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It was during train despatch. I heard the familiar whistle sounds (which I don’t understand, but am familiar with) but then a slightly different uncoordinated tone pricked my ears up and when I looked over there was a strangely dressed person who was obviously not a member of staff jumping...

At Reading station this afternoon, I noticed somebody on the platform with a whistle, mimicking one of the train dispatchers. Copying their use of the whistle and randomly whistling. This strikes me as being quite a dangerous thing to do. Is there any byelaw that this would be caught under...

Same thing you do if you lose anything else, passport, driving license, blue badge.

I'm entirely on Virgin's side with this. We now live in a society where coming close to questioning somebody's disability can start talks about human rights breaches (hyperbole, I know). So to protect those who are actualy disabled, there needs to be formal documentation to show who is...

No, LM don't have a case to answer. The only people with a case to answer are the rapists.

I didn't say there was. I was making the point that onward bus connections facilitated by Plusbus are something ticket offices are familiar with.

Split ticketing doesn't come into the matter as it's a separate network, I understand that. My quibble is that when I presented him with my alternative he was somehow dismissive of it. I didn't expect him to do anything other that acknowledge that one number was higher than the other. I...

Yes it is different, because Plusbus tickets exist.

I went to the ticket office at Rowley Regis a few days ago to buy tickets for a very short journey which was Rowley Regis to Trinity Way on the Midland Metro, changing at The Hawthorns. I asked what the cheapest single fare would be and the ticket office guy told me there was a "through...

Just pop to the ticket windows at Marylebone, they'll endorse your ticket for the next service. No drama. The exact same thing has happened to me a few times when arriving late into MYB thanks to GWR delays coming into Paddington from Hayes and Harlington.

"Unfair" isn't a practically helpful argument in all of this so best to let that slide and focus on being pragmatic about the situation.

I once had a friend who pronounced the 'g' in Rowley Regis as a hard consonant. Rowley Ree-giz Idiot.

Me too. Just to sound a bit clever. Sadly it's 'boys' :(

Theydon Bois was a bit of an anti climax for me a few years ago when I looked up the pronouciation.

I'm not :) Just curious