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  1. Xenophon PCDGS

    Query on seat reservations

    I booked return train tickets from Wilmslow to Hereford with seat reservations for a party of four, three days prior to the date of travel. On the outward journey, the seat reservation tickets were correctly affixed. However. on the 1508 return journey from Hereford, there were no seat...
  2. Xenophon PCDGS

    Road bridge works over the railway near Atherton Station

    Network Rail are to carry out bridge rebuilding works on the A579 at Bolton Road over the railway line in the area immediately to the east of Atherton station. The works are scheduled in the period 12/9/2011 to 3/12/2011. TfGM state that some bus routes will be diverted during that time.
  3. Xenophon PCDGS

    1508 ATW Hereford to Wilmslow today

    This service was said by the conductor to have been delayed by "an incident" but would say nothing further than that. (It was the 1108 ATW Milford Haven to Manchester Piccadilly). This sounds ominous. Has any of our railway staff on the forum any news what happened?
  4. Xenophon PCDGS

    Parliamentary enquiry into the recent riots

    This was live on BBC News 24 earlier today. A comment was made that 75% of those charged had previous criminal records. Did anyone see this live programme when it was shown?
  5. Xenophon PCDGS

    Eccles and Patricroft infrastructure works

    Abstracted from the September 2011 issue of Modern Railways. Network Rail has completed the first stage of work to electrify the railway between Manchester Victoria and Liverpool Lime Street, following a £3 million investment to rebuild three bridges between Eccles station and Patricroft...
  6. Xenophon PCDGS

    Bid to re-open Potteries line for freight services.

    Moorland and City Railways have bid for £1.65 million from the Government's Regional Growth Fund with the aim of re-opening the Stoke on Trent to Leekbrook Junction line for the purposes of freight traffic. They said that its bid was based on land which could be developed at Fenton, of which...
  7. Xenophon PCDGS

    Scottish Universities..Charges for non-Scottish students.

    It has been reported today on BBC North-East Scotland that the University of Aberdeen is the first university in Scotland to adopt greatly increased fees for students from outside Scotland.
  8. Xenophon PCDGS

    ATW Club 55 (now live)

    I have just downloaded their latest information on this from their website. The offer runs from 4th September and 14th December 2011, with return ticket validilty of one month (or until 14th December). The price has now increased from £15 to £18, from the offer earlier this year, but there is...
  9. Xenophon PCDGS

    Bognor Regis "wreck?" undersea features.

    I think hearing very many years ago that these were something to do with the preparations for the invasion of France. Can someone give full information what these are, as they are not all that far from the beach when out at sea.
  10. Xenophon PCDGS

    Your location according to Google

    It appears that Google does not believe that I live in Cheshire East, though it relents for about a month, then makes an arbitary decision that I live in Wolverhampton. I always use the option to change it back to the correct area, but the only place that Google thinks that I should live in...
  11. Xenophon PCDGS

    Monday 23/8....1525 Clitheroe to Manchester Victoria

    Anyone knows what happened to this train yesterday. 25 minutes down coming into Darwen....35 minutes late at Bolton. EDIT : Title should start Monday 22/8...not 23/8
  12. Xenophon PCDGS

    Direct Rail Services train query

    I was waiting this afternoon on Shrewsbury station on platform 4 for the 1559 ATW service to Wilmslow, when a DRS train appeared with all engines and coaches in DRS livery, heading northwards. The train was comprised of 37409/coach 9428/coach9419/57009. It was held in the running line between...
  13. Xenophon PCDGS

    http://www.FixMyTransport.com

    Has anyone any knowledge of these people and what they stand for?

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