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    Penalty fare disability. OCD

    INCORRECT. This week my Android phone decided it would intermittently ignore the power on and off button and at one point it powered off and would not wake up. I rescued it by Googling and eventually, 2 days later, found out how to wake it up but it needed a usb cable connection to a laptop...
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    Parking at Tweedbank station

    Thank you. Good that the extended car park is adequate.
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    Parking at Tweedbank station

    We are planning a trip on the Borders railway in the coming weeks and are looking at parking at Tweedbank station (then day out in Edinburgh), any day of the week and probably arriving between 10-00 and 14.00. What is the parking like, i.e. is there space, does it full up, does it vary by day...
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    Tyne & Wear Metro Fleet Replacement: Awarded to Stadler

    The mass public consultation did ask about your views on the 3 types of seating arrangements mentioned above.
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    Isle of Man Steam Packet Co

    Manxman did not lose 4 days last week. There are 4 days planned maintenance for the evacuation system and the Ben My Chree is to stand in on the said dates. The 4 days are spread over several months and are not in one block. 1710438703 Here is the article on 4 days...
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    Workington bridge closed? (29/02/2024)

    Re Preston - suggested elsewhere that there is nowhere at Lancaster to put two six-car DMUs without occupying platform lines. Likewise Carnforth, where goods loop 2 is currently being used by trains to Barrow / Leeds because of problems with the points further north on the down main.
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    Workington bridge closed? (29/02/2024)

    Stagecoach service 30 runs several times an hour each way between Maryport (within 200m of station ) and Workington (stops outside the station) as does the hourly 300 Carlisle - Workington.
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    Stagecoach Group (Group-wide matters)

    Why Mercedes and not Volvo equivalent?
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    RMT urges the Scottish Government to award Hebrides ferry contract to state owned CALMAC.

    What about through ticketing with Scottish Citylink as well, e.g Ullapool and Kennacriag?
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    Merseyrail Class 777 introduction updates

    Is there a follow up/further report to the initial bearing report?
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    Day trips to Ireland by ferry

    When the Holyhead HSS was running, we did an Easter Sunday day trip from north Wales - park the car at Holyhead, 09.00 out, rugby match at the old Lansdowne Road and 21.00 back. Dart tickets included in the day trip.
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    Day trips to Ireland by ferry

    Cairnryan to Belfast - you can get the Stena latest sailing status info here - https://www.stenaline.co.uk/customer-service/latest-sailing-updates/cairnryan-belfast - this shows the sailing for 2 days. Follow the on page link for the reverse direction. Superfast VII and VIII are the same...
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    Manxman - New Isle of Man Steam Packet Ship

    Replacement of Ben My Chree with a new vessel is a requirement of the Sea Services Agreement between the Isle of Man Government and the Steam Packet. Also a requirement for greater passenger and freight capacity than Ben My Chree. 1698958297 Also a requirement to be more upmarket in keeping...
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    Major Fire at Luton Airport (10/10/23)

    A reinforced concrete structure will resist fire a lot better. The Liverpool fire did not result in a collapse as it was reinforced concrete - see link to Merseyside Fire Report in post #90. Also see Merseyside Fire Brigade comment that a steel structure would not pass the 15 minute fire test...
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    Major Fire at Luton Airport (10/10/23)

    Copied from my reply on similar topic in another subforum. The Liverpool Kings Dock multi storey car park was not a steel structure. It was reinforced concrete throughout. https://www.bafsa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/bsk-pdf-manager/2018/12/Merseyside-FRS-Car-Park-Report.pdf Page 7, top...
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    Multistorey Car Park Fires

    The Liverpool Kings Dock multi storey car park was not a steel structure. It was reinforced concrete throughout. https://www.bafsa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/bsk-pdf-manager/2018/12/Merseyside-FRS-Car-Park-Report.pdf Page 7, top paragragh is: 1697125630 This fire happened nearly 5 years ago...
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    Severe weather Saturday 7th October, some ScotRail services suspended.

    Is there any equipment, like signalling cabinets etc, in this water which needs drying out or is all such equipment at a higher level? Presumably anything to do with the pumps is fully waterproofed and can withstand total flooding so the pumps keep going until all the water is gone.
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    Severe weather Saturday 7th October, some ScotRail services suspended.

    We are near Carlisle. At the moment is not raining, not windy, everywhere wet and blanket low cloud. BBC Radio Cumbria advertised no WCML service, Avanti and TPE, Preston to Carlisle. A quick look at Realtimetrains reveals: ScotRail running Dumfries - Carlisle and an occasional Kilmarnock...
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    Manxman - New Isle of Man Steam Packet Ship

    The new Manxman has been built to "Heysham Max". Also note that Stena have ordered 2 new ships for Heysham based routes and are also built to "Heysham Max". 1689608551 Some other links https://www.niferry.co.uk/new-isle-of-man-ferry-arrives-in-the-uk/...

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