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    VR service cancellations due to extreme weather

    VR (Finnish railways) is cancelling around 20 intercity services a day this week due to very cold weather freezing up the innards of trains and these needing to be defrosted. More at https://yle.fi/a/74-20067872 (One to keep in the back pocket for the next time cold weather affects the UK and...
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    SeatFrog upgrades and no onboard service

    Just over a month ago I travelled on Avanti to Birmingham International on an off-peak return plus SeatFrog first class upgrade; the latter cost £38. No first class catering was provided on board due to "staff shortages", so in effect I received the Standard Premium service. The train manager...
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    Eurostar/Le Shuttle suspended 21•DMR•23 – wildcat strike

    Owing to wildcat strikes by GetLink staff in France, trains through the Channel Tunnel, both Eurostar and EuroTunnel Le Shuttle have suspended service through the tunnel since about midday. This is going to be not very good for seasonal travel.
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    Standard Magistrates Court penalties for ticketing infringements

    The Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (Automatic Online Conviction and Standard Statutory Penalty) (Specification of Offences and Penalties) Regulations have been published in draft today. The regulations, which are made under new powers from section 3 of the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022...
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    Availability of Travelcards on smartcards

    Mod note: moved from thread TfL proposes to withdraw Day Travelcards Southeastern is perfectly content to issue inboundary, outboundary, anytime, or off-peak day Travelcards to its smartcards.
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    The Great Railway Disaster (Ben Elton programme)

    Ben Elton will front a show with the above name tomorrow (Monday 26) at 8pm on Channel 4. It seems it will focus on TPE and contrast it with services in the south such as the Elizabeth line line. Probably worth tuning in.
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    National College for High Speed Rail to close

    Just 6 years after its first students started, the National College for High Speed Rail in Doncaster is closing down. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/d6d70772-0218-11ee-b730-2607a18701aa?shareToken=acd7db2719c961f6635b67a1a9d4968f
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    Heathrow Express travellers defecting to Elizabeth line

    An article in today's Times reveals that Heathrow Express revenue is still a third down on the corresponding period of 2019, which it is attributing to travellers switching to the Elizabeth line. More power to them...
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    Pay & display parking machines no longer able to accept card payments

    The 3G mobile phone network switch-off is happening in phases this year and next year across the UK. Most recently parts of Devon switched off. One effect of this is that many pay & display type parking machines will no longer be able to process payments. Due to their locations, they are not...
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    Weekly cap this week

    How does the weekly cap on TfL contactless work this week where the cap changes part way through the week?
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    Common Travel Area passengers at UK airports

    Passengers flying from UK airports may be flying to a destination within the Common Travel Area (CTA) of the UK, Ireland, Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, or further afield. (In the rest of this post I will refer to "CTA passengers" and "international passengers", notwithstanding that...
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    Eurostar passport control update

    Eurostar at St Pancras has had a bit of reconfiguration of the passport checkpoint. There are three sets of French passport checks, from left to right as you look at the entrance. The “left” and “middle” are “all passports” queues with agents, and the “right” – so behind the Carte...
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    Southeastern finally starts to recognise e-tickets

    Southeastern was one of the last TOCs to the e-ticket party but has finally started to issue them and enable them on their flows. Unfortunately it’s been done in a pretty half-arsed way and currently they will not offer them on most journeys that are to or from a gated station. On one level...
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    TROUBLE WITH TFL

    Welcome to the forum. First of all there is no need to panic. Whilst I realise this may feel like the worst thing in the world at the moment, it's definitely something you can get through. You are unlikely to lose your job over a single ticket violation. But from this point forward you...
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    Amtrak Pacific Surfliner part suspended

    As of yesterday the Pacific Surfliner route has been suspended south of Irvine owing to track bed damage. This is understood to be due to coastal erosion exacerbated by Tropical Storm Kay, possibly a similar situation to Dawlish. They intend reinstating a shuttle service Oceanside to San Diego...
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    DLR service changes

    From today, the DLR will move to most services operating with two coaches rather than three. There will be more frequent service on Stratford to Canary Wharf all day with additional through service to Lewisham during morning peak. Canning Town to Beckton shuttles will be introduced off-peak...
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    Impact of a conviction for fare evasion on careers

    This subforum has a bad habit of overexaggerating the impact of a criminal record on careers – a single conviction for a minor offence is rarely an issue even in national security jobs, as long as it is declared at the first relevant opportunity and not covered up. This particular instance...
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    Eurostar disruption 05•JUN•22

    A power failure between Gare du Nord and Aéroport CDG has resulted in widespread disruptions and cancellations on Eurostar this afternoon. Gare de l'Est is also affected and riot police have been deployed to "keep order", which has turned out the same as the Champions League match. Train 9O57...
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    Eurostar ski trains Winter 22/23

    Eurostar has decided once again to only offer bookings on its winter weekend services from London St Pancras to Bourg St. Maurice (calling at Moûtiers and Aime-la-Plagne) as part of package holidays with TravelSki. Tickets won't be sold directly. The services, which have daytime and night-time...
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    Price of US ESTA increasing

    From Thursday, the US will increase the cost of ESTAs (the online visa waiver required for British, Irish, and many other passport holders) by 50%. The ESTA is valid for 2 years so those minded to apply can do so at the old price of $14pp today and tomorrow. (Not sure if this is the best forum...

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