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Recent content by sjm93

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    Getting passengers to spread out along the platform

    My recollection of Gatwick is that the interior columns holding up the bridge, and providing lift/escalator access, are very wide, making the bits of the platform alongside the columns very narrow. This in turn makes it hard to see where on the platform you are, you can't see where there is...
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    Advance single - ‘valid until’ date

    Direct from Avanti, e-ticket
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    Advance single - ‘valid until’ date

    It’s for the 18:33 service, getting in at 20:35
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    Advance single - ‘valid until’ date

    My girlfriend has an advance single booked from Euston to Stockport on the evening of the 19th December. As it’s an advance ticket we usually take that to mean that it’s only valid on a specific service, however, it says ‘valid until 20 Dec 2024’ on the ticket. This makes it look like it’s...
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    West Acton Platform Damage

    Ah yes, I read West, my mind visualised East
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    West Acton Platform Damage

    Didn’t they literally just renovate the platform?
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    Trivia - how many stations have a road bisecting their platforms and hence a level crossing within the station

    Hykeham
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    Your nicknames for stations

    Clapham Junction: Clappy J Willesden Junction: Willy J
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    Noise from under ground

    I live 300 metres away from Balham High Road and I can hear the northern line faintly rumbling in the distance when I’m lying in bed in silence
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    Northern line operation questions

    Why would direction of travel affect whether it’s best to change at Kennington or Stockwell & Euston? I’ve lived in Balham for five years and have always used the Victoria line to travel to Warren Street and beyond.
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    Trivia: Station amenities that have departure boards

    The Beer House - Waterloo
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    Trivia: Stations in settlements named after the Station

    Elephant and Castle
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    GTR - Clapham to Milton Keynes service now terminating at Watford on Saturdays

    Are they ever going to run out to East Croydon again?
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    Trivia: Promotional "Change At _ For _" announcements?

    West Brompton on London Overground still has ‘alight here for Earl’s Court Exhibition Centre, despite being demolished for nearly five years.
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    Station buildings - what are they used for nowadays?

    The former Lincoln St. Marks station is an Argos and a Lakeland shop
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