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Recent content by Kryten2340

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    Unreserved seating with a reserved seat ticket.

    It was an e ticket in Google Wallet so seat number was shown.
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    Unreserved seating with a reserved seat ticket.

    Hi. Can anyone tell me what the rules on this are? Example being let's say you book a last minute advance ticket with a seat reservation but as you're booking last minute your choice of seats is slim pickings (i.e airline style seat only) but you want to work and would like a table. Is chancing...
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    Newcastle to Aberdeen - Today 24th February

    Hi, I have a need for a last minute visit to Aberdeen, travelling from Newcastle. LNER shows an available service at 17:01 today which is direct but it doesn't get me there until 21:13 tonight. Is there any way of getting there earlier or is this the best I am going to get. I can see there...
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    Tyne and Wear Metro unable to run under closed Gateshead flyover

    Yep it's a twin deck dual carriageway with two lanes either carriageway on both decks and it carries the A167 from the Gateshead suburbs down to the Tyne Bridge and A167(M) motorway (which itself is twin deck). Was originally designed to be part of a larger road transport network around the...
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    Aslef strikes and OT ban called…

    Why don't they take the Go North East approach and strike continuously for 12 weeks?
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    T&W Metro - Sam Fender and Pink Concerts

    Looks like T&W Metro staff are getting griefed on social media due to their operation for tonight and advising people to walk over to Gateshead if you're heading south of the river after the Sam Fender concert at St James Park but really what else are they meant to do? Personaly I think it's...
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    Tyne & Wear Metro Fleet Replacement: Awarded to Stadler

    Just curious. How did 555003 switch from NR infra to Metro infra at Pelaw? Was a crane involved or Was a metro unit waiting on Pelaw Junction to grab it from NR infra then run wrong road to the nearest crossover point?
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    Haymarket to Dalmeny electrification

    There’s also trip wire alongside the Tyne and Wear Metro on the approach to Airport Station in Newcastle.
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    What do you think about ‘pings’ because of the Track and Trace App?

    I got pinged by the app and was able to undo the ping by removing and re-installing the app. Doing that it no longer advises you to isolate. The whole thing is pointless. I've got the app installed for check in purposes but turned contact tracing off. I've had both jabs and doing regular...
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    UK Stations with Foreign Place Names

    Wallsend Metro Station is also known as Segedunum named after Roman fort that used to be in what's now modern day Wallsend.
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    Should Every Station (& every Platform) Have a Ticket Machine?

    I don't know what it's like now but several years ago there never used to be any ticket machines at Metrocentre Station in Gateshead if you were arriving from the Coach Park side. You would either have to board and hope the guard came along to sell tickets or cross the bridge and go into the...
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    Concern Newcastle to Carlisle railway could be impacted by landslip

    https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2021-02-27/concern-newcastle-to-carlisle-railway-could-be-impacted-by-landslip
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    TikTok Level Crossing 'Dare'

    You'd have thought that Top Gear's 'educational video' back in the day would be enough for people not to do this.....
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    Did the Tyne & Wear Metro ever run expresses?

    I'm pretty sure however back in the day there used to be an early morning service from Tynemouth to the Airport using the depot avoiding line.
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    Restoring Your Railway Fund: what ideas would you suggest?

    I was reading this over the weekend but I am struggling to see the benefit. Does the Team Vallley need it's own rail service? https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/bid-launched-reopen-rail-line-18331742.amp

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