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DDjgr replied to the thread General Query - Cumbria Travel Pass.If Cumbria is used, the term refers to the ceremonial county established in 1974 and which no longer has a county council. To my...
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DDjgr replied to the thread Train drivers’ decades-long ticket fraud ‘cost taxpayer millions.It's sad that immoral behaviour appears to have been normalised.
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DDjgr replied to the thread Train drivers’ decades-long ticket fraud ‘cost taxpayer millions.Nevertheless, it sounds deceitful.
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DDjgr replied to the thread The failure of Northern Connect.At some poin, the Forum definitely needs to vote for the top ten biggest failures of the privatisation era. Worringly this probably...
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DDjgr replied to the thread Companies That You Expect to Disappear Soon.It feels to me that retail directors can't help but buy and sell. It's in their Alpha DNA. Sainsbury's and Homebase seemed to have a...
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DDjgr replied to the thread The joy of separate railway enterprises (complex fares in France).although the UK were very keen to sell the idea of the balkanisation of the railways to the world.
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DDjgr replied to the thread Lumo (West Coast) - passenger experiences.Stating the obvious but it should not be allowed to run without toilets, particularly if this leads to general disruption for other trains.
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DDjgr replied to the thread Companies That You Expect to Disappear Soon.But of course for the sake of the Argos rent Sainsbury's are sacrificing sales space in their stores.
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DDjgr replied to the thread Companies That You Expect to Disappear Soon.In the last decade standalone Argos stores have fallen from around 845 to around 190.
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DDjgr replied to the thread Companies That You Expect to Disappear Soon.In my experience the standalone stores are rapidly closing (a la TGJones) and the instore ones are empty.
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DDjgr replied to the thread Companies That You Expect to Disappear Soon.The clear direction of travel is the demise of Argos. When these were shoehorned into Sainsbury's stores Sainsbury's were forced to cut...
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DDjgr replied to the thread TFW - Advanced Semi Flex - ending the journey at Oxford Road instead of Piccadilly.I think technically no but in practice yes. Piccadilly is only a brisk ten minute walk from Oxford Road though!
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DDjgr replied to the thread Can you still buy 'paper' Saveaway tickets at Lime Street Station.Yes, but only at the main (upper) Lime Street ticket office
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DDjgr replied to the thread Is this Merseyrail Penalty Fare sign accurate?.Southport has both a ticket machine and ticket office to pick up TOD paper tickets.
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DDjgr replied to the thread Trivia: shortest train journey crossing a national border (both within the UK and abroad)?.Well they ARE full of energy from dubious drinks!