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    Is someone converting the Sectional Appendix to Sat-Nav format?

    Is someone converting the Sectional Appendix into a Sat Nav format? I downloaded an App for my phone which is intriguing me. The App is called Speedometer and purports to show how fast you are travelling. I thought it might be interesting if cycling or ever travelling by bus/train/plane etc...
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    Northern Penalty Fares.

    I went into Leeds from my local station today. To meet some former colleagues for lunch. The station is unstaffed and has one ticket machine. Although arriving in good time I was unable to access the machine as the woman using it was unfamiliar but was determined to use it. A queue had built up...
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    White Rose Station

    I was in the area and took few photos yesterday. Difficult to get close enough to get good photos but should give some idea of progress. The first photo shows the westbound platform as seen from street level ie the A643 Aka Cherwell Hill The second and third are general shots of the site works...
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    Steeton and Silsden car park extension. £4.6m for 104 extra spaces

    The Bradford Telegraph and Argos reports that " A “Park and rail” scheme that would see a new multi storey car park built at Steeton and Silsden Train Station will cost over £750,000 more than expected, and will not be ready until 14 months after the original completion date. "...
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    Powers of Northern mobile ticket collection staff

    My local station on the Wharfedale line is normally unstaffed. Arriving back on a train from Leeds this afternoon the entrances were manned by uniformed ticket inspection staff. I was one of the first to the cordon, showed my ticket, and walked past. There were three staff, two men and a woman...
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    Will Northerns new 195s and 331s be compatible?

    Mod Note: Posts #1 - #17 were originally in this thread. Is it known if the CAF 331's for Northern can run in multiple with the CAF 195's for Northern? I was thinking of the original Bournemouth line electrification where practically everything could be coupled together. Thus could you run a...
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    Why do most things done by Network rail cost so much?

    A recent report by the Taxpayers Alliance on highly paid Quangocrats includes the following The phrase "Egregious largesse" is new to me but perhaps this helps explain the organisational attitude to cost control The full paper is here-...
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    10.44 Preston to Windermere: Fastest class 153 working?

    I travelled on the 1C72 10.44 Preston to Windermere today. This is formed by a 153 coupled to a 156. It seemed to run flat out all the way to Oxenholme. The schedule is 35.5 minutes for the 40 miles 6 chains which I make to be almost 68 mph. I couldn't think of any other 153 working at such a...
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    New stations in N. & W. Yorks report Oct 2014

    Can't see this reported elsewhere New Railway Stations in North and West Yorkshire Feasibility Study

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