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    Bedford -> Birmingham Off Peak time confusion

    Thank you for the speedy reply. How could I have figured this out by myself? The restriction code I linked to does not mention intermediate stations, or a 1000 Euston restriction on the return journey.
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    Bedford -> Birmingham Off Peak time confusion

    Hi all, I need to travel from Bedford to Birmingham New Street. I am planning to buy the Off Peak Return priced at £25.40. I have looked up the restriction code here on brfares.com. From this, it appears that (Mon-Fri): on the outbound journey, I should be able to use any train departing 0845...
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    The furthest you've travelled for a day by train?

    I've made it from a train in KX P0 to a train in STP LL platform A in about 4 mins. It can't be more than a kilometre. I definitely agree that it is risky, but no risk, no reward!
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    Thalys

    This absolutely depends on what you are trying to do. If you're just looking up train times on National Rail then yes, it's probably paranoid. If you want to log in to Facebook, Gmail etc then no VPN required as these websites already use SSL/TLS/HTTPS. If you are worried about others...
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    The furthest you've travelled for a day by train?

    Regarding the 24hr unique mileage challenge as posed by EM2 and evotista: I think the key is to maintain a decent average speed from midnight to 6am. Probably using the WCML sleeper is the best way to do this, even if it means no high speed WCML during the day. 2153 MAR - STP 2321 (91 mi 20...
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    Eurostar Privatisation

    Worse, the £300m would be a one-off, whereas the £10bn could be raised each year.
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    Train Timetable Software

    A really silly question: Why do TOC's and NR use different timetabling software systems? Wouldn't that make it more difficult to communicate?
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    Overdistance excess - return not via orginal destination

    Presumably not intentional, yorkie? :lol:
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    Maths question

    I could sympathise with someone who rejected one of the two premises. But to accept the premises yet reject the conclusion is just wrong.
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    Maths question

    Do you agree that the difference of two even numbers is even? Do you agree that 2 is even? Then you must agree that 2-2=0 is even.
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    Maybe this isn't for me?

    I was once advised that if you enjoy your job 20% of the time, you're doing pretty well. I fully agree with the advice above to set yourself a goal of say one year after which you will make a decision. By doing this you will remove any career choice worry from the day-to-day work, enabling...
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    The Railway: First Great Western on Channel 5

    I thought this was ridiculous. Why should the group be given priority access to the train before other travellers? They hadn't paid for it. They hadn't even arranged the situation in advance with the train company. I'd have been pretty cross if I didn't get a seat because of this.
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    Rail careers with degree

    Option number 3) Study mathematics and go into transport consultancy e.g. Steer Davies Gleave You'll be paid a lot more!
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    Late Running Trains

    Surely a late arrival at Preston is a real cost to everybody going to Preston?
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    ATOC Priv cards

    What makes you think it isn't being treated as a taxable benefit?
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