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Recent content by simonw

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    Thoughts on the Trump presidency

    A red state?
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    We're famous!

    Mumsnet
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    Can people just pay by card instead of using cash?

    You used to have to show a cheque guarantee card even in your own branch, not that I have drawn cash from a cashier in 20 years. Seems a lot of hassle for little gain.
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    Can people just pay by card instead of using cash?

    As far as liability for losses are concerned, this is not so. in any event most cards will allow you to be sent a notification when your card has been used. Ringo will debit your credit or debit card at the time of parking, as with most apps you can get it to remember your info or not as you...
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    Penalty Fare Evasion

    You need to establish from your son what information he gave to the staff member and whether he gave the staff member the ticket. This will determine whether the railway has enough information to come after him.
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    Karl Bushby and the Channel Tunnel

    It's an odd thing to be 'walking around the world' but not actually doing so as A) he's missed out great chunks B) he's used to planes and other transport and he hasn't actually done it in one continuous trip. Nothing to stop him swimming across the channel taking several days to do so and...
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    Former railway stations on closed beeching lines moved and rebuilt on current preserved heritage lines.

    The title of the thread is Former railway stations on closed beeching lines moved and rebuilt on current preserved heritage lines. A fair number of the examples quoted are not from closed lines, but are just redundant assets moved to new sites
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    Overnight railtours

    Yes, at which point you leave the train and head for your accomodation. So it's not an overnight tour
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    Former railway stations on closed beeching lines moved and rebuilt on current preserved heritage lines.

    Lyme Regis at Alresford https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyme_Regis_railway_station
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    Can you use the return portion of a day return ticket if you do not use the first outward journey ticket?

    At the end of the day, this part of the forum is for giving advice. It isn't the forum you have to convince that you made a mistake and bought the ticket the wrong way round and that this is the only time you have done so. Gold luck with convincing swr.
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    North Downs Line - making request stops

    I think the op is suggesting allowing a customer to request a train, not currently scheduled to stop, to stop in addition to the 1 stop every two hours, not to make them all request stops.
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    Can you use the return portion of a day return ticket if you do not use the first outward journey ticket?

    Surely you'd just get the ticket refunded and but the correct version?
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    Altnabreac station and the various legal disputes around it

    Ai says Administratively continued " means that a court case or legal hearing is postponed or moved to a new date by court staff or prosecutors without requiring a formal appearance or decision by a judge in open court. Often due to backlogs
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    GWR two passengers left behind at Paddington

    The whole of this thread is speculation. AFAIK no one commenting was at the station or involved in the incident. No one can say what actually happened and why.

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