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The exile replied to the thread Companies That You Expect to Disappear Soon.In a busy shop it’s not easy (nor necessarily desirable) to go through a bag of donations “out front”, and the donor can’t be made to... -
The exile replied to the thread Made up excuses for lateness.There would have been no explanation to an individual. Notices on (eg) lifts would just say “Remont” (repairs). More generic issues...
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The exile replied to the thread BR ticket offices not at a station.Am I imagining it, but wasn’t there even one in Paris?
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The exile replied to the thread Cross-country overcrowding: what could be done?.The idea that you can spread demand enough to counter overcrowding by advance pricing just doesn’t cut it while XC trains are the prime...
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The exile replied to the thread Electrification threads and resources index.Could this be a sign that they have been tipped the wink about a policy announcement?
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The exile replied to the thread Made up excuses for lateness.They are surely there to make the wires themselves more visible and thus prevent birds flying into them - swans being among the few bird...
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The exile replied to the thread Trains that became detached..They returned to service as 155s though, long before the single car conversion.
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The exile replied to the thread Commuter and Metro Services: Which Rolling Stock Upgrade Had the Greatest Impact? In the last 40 years.Though the reliability point has to be considered in the context of the maintenance run-down that usually preceded the changeover...
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The exile replied to the thread Commuter and Metro Services: Which Rolling Stock Upgrade Had the Greatest Impact? In the last 40 years.Replacement of North London 313s by 378s - although that was in tandem with other developments and followed a period of (deliberate?)...
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The exile replied to the thread Made up excuses for lateness.The problem, when swans mistake land for water, usually after rain, is that they can’t take off again. They can only take off from...
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The exile replied to the thread Carriage lighting.Either we were on the same train or the fault went unfixed for quite a while!
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The exile replied to the thread Deloitte fined £6m for 2016-20 audit failures at Go-Ahead Group plc (Southeastern and London Midland).The burglar is the offender - but your insurance company might have something to say about fault in terms of the loss sustained!
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The exile replied to the thread Why people are so stuborn not using their ticket but rather showing to staff to open gates?.One of the gates at Bath Spa does this with depressing regularity.
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The exile replied to the thread Oddball Journeys (Trivia).The W&W 158 operated services did load well (and survived - albeit truncated) until the beginning of this decade. The “ fresh air...
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The exile replied to the thread December 2026 Timetable Change.Pedant alert - Turbo, not Turbostar!