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Ggeoffk replied to the thread What efficiencies could GBR bring?.If GBR means fewer CEOs or MDs, with salary savings, will there be a GBR chairperson equivalent to the old BR chairmen, some of whom...
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Ggeoffk replied to the thread Fleetwood to Knott End ferry to end.I never used this while living in the north-west, despite several trips to Fleetwood by tram. In the south west we have quite a few such...
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Ggeoffk replied to the thread Hall Class 7904 Fountains Hall.There was a debate about Avondale Castle (7010). Part 14 of the RCTS Locomotives of the GWR states on page P107 - "Swindon records this...
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Ggeoffk replied to the thread Holborn escalator speed.Sounds like an escalation :D of the "please hold the handrail" announcement which pervades major GWR stations.
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Ggeoffk replied to the thread Last use of non-bogie passenger carrying stock on scheduled services.I think the BPGVR examples, used to carry miners and lacking upholstery, could have been the very last 4-wheelers in service, although...
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Ggeoffk replied to the thread West Yorkshire bus franchising.I see that TLC still run the local routes in my former home area, Todmorden and Hebden Bridge. Are these going to be packaged with other...
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Ggeoffk replied to the thread Using multiple tickets for one journey should be banned, with passengers forced to exit the train at the split point.I've just booked my first split tickets for a journey between Polsloe Bridge and York in November and achieved a good saving over two...
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Ggeoffk replied to the thread Bus services that require reversing (except in bus stations).Some more in Devon 355 at Thorverton 373 at Sampford Peverell and/or Uffculme 1788603234 I forgot service T (Exeter - Woodbury) at...
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Ggeoffk replied to the thread Liverpool City Region-Bus Franchising.Thanks. I didn't know that. So effectively it's just a Merseyside scheme. The timetable suggests 82A is run from the Runcorn end so it...
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Ggeoffk replied to the thread Liverpool City Region-Bus Franchising.Apols if I've missed something, but why would Halton, which is part of the LCR, stay outside the franchising scheme? Related to that...
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Ggeoffk replied to the thread Longest distance a road uses an abandoned railway alignment?.Correction - A685.
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Ggeoffk replied to the thread Longest distance a road uses an abandoned railway alignment?.The A385 between Newbiggin and Tebay runs for 7.5 miles along the trackbed of the former South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway, aka...
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Ggeoffk replied to the thread Evening Day Return GWR.Thanks.
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Ggeoffk replied to the thread Evening Day Return GWR.I came to the same conclusion. It seems an odd way of offering this ticket. Effectively it's only of any use to me for a trip to Exmouth...
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Ggeoffk replied to the thread Evening Day Return GWR.To add to my post above, I found this on the national Rail website. "Only valid in the evenings. Travel must be on trains arriving 1800...