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    Waiting room opening hours

    Also stops people sleeping in there overnight.
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    Sign language on train route information displays (and station departure boards)

    I can see some benefit during times of disruption. However I really can't see the point of signing departures. Looking at the departure boards is going to be much quicker than waiting for each departure to be signed.
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    GWR two passengers left behind at Paddington

    Let's get realistic. This is platform 1 at Paddington which has no barriers. If it had been platforms 2-5 they wouldn't have been able to get to the platform. The train manager has to manage the despatch process. There comes a point when they have to decide to go.
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    Anybody had a train wait for them a minute or more as you ran along the platform/footbridge?

    Many years ago when travelling on the Pwlheli line. Passed a request stop and 2 teenagers came out of the waiting hut as we passed by. Driver stopped the train slipped it into reverse and went back to pick them up !
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    Chiltern - Customer Service Inspector

    Looks like an OBS. Maybe the role has been created to get the trains finally into service between Oxford and Milton Keynes
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    West Midlands Trains Industrial Action July/August 2026

    Don't wish to sound controversial but why cant trains run normally. You need a driver , guard and signaller to run a train. Or is it part of the TOC safety case they need people in control watching the service.
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    Wheel Lathe list

    Bridgnorth on the Severn Valley railway has one i believe
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    Fail to stop at High Wycombe (30/06)

    13 minutes late so no delay repay !
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    Fail to stop at High Wycombe (30/06)

    I was on a train that stopped when it wasn't scheduled to. Thats pretty unusual !
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    Bedford South Junction signalling question

    Does the move from the Up Slow to Up Fast use flashing signal aspects ?
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    Report of collision Bedford (Elstow) - 19/06/26

    So train departs on restricted aspects and the proceeds across a high speed junction. Similar scenario to the incidents at Peterborough and Grantham maybe ?
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    2 x 5 car IET units

    10 car trains do stop at platforms which take fewer than 5 cars. Bedwyn for example
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    No journeys between Clapham Junction and Salisbury

    There are direct services every 2 hours. 1527 from Salisbury to Clapham Junction. That does not show on the journey planner.
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    No journeys between Clapham Junction and Salisbury

    Yes I'm travelling today. I did the enquiry a few days ago and it worked OK then. But not today. Strange
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    No journeys between Clapham Junction and Salisbury

    Have been trying National Rail journey planner for Clapham Junction to Salisbury. Get the result couldn't find any services for the journey you have requested. If I do Clapham junction to Basingstoke and Basingstoke to Salisbury separately that is ok. I assume something has broken in the...
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