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    Cheshire Bus News (was East Cheshire Bus News)

    Has anyone heard anything about arriva 130 buses having their sumps knocked of passing over the speed bumps at The Astra Zeneca site in Alderly Park?
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    Northern to introduce evening peak restrictions

    I travel to Leeds about four times a year and after reading these articles I now use my car, at least I know it is cheaper.
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    Northern to introduce evening peak restrictions

    no it was cut and paste, is that the answer you seek?
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    Manchester Metrolink - Airport line

    High poles would affect the ILS at the airport, testing by the DfT or is it CAA? has taken place.
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    Northern to introduce evening peak restrictions

    it may be true but I am not sure http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/business/mafia-in-awe-of-uk-train-companies-2014082789914 A GROUP of New York mobsters has visited Britain to get tips on exploitation from train companies. The gangsters expressed their admiration for the way trains...
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    Manchester Metrolink - Airport line

    The hats, or finials, are now the pointy type at Sale Moor/M60, they were hemispherical about 10 days ago.
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    Manchester Metrolink - Airport line

    Why are the Finials on top of the poles on the new unopened metro at Sale Moor hemispherical and the ones near the airport pointed?
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    Northern to introduce evening peak restrictions

    It is yet another case of the Southerners dumping on the North.
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    Northern to introduce evening peak restrictions

    I would love to know how much extra cash this will raise, or loose.
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    Northern to introduce evening peak restrictions

    I realise that the answer to the following is way back on the thread but 1, does this policy affect travelers on TPE, VT, XC, and AWT? 2, is this applicable to us northerners only, 3, will we ever find out how much extra revenue has been squeezed out? by a; fare dodgers, b; by the scheme...
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    Northern to introduce evening peak restrictions

    Does this mean that the concessionary pass does not apply during this new peak time? and will this be applied to bus travel and metrolink? and other operators
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    "The North Of England Is Getting A Rough Deal" discussion

    pacers are far superior to those M5000 lemons on Metrolink
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    Police entrapment

    http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/business/topics/waste/128153.aspx
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    Police entrapment

    no no no, Please do not wind me up. They use dozens of these every day and it all adds up, to lots of the article!. It is a criminal offence as GMP has a multi million pound budget/expenditure and by law falls into that category where it must sign up to and adhere to these directives and must...
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    Police entrapment

    He actually said that I should just throw it away. Under EU directives?? I know they exist in a large folder somewhere 1, the item has to have a recycle stamp with a number 1 to 5 on it and that The GMP must have, in law, a policy statement on their recycling and waste disposal policy, none...
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    Police entrapment

    Earlier this year I got breathalyzed and was negative and was low, I was left holding a plastic mouthpiece so I asked PC Plod to dipose it for me, he advised me to just throw it away and then he got back in his RangeRover and vanished into the dark. Greater Manchester Police should not entice me...
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    Trivia: UK local bus routes that use motorways

    X5 as per link http://www.tfgm.com/journey_planning/RouteMaps/X5.pdf
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    Warrington and Stockport Railway

    I am talking about the line that goes through Partington and over the canal to Cadishead, the one via Dunham is history, The M6 widening at Thelwall also buried that one.
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    Cheshire Lines Committee Skelton Junction to Glazebrook line

    I noticed that the A57 goes under this in a giant armco tunnel, and that in Broadheath the old disused line is crossed by a road bridge that allows for continental gauge twin tracks, built in the late 90s, it is near a Waitrose store and that in 2007 lots of orange clad workers with bush...
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    Cheshire Lines Committee Skelton Junction to Glazebrook line

    This is Peels PR document, http://portsalfordcommunity.madewithjam.org/assets/b8/711e16351202041f13585f1330bf7a/Part_logo_221112.pdf so my question, is how does the rail track cross the A57? also with the airport nearby it will not be raised, a level crossing! no and with groundwater below it...

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