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plugwash's latest activity
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Pplugwash replied to the thread Third platform at Salford Crescent: project updates.Probablly not as part of normal service patterns, but I could see it getting used in disruption or perhaps for stabling. IIRC the...
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Pplugwash replied to the thread Cardiff to Manchester/Liverpool.While that is a useful approach in many cases, I don't think it works in the case of Manchester/Liverpool. 1. There are two...
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Pplugwash replied to the thread How much information can operators gain from paper / e tickets?.My understanding magstripe tickets have very limited data storage capacity, there is a "ticket number" but IIRC it's not big enough to...
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Pplugwash replied to the thread Return Prestonpans to Manchester, struggling to find fares.Are any of the trains involved marked as compulsory reservations?
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Pplugwash replied to the thread 6 Greater Manchester stations to get accessibility upgrades.Looking on google maps I think you could quite easilly slot in a couple of lifts at Levenshulme. Doing it without lifts would be rather...
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Pplugwash replied to the thread PlusBus Tickets.I don't think you can read the "participating operators" section and yet ignore the actual description of the ticket (emphasis mine)...
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Pplugwash replied to the thread What is Control (not a philosophical discussion!).I'm pretty sure the 9 headcode for thameslink predates ATO. I can see two advantages to using it. 1. The regular headcode system is...
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Pplugwash replied to the thread We could not connect to the services that deliver your tickets.To me the obvious reason for doing what they did would be they came to believe the original transaction had a high risk of being fraudulent.
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Pplugwash replied to the thread £33.4 million for next batch of ticket gates.TPE operate quite a bit from 13/14 which are primerally accessed via Also the current gates at picadilly are operated by Avanti and...
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Pplugwash replied to the thread BR Fares now selling itinerary-free tickets.There are also many cases where ticket acceptance is arranged on busses not managed by the railway, I highly doubt these are ever loaded...
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Pplugwash replied to the thread Strange Things Seen on CIS.Seen that sort of thing in a few places, not just on the railway. I presume that when the screen is unable to correctly establish a...
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Pplugwash replied to the thread Recycling plant fire causing Southeastern and Windrush line disruption.3 decades ago there were a lot less lithium ion batteries around...............
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Pplugwash replied to the thread Trivia : Are there any stations that have no public exits?.Regardless of what they are doing next, eveyone enters/leaves the station via connections to the south terminal of Gatwick airport...
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Pplugwash replied to the thread SWR cracking down on Vauxhall - Waterloo doughnuts/short fares - Also GTR.Who sets the incomplete journey fee? I'd assumed that at-least within the zones it would be set by tfl since it's first and foremost...
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Pplugwash replied to the thread Easements when routes into Leeds are limited.It seems to be quite inconsistent, IIRC when I looked it up manchester to leeds was not valid via sheffield, but manchester to york was.