Recent content by Angmering1974

Network Rail are proposing a number of changes between Standedge and Gledholt, including large upgrades to Marsden and Slaithwaite stations. Virtual consultation with lots of pictures etc here: https://standedgetogledholt.consultation.ai/

If we can have banking apps, we can have GPS-based ticketing apps. Security isn't binary. We wouldn't build anything if we gave up because something isn't foolproof. You just need risk management and for the the levels of fraud to be acceptable. There is a ton more risk scoring you can do, too...

App developers can require eg Play Services and use Play Integrity etc to only run the app when the phone passes integrity. Plenty of tools and tricks available to gain trust in the location data and the device/OS in general

Agreed. And it's really good to keep a list of the unpleasant changes. It's easy to forget. They're mounting up aren't they!

Aye. IIRC reducing subsidies was even in the Labour manifesto if you read it carefully? It was definitely fairly obvious in the budget at least. It's just a shame they continue to sound just like Tories with the "simplifying" and "standardising" excuses. 1771071084 Some of us don't want a...

Novotel was my favourite in Manchester - quiet (if you get a room at the back), great central location, windows that open ! It's now taken over by a brand I've never heard of - a&o - and I read they're very much making it more like Travelodge. Might still be worth a punt at around £50 a night...

A bit unfair while there is works happening...but Huddersfield. Cold waiting room with no heating (unless you count the pubs). A bit of a sad convenience store (nice staff though). No buffet. No first lounge. It's miserable in bad weather so only about half to three quarters of the year ...

As we've seen in Spain and the UK recently, storms and torrential rain have been a significant hindrance to the operating of a railway. It seems the kind of weather climate change scientists have been warning us about is here and not going anywhere except getting more extreme. Is the railway...

How much does a TVM cost to maintain?

Advertised or not is too small of an Overton window. They should be subject to public consultation at minimum. But that's for another thread perhaps

Just a quick one: is the door to the waiting room on platform automatic? I can't recall!

Refund and Repurchase is such a slap for those with limited funds. It should be banned as anti-consumer.

Manslaughter?? Is that a mistranslation?

I came across a Reddit post from a year ago describing an XC member of staff refusing to give up their seat to the customer in first because he had emails to send. I'll have to dig up the link :lol:

In your defence, I am a bit of a porker :D (Lost 12kg though in no small part thanks to LNER and TPE first class ;)