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    East-West Rail (EWR) countdown to entry into service

    DfT h eon ly themselves to blame for this mess by giving the operation to Chiltern, when EWR was developed the EWR company was supposed to design build and operate the line as a stand alone mini TOC . Had that happened the RMT would have had no leverage at all as it would have been a separate...
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    Cambridge South : no parking (and local CCTV is dissuade anyone from stopping near by...)

    Correct
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    All cross country services suspended 23/08/26

    Sadly the provisions of that act have proven illusory to the many members supposedly protected at companies formed out of BR at privatisation (Jarvis, Carillion and other companies as their pensions were found to be NOT protected at all.
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    Marylebone Fire 28th Aug 26

    None
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    All cross country services suspended 23/08/26

    Thier own office block at Lampblock by New Street Station
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    Lewes derailment - Thursday 13th August

    Air Temperature
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    Cambridge South new station opening

    Hollie bearer sleepers for taking cables through the track rather than digging an expensive Undertrack Crossing
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    All cross country services suspended 23/08/26

    Lamp Block is the XC office at the side of New Street Station
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    All cross country services suspended 23/08/26

    Why don’t XC just use Lamp Block ?
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    Should GBR have a freight business? Is the sale of DB Cargo UK an opportunity to acquire one?

    DBs Doncaster Carolina Court is still open
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    Should GBR have a freight business? Is the sale of DB Cargo UK an opportunity to acquire one?

    Network Rail aquiring all the DB yards and converting them to access to any freight company would be a good start
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    Report of fire in Totley Tunnel (15/08)

    The quote sad wearing BA not necessarily using them ‘under air’
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    Made up excuses for lateness

    Reggie Perrins we’re all great excuses
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    Phone died after getting on train

    Assume you mean 12/07 not 12:08 ??
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    Derailment at Wickford - Friday 14th August 2026

    It’s in the Cess not the Ten Foot ? Indeed there is no Ten foot at that location
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