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    Do you support women-only carriages?

    Correct. Couldn't a bloke walk into a woman only carriage and claim to be gender fluid or non binary or something - I wouldn't want to be the enforcer of the rules in that scenario. Anyway, in my opinion it's such a bad idea and incredibly archaic. Punishments need to be tough enough to stop...
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    Make homes and retail near underused pre-existing railways

    There are plans to build a Designer Outlet village on the outskirts of Tewkesbury, less than half a mile from Ashchurch Station and with a free shuttle bus linking the 2. I'm not sure how popular it would be, these outlet villages are everywhere now and many have been established for decades...
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    Which is your closest station/how do you get to it?

    Also Ashchurch for Tewkesbury - we catch the bus from the Town Centre which takes 8-10 minutes. There are 4 buses an hour.
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    Taking a Cycle on a Train

    Weather was nice this morning so I jumped on the 9:56 and all went well. It was in the front coach, Coach C I believe. I had it in my head that the cycle sign would be blue, but it was red which threw me for a second. Had a nice cycle up to Droitwich with the intention of catching the train...
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    Taking a Cycle on a Train

    Brilliant, Thank you guys. FGW's site mentioned a cycle symbol, but it didn't say where it would be - as long as I know to look on the outside of the train I should be ok.
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    Taking a Cycle on a Train

    Hi All, I wish to take my bicycle on a train from Ashchurch to Worcester. It will be an off peak FGW train (possibly a Sprinter? - I'm unsure of the exact type). FGW's website is not overly clear, so I was hoping if anyone could advise on which carriage I will need to get on? I have...
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    Wigan playing at Wembley: no late enough train back for Wigan fans

    I don't really think it has much (if anything) to do with the lack of a return train - although I do think one should have been put on, or stopped at Wembley as mentioned above. There are all sorts of other issues as well: Wigan is a relatively small town surrounded by bigger towns with there...
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    Incident at Great Coates level crossing - 09/04/13

    Sorry, I hadn't read the thread on the other forum - it does seem likely then that the driver weaved the barriers. Interesting read on Gary Hart - I can remember Selby, but was in my mid teens so never really knew much about it.
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    Incident at Great Coates level crossing - 09/04/13

    Agree completely. Level crossings seem very safe to me if used correctly. I realise that on this occasion it could be due to a rear shunt, but it seems that with half barriers, a lot of deaths are down to people trying to dart between them. In my opinion, If you choose to ignore flashing red...
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    HS2 Northern Branches Discussion

    Quite. One of the main reasons people seem to have against it, is the uncertainty of not knowing how close it will come to your property, or if you will need to sell up and move. Just compulsory purchase the land and build it I say.
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    Ripped off by the railway - Nottingham to Crewe return

    Firstly, Tesco were on Watchdog this week for advertising a price (e.g mayo @ £1.69) and charging a higher price (£1.99 in this case). Asda will be on Watchdog next week for similar things. So imagine a scenario where the public does become angry with the split ticketing situation - Anne...
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    Is this the best bargain?

    That's a great deal, and one day I shall be on it (one day!!). I was quite impressed with the Ashchurch - Torquay single for £7.50 I got, only obtainable with the help of this forum. Made the journey last week, and very nice it was too, along the seawall at Dawlish.
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    Smallest Official UK City with a Rail Station

    The City of London is the smallest with a station. That square mile in the middle has City Status, as does Westminster, but the rest does not. Greater London could easly be seen as a county, albeit a very large, densely populated one (In fact Greater London has had a status similar to that of...
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    Trivia: Worst Bus Station

    Another vote for Gloucester - it smells, and its full of tramps and druggies when the sun sets. Last time we intended to use it our train was late and we missed the bus, there was another in an hour, but we took one look at the 'clientelle' and opted for a taxi. It is set to be demolished along...
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    Which UK Parliamentary Constituencies have the most stations?

    Ludlow has 7 Mainline - Ludlow, Craven Arms, Church Stretton, Broome, Hopton Heath, Bucknell and Knighton (although the town is in Wales, the station is in Shropshire) and 4 on the Severn Valley Railway (Bridgnorth, Hampton Loade, Country Park and Highley), although that might be cheating seen...
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    How could rush hour passengers ignore schoolboy who collapsed on railway platform?

    This thread is now showing adverts for National Accident Helpline!! I really can't believe that everybody would just walk on by, I will assume that the newspaper has just blown this up to get a story. If someone fell over where I live, you would have people trying to help before you had even...
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    Virus Warning Accessing This Forum

    Is it just the adverts that are causing this? You could try the 'Mobile SKin' which is ad free and selected by a drop down box towards the bottom of the page. This should allow you to browse the site without warnings/chance of getting infected.
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    Big Man / Sam Main - no charges

    Glad to see that the Big Man didn't get prosecuted. Main received his punishment when he was thrown off the train - a bit of hands on justice will teach him a lot more than a couple of weeks in a soft prison. Main of course will continue to be punished for this going forward. His name will be...
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    MegaBus/Train

    I have looked at booking New St to Edinburgh a few times. Is there only 1 journey each way per day? From memory, the only outbound I have ever seen come up is from New St is approx 06:30?
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    FGW Groupsave 4

    Thank you very much. that is useful to know about the reservations. Thanks for the advice. Despite saying 'we' am not actualy travelling just purchasing the tickets on behalf of someone else. I suggested the ticket office on the day, but apparently it is closed for refurb (Gloucester if anyone...

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