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I may be mistaken, but are they not using the same definition of 'visit' as the various Challenges organised by RailUK members?

If you don't watch any TV programmes, you don't have to buy a TV licence. (I assume this is what you mean.) You do have a choice, though you may not find it palatable. Where you have no choice is for programmes funded by advertising unless you never never never buy any goods or services from...

Blaenau Ffestiniog is something of a wasteland.

Depends what is meant by a rail connection. You can get to Snow Hill and Moor Street from New Street by changing at Smethwick Galton Bridge; or by taking a tram to Snow Hill. If only direct National Rail connections are counted then I can offer The Hawthorns to Sandwell and Dudley, Dudley...

That must mean a very small area for your location being closer to New Street than Moor Street (Chiltern), Snow Hill (LM) or Five Ways (LM) all within walking distance of BHM.

All of the through platforms have A and B ends. The sole bay platform is 4C and there are are no others marked C. It is also a good deal easier to locate your platform than at, say, Edinburgh, or King's Cross.

There's a couple of Scots guys, Mark Inch and Ed Inburgh.

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Emphatically YES

Dudley Port is not in Dudley, nor is it a port. . [It is in Tipton, which in turn is part of Sandwell.]

The Sandwell council offices are in Oldbury and close to the station.

"Directly opposite platform 3!" :wink: To get to 4 from 3, you cross the bridge cunningly disguised as a platform.

You need to have a first class ticket valid on a Virgin train to or from the station to gain admittance. Your ticket is valid for Virgin services as far as Wolverhampton before changing to XC or LM to Stafford. (Assuming that you do not hold an advance or TOC-specific ticket for XC or LM from BHM.)

The pictures attached are the interior of the new (temporary) lounge at New Street. Note the rather cheap looking white plastic chairs in the second shot. Please feel free to use any or all of them.

It does not say whether the £10 minimum is before or after railcard discounts. You could make an argument either way. If the £10 applies to the price paid it might be an interesting exercise to find out which tickets would be cheaper paying full price than discounted + £5, essentially any priced...

This sounds like an excellent reason to wait in the first class lounge. Why take an LM train with no complimentary drinks instead of having a tea or coffee before travelling with Virgin? It is no part of the dragons' role to dictate to passengers which TOC to use. I have never had a real...

This seems to be completely wrong. The Virgin website says "to enter the First Class lounge, just show your valid Virgin Business, First Anytime or Advance First ticket". It might be worth sending a complaint to VT. Dragons do not make the rules, their company does.

If first class carriages can be declassified why not lounges?

The last couple of times I have been in the BHM lounge the crisps were concealed behind the desk, presumably so that the dragons can snack on them. I only saw them as I was leaving. The biscuits were very nice and in plain sight.

Does this mean "popular"? In my experience, BHI is better than BHM, COV and WVH, the others I visit regularly. Admittedly, it could be different at weekends.