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Back in the days before AI was a thing I wrote insurance policies. The starting point was usually to get hold of other companies' wordings for ideas. Not so different to asking an AI model to do it.

McDonalds shuts at 6pm (5pm on Sundays), so worse than the station offerings. The newish Tesco Express across the road from Butler St is however open until 11pm every day. One plus point about the catering is that Starbucks and Upper Crust usually have plenty of Too Good To Go offers if you're...

See post 23 above.

I know that. I use it if picking up or dropping off as you can get to the lift or ramp to the subway and on to platforms without using the stairs. But if I'm just on foot I agree it's very inconveniently sited. If I'm walking into town I'll use the bridge if the train is on P5/P6 or the main...

I thought the 'new' entrance at the other end of the Butler St car park was intended for wider use, though it never happened. https://communityraillancashire.co.uk/news/new-entrance-for-preston-station/

Or another penalty fare for not having a valid ticket from Leyland to Preston if they didn't exit the train...

I strongly suspect that, having used Trainline myself to book similar tickets, the option was presented but not noticed. Followed by a clear confirmation email (that the OP did not read?). As much as I dislike Trainline, why is it their fault if they communicate that the ticket has to be...

I don't understand why Trainline would not issue etickets for this journey, even with a split at Preston, unless the OP ticked 'Collect from station' by mistake. I've used them for tickets to Preston and always got etickets as default. What does it say in the email from Trainline confirming the...

You haven't mentioned this in any of your draft replies. You make it sound like you have been using a student Oyster for some time but this is the first time you've been caught. Just keep your reply short and to the point: I found an Oyster card and used it once*. I shouldn't have done that and...

I would expect premiums for a skip hire company to be pretty high, and a lot of insurance companies probably won't touch them because of the risk!

Yes it is. Make claims and your premiums go up. Not in direct proportion to the payouts but you will pay more if you've had claims than someone who hasn't. That's why you have to declare claims when you take out or renew a policy.

Some facts from the article: So do we really want Network Rail or whoever installing expensive deterrents, or taking the hit on incidents and let the insurance companies bear the cost?

The Lancaster city centre Greggs is open until 8pm. The Costa at the station is open until 7.30pm so if they match that it's not too bad.

Not sure if there are plans showing the window placement but the Avanti Pendolino Seating Plan shows which are single seats in Coach H. From memory one or two bays are not exactly aligned to windows but are ok. I quite like H24 (forward going southbound) which doesn't have a facing seat, just a...

True, but we haven't been given all the detail here, in particular whether the notice was issued before the train left, as @gray1404 asks above, or whether the RPI did leave the train to issue it but the passenger walked away.