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It may also be to keep driver experience up. There were plans (I'm not sure if it has happened yet) to run crowd buster 12car trains on rugby/other event days in Cardiff

This was well before the days of TFW, likely just still (technically) Valley lines Maesteg - Gloucester (before extension to Cheltenham), and I highly doubt the school were aware at all. Most people I know either walked or were driven to school by a parent. A few buses operated, but mostly from...

I seem to remember there being a few who travelled daily for school, Llanharan to Pontyclun return not long after the former re-opened. They hoped not to pay, and occasionally played the 'what you going to do, kick us off at the next station' card if caught

That would be quite the replacement bus! Especially if it was one of the ones without a working toilet (I have had them about 50/50 over the last year, including the Heart of Wales without)

Even though it was (just) before I was born an image still pops up in my mind everytime these events are mentioned. The return trip of 2857 and a raft of wagons from the SVR to Newport: http://www.2857.org.uk/images/RiverUskNewport10-09_600px.jpg

Hi Strat-tastic, You will need to key out, walk to the cab nearest the point that you are uncoupling, key in, push the uncouple button and reverse away slightly (possibly until the front is on a marker in this case), then key out, walk back to the front, key in and ready to go.

Yes, they did. I even commented on how much easier it was to get the money back from TfW for an unused ticket (by scanning a copy of the tickets severed). That cancellation was due to overcrowding meaning I couldn't board the train.

I realised after the event that this may have been the case, but there was no way I was sending nearly £200 worth of ticket anywhere without tracking ability. I phoned the helpline and got an appropriate 5 line address to send them to (recorded) now. I don't mind paying a bit for peace of mind.

So, the lady in the post office refused to take the letter off me without a postcode. She either doesn't know, or it is not valid!

Going to send them with the Address on the way home from work then. I have kept a photocopy of the tickets in case it gets lost.

I know that the tickets were usable on another train, but there are 0 trains in Cornwall on Saturday so that wasn't an option. I was only told of the Cornwall cancellations by gWr, and only found out that the sleeper is cancelled by a throw away comment on their website, so I toyed with the...

Hi, Hoping that one of the enlightened individuals on here can assist. I had a journey booked for this weekend across 4 tickets (and a supplement) that has been part cancelled due to industrial action. I have request a full refund for all 4, but the address that they have provided to send...

I do not currently have it installed (I try to keep to 8-10 routes at a time), but.... I cannot remember where it is exactly on the 45/47, but something is telling me down to your left from the seat. The DMU there is a lever under the 2nd mans seat.

I know it very well, and it has been up all weekend. Barry Island, and open floor as I will have nothing to hand for most of the day (and probably a bit longer to dig something out)