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    A rail fans from China

    Lickey Incline is the steepest mainline railway gradient in the UK, bit not necessarily the busiest for freight. Most freight runs Monday -Friday with significantly less on weekends. A search on Real Time Trains for Bromsgrove (the station at the bottom of the Lickey Incline shows several...
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    A rail fans from China

    Pretty much anywhere that has freight trains as they are the workhorse of the Rail freight industry. Where abouts in the UK are you visiting?
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    Railways around Thessaloniki

    Update on my visit to Thessaloniki. Visited the museum on a Monday morning, on arrival found it deserted although the gate was open so walked in which set off a siren which roused a security guard from her spot in the shade. Entry fee was 10 Euro (cash only, or I could transfer money to a bank...
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    Railways around Thessaloniki

    Thanks for the comprehensive information.
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    Railways around Thessaloniki

    Travelling to Thessaloniki later this month and hope to have some time to explore the local railway scene. Are there any decent spots to photograph trains in an around the city? The city seems to have a relatively limited passenger service. Is there much freight? Is any of the metro above...
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    Family travelled on one tap and stopped by inspectors

    Present once for each passenger when boarding. Touch just once for all passengers when alighting.
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    Family travelled on one tap and stopped by inspectors

    Public transport in Mallorca does exactly this - for up to 6 passengers on 1 card. It also has a discount applied for every passenger after the 1st one.
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    No National Rail sign outside my local station

    Southall, Hanwell, Acton Main Line, Bond Street and Tottenham Court Road all lack National Rail symbols. Suspect some other Elizabeth line stations will as well despite being National Rail services.
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    Report of Partial Bridge Collapse WCML 11/6

    Hopefully also a thorough investigation and robust action for the company's O Licence and Traffic Manager by the Traffic Commisioner.
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    Traveling by bus/coach to school Sports/Games sessions

    During my time at King Edward's in Bath (1985 -1992) Badgerline were contracted to provide a bus for the weekly games lessons at Bathampton. Usually a VR or an RE. Remember a VR stalling at the bottom of North Road on one return journey and all of us having to walk the remaining short distance...
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    Apartment overlooking railway. Where would you choose

    Southall - plenty of mainline action plus the heritage stock at the depot.
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    Very well written piece about disruption and passenger behaviour from a Rail workers POV

    Careful what you wish for. Unless the legislation is very well written this could, at a stroke, make videoing trains (along with buses, trucks etc) illegal as the drivers are in their workplace. Of course people would argue you can't 'see' the driver through the windscreen, but they are still...
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    Electrical Supply Problem(s) 02 May

    Almost certainly. I was trying to get on the Elizabeth line at 16:10 when it all got suspended.
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    Are there any countries other than the UK and Ireland that don't publish train numbers?

    IIRC Elizabeth line trains have the headcode in the destination indicators on the sides of each unit
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    Derailment at Churnet Valley railway

    No idea which loco was involved, but services unlikely to start before Wednesday...
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    Chelmsford to Bradford - why via Stratford and not Liverpool Street?

    The walk to the Elizabeth line at Liverpool Street is quite lenghty compared to that at Stratford. This might be the reason.
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    Four stabbed after disorder breaks out at Tenby railway station (07/04)

    BBC reporting this incident at Tenby last night. Not clear if it was passengers or just local teenagers hanging around the station. Last couple of trains yesterday seem to have been cancelled as a result. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0e7xr83j72o
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    Open plan ticket offices

    Liverpool Central has a ticket office which is part of a convenience store.
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    Hotels that you can see the ECML from

    Just north of York (so slightly outside the area you specify), The Sidings are right next to the ECML
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    Get Boston Moving

    How many millions for the benefit of 1652 passengers? Would imagine there are several (hundred?) projects which have a better cost benefit ratio And some people want this party to be the next in power.......:s

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