the MML)...
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    Contactless at Luton Parkway and more

    Re ' my question re contactless and the shuttle bus remains', the answer is yes it can be used (already). From Luton Today: "The through fare to the airport will be the same as the ‘add on’ fare option (i.e. rail journey to Luton Airport Parkway plus the bus fare on top). GTR’s head of...
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    We've got the Key, it's no secret... (Smartcards on GTR)

    I've been told this is due to incompatibilities with the smart card readers on the gates at Cambridge which are operated by Greater Anglia. Fixing this is on the to do list, but I don't have a date, other than I am pretty sure it is not "soon". It has been working for sometime - I was tipped...
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    Question about Stevenage to "London Terminals" season ticket validity to Blackfriars

    Also, there is the possibility that "London Thameslink" will come into use for stations to Peterborough & Cambridge in the same way as it has been valid on stations on the Midland Main Line to Bedford for years (decades?). If so, it will be a single price for stations St Pancras to London Bridge...
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    12 Welsh railways

    If your time in Llanberis allows, you might find an interest to Electric Mountain of interest - see the generators/pumps that the pumped hydro electric scheme has in place
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    Season ticket routing Haywards Heath to London Bridge / Victoria

    Mat, yes it is: "For example, a ticket from Brighton to London Terminals is valid to Victoria, Waterloo (changing at Clapham Junction), London Bridge, Blackfriars and City Thameslink or Charing Cross Waterloo East or Cannon Street (changing at London Bridge). It would not be valid to, for...
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    Trivia: Stations that have a road bridge going over the platform(s).

    St Albans City (all 4 Platforms) Flitwick (all 4 Platforms) City Thameslink (Ludgate Hill end ~ although you could argue it is a tunnel at that point ...) West Hampstead Thameslink (just Platform 1 ~ up slow)
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    Virgin m-ticket on other TOC service

    Travelled on a Metro (Northern) service from Leeds to Doncaster on Saturday with a Virgin m-ticket. Conductor/Guard was perfectly happy with it. He didn't check the bar code - not sure if he didn't have the equipment - or chose not too - I don't think he had one of those bar code readers...
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    Issues with GTR new Delay Repay form online

    This is unchanged from the previous arrangements (except, perhaps now at least they admit the email will not be for some time). My *theory* is that after it is submitted online it sits in a queue somewhere and it is only after it moves on to the next stage that the email is sent. Last time I...
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    Thameslink/ Class 700 Progress

    That must have been a screw up. Ever since I have been talking to FCC (and now GTR) about it, it has always been the plan to declassify the rear unit's posh seating area
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    Email Account Hack

    I'd do everything outlined above - for safety in case you have a virus / malware, but bear in mind another possibility is they could simply be sending emails with your address from their servers / PCs - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_spoofing and (for example)...
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    Trivia: Largest gap between the train and the platform

    Farringdon Platform 3 [for trains , mainly at the south end (the new section) where there is a tight curve. Towards the back of the train it is OK.
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    No complete Thameslink timetable available?

    It is policy: From Thameslink - "A decision was made earlier this year no longer to produce printed versions of the composite ‘All Thameslink services’ and ‘All Great Northern Services’ timetables. The reason for these timetables being discontinued is a combination of the high unit cost of...
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    Southern Key card problems on London buses

    It applies to Thameslink (and presumably other) key cards as well. They emailed me [but clearly many others as well]: Due to a technical issue which Transport for London are working to resolve, some of the Oyster readers on London buses are currently not accepting key smartcards and they are...
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    Line closed between Farnham and Alton [13/04]

    Now says: The first bus departs Farnham at 0630 and the last one at 0110. - The buses towards Farnham depart Alton at 25 and 55 minutes past each hour and depart Bentley village Star Inn at 35 and 05 minutes past each hour. - The first bus departs Alton at 0525 and the last one at 2355...
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    Season Ticket Purchase

    I think they are worried that the ticket will be used for a free day's travel before it is valid. I've just looked at my last season ticket and it does have a start date on it, but this is in small print, so might be overlooked.
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    Cosford Air Show combined Rail and entry Tickets

    According to http://www.air-shows.org.uk/2015/04/airshow-news-get-on-board-for-raf-cosford-air-show/ they are available now. Two years ago, it was a real struggle to get my local station to sell me a combined ticket (it was FCC at the time), but I persevered - by selecting the travel date...
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    Luton to Canary Wharf

    Hi Acqua. I travel from Harpenden to Canary Wharf around 4 days a week and here are my preferred routes: Fast train to West Hampstead Thameslink, Jubilee line to Canary Wharf: Fastest and most hassle free (but not many fast trains stop at West Hampstead Thameslink in the morning peak)...

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