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    Safeguarded Staff Eurostar Fares

    Hi, Thinking for booking a Eurostar trip for the wife & myself in the coming months. I can't seem to find much information with regards pricing etc. Is it a case of travelling to St Pancras and booking at the station? Appreciate any info, thankd
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    Can I claim?

    All that was on the display screen was a rolling screen saying 00:04 cancelled.I imagine it would have been well past 1am when the bus would have arrived so no way I would be hanging round that long
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    Can I claim?

    To be honest, no ,It was past midnight on a Friday night and I just wanted to get home.it happened to me not long ago on the same service.i don't know their T&C's but shouldn't station staff stay on to advise passengers on what to do? That train is usually pretty busy,can imagine a few...
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    Can I claim?

    Travel was Rainhill to Liverpool Lime Street ,taxi was £26. It is a staffed station but they had locked up and gone (was midnight) 1761385638 I checked on the national rail app about 19:30 and the previous train was cancelled, but the 00:04 was shown as running.
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    Can I claim?

    Travel with a over 60s pass.just turned up for the last service Nd it's cancelled,no staff at station.just ordered Uber which will be about £25.can I claim this back with travelling on a free pass initially?
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    Train showed as cancelled then turned up?

    Arrived last night at Rainhill station to travel on the 00:04 back to Liverpool . The departure board was showing as train cancelled,member of train crew unavailable.. Sat on the platform to book a taxi home on my phone app, was having some trouble connecting.anyway finally booked one and paid...
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    Do staff who are trained as both a Driver and Guard still exist.

    Merseyrail have a few, called Relief Drivers,classed as "guards who can drive"
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    Consistently late train (00:04 Rainhill to Liverpool)

    3 minutes ! Big improvement
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    Staff travel London overground

    Hi, can safeguarded staff use their pass on the London Overground? I have a silver status pass and I know there's areas of the underground it can't be used.thanks in advance
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    Consistently late train (00:04 Rainhill to Liverpool)

    14 minutes late tonight/this morning
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    Consistently late train (00:04 Rainhill to Liverpool)

    Thanks for the replies,was just curious as to why this service seems to mostly run late. at my TOC the performance team would be looking into the reasons why,? I'm sure Northern must do though.
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    Consistently late train (00:04 Rainhill to Liverpool)

    Currently sat in the cold at Rainhill awaiting the 00:04 to Liverpool.at present ETA 15 min late.i get this train roughly once every two weeks and in the last year it's arrived on time once. I realise it's the last one out of Piccadilly but surely it shouldn't be running this late on a...
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    Aslef strikes and OT ban called…

    If these go ahead will there definitely be no London-Brighton trains on 6th December? In fact any trains from anywhere to Brighton? Thanks
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    Shortages of train crew

    At our TOC we got a RDW agreement with the drivers a few months back (there was already a guards one) can't say take up has been great though, very few want to work them.

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