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  1. transmanche

    Class 175s: Post Wales & Borders Franchise future?

    Mod Note: Posts #1 - #4 originally in this thread. When they come off-lease at ATW, they would make excellent trains for some of the Northern Connect routes - and could still be maintained at Chester. This would allow Northern to shuffle units around and replace some of their older stock.
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    1972 'Horizon' documentary and 'AWS+'

    I came across this rather interesting BBC Horizon documentary from 1972 called 'Rail Crash'. It looks at how historical rail crashes led to improvements in safety as the railway industry learned from its mistakes. In the final few minutes, it has a brief look at two safety systems being...
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    Which T&Cs take precedence on PTE products?

    Why not? Remember the Saveaway product is not a 'National Rail' product. It's a PTE product valid on buses, ferries as well as trains, so different CoCs may apply. A similar comparison would be where Oyster cards are used on National Rail. These are subject to the "Oyster Conditions of Use on...
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    Visible guard on SWT

    This probably isn't worth a thread of its own, but it's one of those good things that's worth drawing attentiion to. I don't often travel on SWT these days, but found myself on a Waterloo-Reading 450 this morning. As well as the usual clear announcement from the guard that he could be found in...
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    How to appeal a Penalty Fare in style

    http://www.buzzfeed.com/jimwaterson/this-man-was-told-to-appeal-a-penalty-fare-in-writing-so-wro I'd give him his refund, just for appealing in style! Certainly must be nicer to receive this than an expletive-riddled tweet... Image is a photograph of a poem sent to IPFAS, appealing...
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    Newcastle station refurbishment progress

    Newcastle's Evening Chronicle has posted a photo gallery and video of the work on the station portico, which has now been completed. Personally I think it looks so much better than when it had cars driving through it...
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    Challenging a change to a permitted route

    I'm sure this question must have been asked before, but a both a site search and a Google search have drawn a blank. As I'm sure most of you are aware, there were big changes to the Routeing Guide last year, which led to the loss of many previously permitted routes. I've identified that one...
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    Broken down train causes delay on the A40...

    It seems that yesterday morning (24/03/2014), a "broken down train" was blocking the A40 eastbound exit sliproad at the Hanger Lane Gyratory. Source: Tweet from TfL Traffic News. [Image of a railway carriage on a low loader parked on the side of the A40]
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    Horse Art at Paddington

    Nice use of ASCII Art on the departure boards at Paddington, for the Cheltenham Festival! Source: @FelicityMorse
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    Query on ridiculously cheap fare

    I was using trainscanbecheaper.info ealier, to identify some potential splits for a journey I may be making. For one section of the journey it highlighted a ridiculously cheap fare (and I really do mean ridiculously cheap). brfares.com agrees that the fare exists in the database, but it's...
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    NAO report on Crossrail - and the Reading argument again

    I've not seen this mentioned elsewhere. London Reconnections has a new article on a positive National Audit Office (NAO) report on Crossrail published recently. One interesting excerpt they have highlighted is this: So an extension to Reading is still up for consideration and it may...
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    Woman dragged along by TPE train

    Not seen this mentioned yet. Full article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-23381779 The RAIB adds: Full article: http://www.raib.gov.uk/publications/current_investigations_register/130605_Newcastle.cfm
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    Running costs: HST vs Voyager

    It's often stated on here that Voyagers are expensive to run because they are not fuel efficient (sometime described as 'thirsty' or 'diesel addicted'!). The same is said for the 185s. But just how much fuel do they use - and how does that stack up against total operating costs.? I've tried...
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    Aircon on ATW 158s

    Over the past couple of weeks I've made a number of journeys on ATW 158s; on the North Wales Coast line, Cambrian line and the Chester-Shrewsbury line.. Of all these journeys, only one train had working aircon - and that was only in one unit of a 2x2 car combination. All the units have...
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    Oddly routed fares

    Looking up fares from London to Shrewsbury, I noticed that SWT set Anytime and Off-Peak Return fares (and an Anytime Day Single) for a route via Salisbury & Warminster! To make this journey, NRE offers itineraries Waterloo-Salisbury-Newport-Shrewsbury; taking typically 5h30-6h. It seems such...
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    Virgin Trains offer female staff £20 to buy a new bra

    Or as the bitterwallet.com article headline says "It's a Virgin Trains DE-BRA-CLE". Seems that they've been (ahem) busted in their use of cheap uniforms...
  17. transmanche

    Woman fined for blocking train door

    This story relates to an incident on the T&W Metro, but I've posted it here as the topic has been discussed on a number of occasions. This is the first time I've heard of a person being prosecuted under byelaws for obstructing a door. Do you think more TOCs should do this? Full story in...
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    TfL to scrap cash fares on buses?

    With only 1.5% of journeys now being paid for in cash, it looks like TfL want to stop accepting cash on buses. http://londonist.com/2013/04/tfl-aiming-to-scrap-cash-fares-on-buses.php
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    Restriction code NU

    Having read section 1.4 of the draft Fares & Ticketing Guide, I think I know the answer - but just asking to be certain. I want to travel from A-B with a friend. No Duo ticket is available for a journey A-B, but there is one for a journey A-C, which involves changing at B. And (of course) the...
  20. transmanche

    Help with Eurostar, French & Belgian mileage

    Hi, does anyone know (or know where I can find out) the mileages for these journeys? St Pancras-Lille Europe Lille Flandres-Angouleme (via the Interconnector) Angouleme-Lille Europe (via the Interconnector) St Pancras-Brussels Midi Many thanks in advance for help!

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