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Ppy_megapixel replied to the thread More issues with overcrowding preventing children getting to school..Reducing education opportunities for thousands of people instead of bothering to solve a very simple capacity problem is precisely the...
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Ppy_megapixel replied to the thread Eurostar orders new double-deck train fleet.aiui the double deck sets are to operate in pairs. Could one set be sterile and the other not, with the platforms divided to make...
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Ppy_megapixel replied to the thread Cross-operator ticket acceptance announced (excluding East Midlands Railway, OAOs) when services are cancelled.I would argue that shouldn't even be in the internal guidance, let alone the public guidance! Why is there an obsession with defining...
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Ppy_megapixel posted the thread Strange train sighted in Birmingham. What was it? in Trip Planning & Reports.I've just spotted a train passing through Birmingham New Street consisting of a long rake of carriages (that looked like Mk3s) and a...
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Ppy_megapixel replied to the thread Birmingham New Street the worst UK station?.This has reminded me that in Germany, separate groups of platforms* are sometimes denoted by giving them far-part numbers. For example...
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Ppy_megapixel replied to the thread Birmingham New Street the worst UK station?.I don't really like the solution "just use the B end". If you're connecting between two trains that both stop at the A end, that's a lot...
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Ppy_megapixel replied to the thread Birmingham New Street the worst UK station?.It can't be just me who finds the ambience of Temple Meads pretty poor. The subway is dingy and crowded and the ticket hall a bit...
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Ppy_megapixel replied to the thread Cross-operator ticket acceptance announced (excluding East Midlands Railway, OAOs) when services are cancelled.Then, to be completely blunt, don't. What's wrong with giving passengers - who have already been inconvenienced by the railway, and...
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PI may need to travel to Marsden while the railway is closed for TRU works. Apparently the replacement buses stop at "Marsden Bus A62"...
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Ppy_megapixel replied to the thread Northern Delay Repay - "You have not used the ticket".Do not claim a refund from the ticket retailer - that is only for situations where you abandon your journey due to disruption. If you...
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Ppy_megapixel replied to the thread Birmingham New Street the worst UK station?.Incidentally, Network Rail's online map of the station is a truly awful bit of web design...
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Ppy_megapixel replied to the thread Birmingham New Street the worst UK station?.I agree. This is a place where, as I mentioned above, I think a big overhead sign over the full length of the barrier line - as at...
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Ppy_megapixel replied to the thread TfGM Bee Network - fleet discussion.I don't live near the busway so only use it very occasionally, but I thought it was great fun to be in an ex-London Evoseti rattling...
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Ppy_megapixel replied to the thread Cross-operator ticket acceptance announced (excluding East Midlands Railway, OAOs) when services are cancelled.What on earth....? "Combine" is an antonym to "split"!
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Ppy_megapixel replied to the thread TfGM Bee Network - fleet discussion.The new Streetdecks have very similar interiors to the old Vantage buses (except, of course, much less worn out, and without the Vantage...