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    [Trivia] stations where two lines converge on a single station and then both branch off eachother towards different directions.

    Hence my question about whether "lines" refers to tracks or trains
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    [Trivia] stations where two lines converge on a single station and then both branch off eachother towards different directions.

    I think the word "line" in the title of this thread is ambiguous. Does it mean a regular train service or does it mean a piece of track?
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    Trivia: Stations which are 'overcapacity' and those with the most efficient capacity utilisation? vs Capacity Utilisation

    Highest number of trains per hour per platform: Bond Street and Tottenham Court Road with 24 trains per hour per platform. (Thameslink and London Overground drag down the averages at Farringdon and Whitechapel) Lowest number of trains per hour per platform: Kyle of Lochalsh, as mentioned above...
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    Trivia: Successive stations with different opening dates.

    Why not extend that run from Reading with a trip down to Basingstoke? Reading 1840 Reading West 1906 Reading Green Park 2023 Mortimer 1848 Bramley 1895 Basingstoke 1839 That gets you 21 (starting from Paddington). Or did we already break the rules of the game by having both Ealing Broadway and...
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    Cross-Operator Routes

    It's actually not that much bureaucracy, and it doesn't need to wait until the next franchise renewal. Essentially what happens is either the DfT goes to an operator and says "we'd like you to run this new service, here's some money to do so", or an operator goes to the DfT and says "we'd like...
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    Cowley line to reopen

    To be clear the total money is £155 million- £120m from central government, £35m from councils and local businesses
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    Advance Ticket Cross Country train Cancelled

    Thanks, that was the one he was planning to get.
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    Advance Ticket Cross Country train Cancelled

    @Class800 @jfollows Thank you both. Good to see that there's published ticket acceptance on this route. I couldn't find that page when looking for it last night Thanks all
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    Advance Ticket Cross Country train Cancelled

    Hello, My friend has an advance ticket on the 16:30 Cross Country train tomorrow from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central, but all the Birmingham - Cardiff trains for tomorrow seem to be cancelled. Travelling via Bristol Parkway and changing there onto GWR looks like an option, but...
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    Station names on the UK rail network that you would change

    I'm probably going to put the cat among the pigeons by saying this, but it would be nice if the official name of "Edinburgh" could be changed to "Edinburgh Waverley". It's called that almost everywhere anyway!
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    Fantasy: How much capacity would be lost if passenger trains had to have "round" departure times?

    It would be possible to change the public (advertised) departure times to be a multiple of five (so a 10:19 departure is advertised as being 10:15 for example). But people would complain about trains departing "late". Plus, lots of oddities like consecutive stations being advertised with the...
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    How many preserved railways still issue Edmondson tickets?

    I'm sure we have this debate on repeat once every few months or so, but the historic aspects of heritage railways really vary from railway to railway. Everything from locos to stock, to track, to signalling, to clothing, to ticketing may or may not be historic depending on the railway in...
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    [Trivia] Smallest Stations in the Biggest Towns (or Cities)?

    The station in London with the most entries/exits last year was Liverpool Street which has 19 platforms, giving a ratio of 463,000 people per platform. If we go with Waterloo's combined total of 36 platforms (24 NR, 8 tube, 4 Waterloo East) we get 244,000 people per platform
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    [Trivia] Smallest Stations in the Biggest Towns (or Cities)?

    Are we just looking at the "main" station for each location? And if so, can anyone tell me what the main station is in London? (pop 8.8 million)
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    Best way to get to London Heathrow (LHR) from Manchester

    You can currently get a room at the Terminal 4 Premier Inn for next Monday night for £50.
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