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Kite159 replied to the thread Kite goes Exploring, Trip Reports.All to easy to miss the small platform number signs at Sunderland in the poor light at platform level. Something in the style (similar... -
Kite159 replied to the thread Is Great Northern potentially “false advertising” First Class?.Complete agreed, I can see at some point "Greater Thameslink Railway" ditching 1st class completely, similar with South Eastern and...
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Kite159 replied to the thread Kite goes Exploring, Trip Reports.11 – 16th August Trips (North East, Staffordshire, Kenilworth) I booked a guest house in Whitley Bay for 3 nights with multiple ideas...
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Kite159 replied to the thread Companies That You Expect to Disappear Soon.I'm guessing the 1st floor used to be the book department when people used to buy books on the high street? (Similar to some of the...
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Kite159 replied to the thread Trivia: False destinations on trains.In a normal timetable there is a Waterloo - Westbury service which goes via the Yeovil stations first (16:50 from Waterloo). Advertised...
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Kite159 replied to the thread Unrealistic bus timings.I'm surprised that service isn't set down only at the various WCML stations to save the hassle of having a replacement bus serve...
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Kite159 replied to the thread Additional services to support the XC outage.Probably more options from Crewe towards Manchester than from Stoke to Manchester. Especially when Avanti would be taking the extra...
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Kite159 replied to the thread Cross Country Weekday First Class upgrades?.However I suspect the weekday first upgrades will be subject to availability and not offered on certain trains where 1st class is mostly...
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Kite159 replied to the thread Cross Country Weekday First Class upgrades?.I suspect more a case of giving Train Managers an easier way to sell a First Class upgrade if someone wants to upgrade due to standard...
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Kite159 replied to the thread c2c timetable empty for altered service on Sun 06/09.Probably just a case of the revised timetables not being uploaded into the various systems. Or it's been uploaded but someone has...
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Kite159 replied to the thread All cross country services suspended 23/08/26.I did see SWR running a pair of 450s on some additional Basingstoke - Bournemouth services in the paths of the XC services. Luxurious...
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Kite159 replied to the thread Is this typical behaviour of Northern with delay repay claims?.This is when Northern roll out their old excuse that in their eyes, zonal tickets are excluded from delay repay as they don't set the...
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Kite159 replied to the thread Ghost drivers - Fatal crash on A66.I'm sure there were reports of another accident earlier this week featuring another motorist driving the wrong way along a dual...
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Kite159 replied to the thread Deliberately Misleading Car Park Signs designed to catch you out?.And you believe what they say? Might I interest you in a bridge over the Thames? ;) (In my eyes, the law regarding parking tickets...
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Kite159 replied to the thread How difficult is it to arrive or leave at all timetabled platforms. 5 year project to achieve this..Wouldn't the track being used by the sleeper (Old Kew Junction towards South Acton) have been used by the short-lived "London Crosslink"...