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I’ve actually walked from WOP (I was staying in a nearby monastery at the end of a track). Like you say mostly for interchanging, there’s a good bus service and taxis available
She says ‘the next train to arrive at,’ and ‘the next train to depart from’ differently at Leeds (and I believe London Charing Cross) to other stations
Historically WYPTE or metro (70’s-00’s - I left the area early 2000’s) always ran a full weekday service if New Year’s Day fell on a weekday. this usually included trains to Manchester or York outside the boundary being ran too.
Is this still the case?
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Leeds had a platform W for a while at current platform 1, current 2 and 3 were going to be X and Y, but they then decided to re- number the whole station. Under this system would current platform 0 be platform V?
I recall referring to 155’s and 156’s as ‘Super sprinters’ when frequently travelling with a friend in the 80’s and early 90’s
In the later 90’s I remember a trip to Manchester where the tutor was expecting an ‘express’ (ie a transpennine express 158), yet thought our Metro WYPTE liveried 158...
Depending on where you live your concessionary pass may be valid for use on local trains (and therefore RRB) or within a PTE area
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Leicester elderly get half fare and disabled get free fare between Leicestershire stations and between Leicester and Nuneaton, derby or Nottingham
Although his wife Elinor is also an announcer for London Underground, Phil Sayer was usually paired with Celia Drummond also now deceased(current announcer for Northern, Chiltern, Eurostar)
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