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    Tyne & Wear Metro Fleet Replacement: Awarded to Stadler

    My own personal experience of using the metro was that this feature was (thankfully!) brought back when door pre-selection was removed.
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    Tyne & Wear Metro : Wi-Fi

    What phone are you using? Very curious to find out more about this
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    Tyne & Wear Metro Fleet Replacement: Awarded to Stadler

    This suggests that you don't use the Metros on a daily basis. Holding down the button on the old metrocars as the doors are unlocked/released get them to open immediately, and pre-selection is the closest thing to that on the new stock. Getting off the Metro as quickly as possible, especially...
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    Forthcoming changes to National Rail Conditions of Travel

    Essentially data persistence; just because the device is turned off or is rendered temporarily unusable, does not mean the data is no longer there. It's a wild interpretation, I know - however previous drafts of the NRCoT and bylaws were not exactly clear with regards to that, imho.
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    RealTimeTrains website

    The "Newcastle" link points to Leeds
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    Discussion About What Action Should be Taken Against Passengers With Expired Railcards

    Before anyone discusses what to do with passengers with expired railcards that are entitled to purchase replacement railcards, perhaps what should be discussed first is how poor after-sales support is for current railcard holders. When I held a railcard, there was a period of a few weeks (and...
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    Driving well below the speed limit

    Well, the UK motorway network prior to 1967 was designed for a cruising speed of 90mph, for contemporary vehicles. Read into that as you wish. I wouldn't say they're that strict at all. You need to be really aggressive to be following a vehicle at less than 0.9 seconds separation distance and...
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    Driving well below the speed limit

    It depends, are you calling out police officers who regularly suffer from "blue mist" and often drive irresponsibly, usually in the guise of "saving lives"? If you are, then yes I agree. That road is good (in bits) for more than 60mph, but the unfortunate thing is that a lot of people tend to...
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    Tyne & Wear Metro Fleet Replacement: Awarded to Stadler

    I don't quite understand why there would be an issue with using Calvert, it is most certainly available in TTF format amongst others - and from what I've figured out from watching the passenger information system reboot (thanks to YouTube) the PIS definitely is running what appears to be a...
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    Tyne & Wear Metro - validators not working.

    You'd have a panic attack on some of the metro systems abroad, where doors sometimes are unlocked before the train comes to a stand.
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    Tyne & Wear Metro Fleet Replacement: Awarded to Stadler

    I'd rather it worked similar to how the metrocars work - you can hold down the button and as soon as that particular door is unlocked by the driver, the door will open. Saves so much time.
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    Tyne & Wear Metro Fleet Replacement: Awarded to Stadler

    You can find this information in the new Pop app.
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    Tyne & Wear Metro Fleet Replacement: Awarded to Stadler

    I attempted pre-select earlier however it didn't work as expected. What I bitterly miss is the ability to prime the button - hold it as the door is unlocked and it opens automatically. I do this on the current stock and it saves easily 3 to 5 seconds, and if I time it right, it allows me to be...
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    Carmont inquiry to start in January

    I've attended tax tribunals virtually as a member of the public before. As long as the clerks of the court properly handle your request to attend a virtual session, then it most certainly is in public.
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    Northumberland Line: trip planning & reports

    Don't let people know about Ashington's second best kept secret. Pretty sure it has by far the most competitively priced charity shops in the whole of the North East... (The best kept secret is for me to know and no one else to hopefully find out!) For those weird people like me who enjoy...
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    Northumberland Line : potential expansion and timetable improvements?

    It depends. If someone (such as myself) is coming from west of Regent Centre, it may just be a case of whatever is scheduled first, metro then X20 or metro then rail from Northumberland Park. I honestly don't see much difference in timings. (X21 or X22 would basically be a useless service for...
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    Future expansion of the UK Motorway Network

    Incorrect. Scottish legislation does not differ from E+W legislation on this specific matter, it's just that the practice of having 70 signs upon entrances to motorways has still continued in Scotland for unknown reasons, long after England stopped doing so. They are basically litter. It's a...
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    Future expansion of the UK Motorway Network

    There's no point. If you're cycling around the toon, you're likely going in a direction that goes across the CME, and not along it.
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    Future expansion of the UK Motorway Network

    We need more motorways, but naturally that's coming from someone who is a great admirer of the Autobahn (and how it's ran!) Widening motorways is something we shouldn't do, as it's very clear that the UK has little resilience when it comes to critical road infrastructure. UK rail and road...
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    Northumberland Line: trip planning & reports

    I'd say so. Woodhorn isn't exactly a place to accidentally have ended up!

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