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AlterEgo replied to the thread Car hit by train at level crossing in Leicestershire 14/10/26.It seems likely the wig wags weren't in operation and the driver has becone target focused on slowing and turning right assuming they... -
AlterEgo replied to the thread Thoughts on the Trump presidency.She's just been taken round the back of the barn: BBC News -...
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AlterEgo replied to the thread Delay repay compensation volume jumps 55% in a year.Nobody is saying it isn't. But DR15 introduces, by volume, a much larger number of claims. If 1 in 100 claims need human intervention...
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AlterEgo replied to the thread Delay repay compensation volume jumps 55% in a year.You wrongly frame the two outcomes as mutually exclusive for a soundbite. The real bite is in the administration costs it imposes. It...
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AlterEgo replied to the thread First Chair of GBR named as Sir John Kingman.Understood, although it does indicate to me that the main concern is about controlling costs. That's fine, but I hope it is not the only...
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AlterEgo replied to the thread First Chair of GBR named as Sir John Kingman.The chair should be someone relatively distant, but having a finance guy in there doesn't fill me with confidence.
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AlterEgo replied to the thread Delay repay compensation volume jumps 55% in a year.This begs the question about whether you feel this Schedule is geared too strongly in favour of TOCs and whether the formula is correct...
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AlterEgo replied to the thread Delay repay compensation volume jumps 55% in a year.No, it wasn't. There are vastly larger financial incentives that are automatic, immediate, and certain. Delay Repay is a drop in the...
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AlterEgo replied to the thread Karl Bushby and the Channel Tunnel.Drake also had no children, rather famously.
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AlterEgo replied to the thread Delay repay compensation volume jumps 55% in a year.So what is £2.72 going to do there then?
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AlterEgo replied to the thread Delay repay compensation volume jumps 55% in a year.We don't agree on much but on these we probably do. DR15 is extremely generous when benchmarked against peer railway systems and does...
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AlterEgo replied to the thread 710112 collision with Buffers at Liverpool Street Station (15/10/2026).It's okay to take photos of "crime scenes" by the way. What you can't do is disturb them. The fact they'd obviously started rerailing...
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AlterEgo replied to the thread Voluntary or potentially compulsory depopulations in the UK?.Imber is famous because of the buses but STANTA (STANford Training Area) has no fewer than six evacuated and depopulated villages...
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AlterEgo replied to the thread 710112 collision with Buffers at Liverpool Street Station (15/10/2026).Whoever it is doesn't know what hazard lights are, I'd be moving back especially in an OHLE environment.
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AlterEgo replied to the thread A level choices for rail sector?.Nobody will ask about your A Levels for these roles. You'd be best off taking up a hobby which involves managing risk or safety or...