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    Rail & Sail ticket to Dublin via Holyhead

    >but when they upgraded their website in the back end of 2019 it "broke" the connection with National Rail and they've not gotten round to fixing it. And, in one sentence, you have nicely summed up Eurostar's attitude to passengers not originating their journeys in London!. The same is true if...
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    Trivia: Rolling stock which is “most” suited to the routes it operates

    >can't be said for them ....... kicking ablut Anniesland all day But with luck you will get a set with First Class, so you can relax in comfort in First Class for the price of a Standard Class ticket on your Queen St to Anniesland journey!
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    Things that used to be common place in people’s homes

    I have an ivory 746 in the living room, a BT dial "Compact" phone in the bedroom with a 746 attached for ringing (it was meant to have a separate bellset attached, which I do not have), and an older 700 series in the kitchen.
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    First Greater Glasgow

    The Drum could also refer to Bo'ness where there is a housing estate and a bus stop with a Lay-by (not to be confused with the Lawrence Weston Lay-by). It helps if you went to school in Lawrence Weston, live in Anniesland, use the 6A regularly and go on lockdown walks in the Bearsden/Drumchapel...
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    Why do some bus timetables tell you journeys supported by the council/PTE ?

    Hence the need for comprehensive combined timetables showing all journeys on a service, and all services in a particular area, such as those published by Durham County Council, Derbyshire and others.
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    Why do some bus timetables tell you journeys supported by the council/PTE ?

    It is appropriate and useful for the public to know that some services are partially or wholly contracted by the local authority and which might not exist without the contract being in place. The (then) Tyne & Wear P.T.E used the wording "This service is secured on your behalf by Tyne & Wear...
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    Worst " Bus war"?

    After deregulation, Collishaw ran a shabby service from Bishop Auckland to Woodhouse Close, but ceased in early 1987. I travelled on it and wrote a memo about the standard of driving and the state of the vehicle to the Durham County Council Transport Co-ordination Officer (I worked in the PPT...

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