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    Will Tyne and Wear metro frequency be increasing once new units are in service?

    The daytime connection time at South Gosforth is presently 1 minute -- or 13 minutes. Thirteen minutes on a 12-minute service. One is put in mind of for connecting passengers.... It is interesting to compare the present service with that provided in March 1985: In those days you just had to...
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    Will Tyne and Wear metro frequency be increasing once new units are in service?

    Passengers changing at South Gosforth between Airport and Coast services are particularly badly served: the one-minute theoretical change time at best means a mad scramble westwards over the footbridge -- often with airline luggage -- and at worst, just missing the onward connection. Thus a...
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    Is there a right to free water on long distance trains?

    On Amtrak trains in the USA the water provided in lavatory/handbasin cubicles is labelled 'DRINKING WATER' and is of course freely available to all passengers. Why is this common practice beyond the wit of European train designers?

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