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    Fatality at Tyseley (09/04)

    l already have done via social media, and LM are going to pass the message on. Several others on the train did as well. I should add - I believe the person concerned jumped from the platform rather than the bridge, so my OP was factually incorrect. Thoughts with all those who actually...
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    Fatality at Tyseley (09/04)

    Very sad this morning when the 0714 from Worcester Foregate Street which I had been on since Stourbridge, hit a person at Tyseley station causing a fatality. It appears someone jumped down from the bridge at Tyseley station into the path of the train. You never think something like this will...
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    "Too much information?"

    I think Rotherham Central (probably many others) was a bad one on the departure board; from memory I think it had six screens that it ran through constantly. I know it was almost certainly the same timing for each screen but to me it seemed like the next train information with the stations...
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    "Too much information?"

    That was my point really; in my experience the general public do not take note or take any different action as a result of being told how many coaches the train has. It is certainly redundant at Stourbridge Junction, but I will admit it is quite useful for the EMT and XC trains that I use...
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    "Too much information?"

    The most pointless bit has to be saying how many coaches every train has. Utterly redundant and pointless to every passenger; it gets so irritating especially at Stourbridge Junction where for every train to the Town it says "this train is formed of 1 coach"...everyone knows...no-one cares...

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