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Is anyone able to tell me what this was? http://www.charlwoodhouse.co.uk/rail/livetrain/56526/13/03/24 TIA

If a speeding offence is challenged by a driver who knows himself to be innocent, the costs and potential penalties if unsuccessful are such that it is safer to accept an awareness course or fixed penalty if offered. I always ensure I have a valid ticket, but reading these forums makes me...

Having been passing the part finished piles at the A5 bridge for over a year now without any apparent progress, I was surprised to see they had been completed and other work in progress yesterday.

There are no barriers at either Nuneaton or Atherstone. An anytime Day return is £5 without a railcard. The journey time is about 6 minutes, so unlikely that a ticket would be inspected on the train in that time. We need more information from the OP about the contents of the letter from LNW?

As a young child, I travelled with my parents between Leeds and Newcastle a few times up to about 1965. I can remember on one occasion being taken to the front of the train at the water troughs which must have been Wiske Moor so that journey would have been via York Would there also have been a...

I had taken this into account. From table 3, the most a worst case HGV pays in total ( Euro V , non road friendly suspension and two axles ) is only £1353 Compare this with a Citroen Spacetourer From...

HGV VED is very low compared with cars. A large MPV pays more then a 40T HGV yet the HGV wears out the infrastructure 10 000 times as much. HGVS are heavily subsidised.

Would it not be possible to introduce a penalty fare for those occupying seats for which they don't have a reservation. The threat of enforcement may be sufficient to deter people even if the practicalities may make it difficult to implement in practice.

Grand Central have cancelled the 14:14 from Sunderland today. They have tweeted ( or is it now Xed) the following. The next GC train is 4 hours later at 1814 Any alternative ticket bought on the day is likely to be much more expansive than the refunded amount. Do GC not have an obligation...

In my experience, Special Delivery has the benefit that you often get your money back because they fail to deliver it on time ( But usually on the right day )

" 21. Unauthorised buying or selling of tickets (1) Subject to Byelaw 21(4), no person shall sell or buy any ticket. . . . (4) The sale or transfer by, or the purchase or receipt from, an authorised person in the course of his duties or from an authorised ticket machine is excepted from the...

GCRE is not just for rolling stock, but also infrastructure testing. There is a recording of this year's George Ramshaw Curry Memorial lecture on the IMechE YouTube channel. It contains a lot of detail about the GCRE. You can watch here

But If I had only been made aware of the ticket by finding that page on the website, then I wouldn't even try to use the ticket machine to buy one.

Related in part to this thread regarding penalty fare signage, I can foresee situations where a passenger would not think to look for or read such notices. The web page for the Explorer55 ticket clearly states that tickets can be purchased on the train or from a ticket office. There is no...

Printer ownership is diminishing, so internet access doesn't mean you can print. There are also many people with internet access who are unable to make online payments. Not everyone has access to a bank account with a debit card.

Whitley Bay was indirectly named as a result of the railway. There had been confusion between Whitley and Whitby (Both on the NER, but 50 miles apart as the crow flies and many more by rail) In 1901 after a body was mistakenly delivered to Whitby instead of Whitley, it was decided to rename...

The Quayside Branch which ran from the North Tyneside loop had OLE in the yards at both ends, and was operated by a pair of NER ES1 locomotives. The tunnels were third rail. More information here

A further complication is that a ticket machine may be partially working. Touch screens can be awkward to use and may seem to work for some people/transactions but not others. I have had difficulty with a particular machine where I could not collect a pre-booked ticket after several attempts...

I wouldn't sit next to another passenger if there are free double seats, but I would then offer to move to allow two passengers to sit together on a busy train.

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