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    Conflicting info Fishguard Rosslare Stena sailrail

    Hi. Further to the Holyhead thread I just had someone message saying they couldn't book a Sailrail into the day Fishguard Rosslare sailing on Monday 22th December. They'd tried at a station. Investigations find that TfW's website has a blanket message here-...
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    1S43 0827 PLY EDB XC Friday past allocations

    Hi all. Can anyone oblige me with what were the allocations- and where attachments took place- for this train above over say, the last 2 months. RTT only shows two weeks and last week was affected by a fatality. 2 weeks ago it was a 4 car to BHM. It's just that today I've got reservations in L...
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    Non safeguard PRIV Stansted to Paddington query

    Hello folks. I have non safeguarded priv. Journey is Sunday 14th Stansted Airport (SSD) to London Paddington (PAD) via National Rail and Elizabeth line(EL). I am keen to buy at a manned window, personal principles. The Rail staff travel website makes Paddington "London Terminals" so charges...
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    Unused ticket refund admin fee query

    Hello folks. I've looked in a few other threads to no avail so can someone provide guidance please. NRCOT says the above. I've just put in a refund on the ghastly TPE refund portal for a four leg split ticket for two pax so eight tickets. Are they actually going to take £40 in admin fees ? I...
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    AVON VALLEY DEFRAUDED OF £50,000

    https://www.avrht.org/bounceback?fbclid=IwY2xjawIy4eFleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHWL-oKFjG2surGNSiyw3NMF2cgY7pbKMZgFkytuuuWuzqG87xwjVHhdn5g_aem_6JYeb32FhbCS2fqli-jjVw I'm hearing it's incredibly distressing for some at the railway.
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    RMT preparing for Industrial action ballot at GWR

    News out today. Not good at all but it seems like there are people in the industry who aren't accepting of the previous strike resolution.
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    4 year 16-25 Railcard

    Hello folks. See here. Has anyone else ever come across a 4 year railcard before ? It wasn't a Santander because they have a particular banner on them. Just never seen one like this.
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    TRAKSY and fastjp.com down ?

    Anyone find these websites to be down ? TRAKSY says "connection failed, retry" and fastjp.com say 503 error. Is it something with the open feeds maybe ? Open Train Times maps are ok as are our internal work tornado mobile maps.
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    Barrier smash Waterford Ireland

    Newrath near Waterford Ireland station had it's barriers flattened by an errant road user on New Years day. (Video is of car running through full barriers)
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    RMT general secretary Mick Lynch to retire

    https://www.rmt.org.uk/news/retirement-of-rmt-general-secretary-michael-lynch/ Retirement of RMT general secretary Michael Lynch
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    Do XC sign Birmingham to Wolves via Aston/Bescot etc ?

    The reason I ask is there's overrunning engineering works at Coseley. Seems like everything is just terminating short. The big works at Crewe this week won't be helping too. https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/travel-updates-information/service-updates
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    Yahoo news article regarding Railcards and Trainline

    https://uk.news.yahoo.com/trainline-announces-railcards-no-longer-093518332.html Not seen this mentioned yet in the light of the recent minimum fare/ deliberate fraud/ unclear conditions debate.
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    Level boarding versus driverless trains

    Both a pipe dream- but one is way more deserving/realistic/achievable/moral than the other. But the other will always get more newspaper column or Internet bandwidth wastage....... Sad really. Any opinions ?
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    Level crossing crash, Sutton Dublin Ireland 30/05/2024

    https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2024/0530/1452259-level-crossing-dublin/ And Youtube video attached.
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    Has all confidence been lost in Avanti West Coast ?

    I ask this because I'm on 9M55 1156 Glasgow to Euston and I am alone in Coach G which also as a reserveable coach has no seats at all booked in it. I moved from U the unreserved one because its a sauna but there are only 6 people baking slowly in there. Granted it's the slower via Birmingham...
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    XC strike Sat 13th April OFF

    https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/travel-updates-information/changes-to-train-times/industrial-action
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    Steam engine crash Ireland

    Car driver was reported locally as already a banned driver...... https://m.sundayworld.com/news/irish-news/woman-and-youth-hospitalised-following-crash-at-laois-st-patricks-day-parade/a710887011.html
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    RMT Industrial Action Update to members

    Posted for info and for (hopefully) civil discussion..................... From Michael Lynch today- In addition, this is doing the rounds on twitter (warning - be advised that it contains some bad language)...
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    CODE BLACK- "DO NOT TRAVEL" GWR Sunday 18/02/2024

    Flooding Alderton Tunnel between Bristol Parkway and Swindon. Flooding one track Dauntsey between Chippenham and Swindon. Flooding Athenley between Taunton and Westbury. Planned engineering work Bath to Westbury stuffs everything completely. Climate change or Network Rail cutbacks to...
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    Is it an offence to buy tickets on a pay as you go basis, rather than all in one, at the start of the journey?

    Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/stopped-by-a-revenue-officer-at-the-train-station-says-he-suspected-i-was-not-going-to-buy-a-ticket.260913/ Isn't there an obligation for a passenger to hold a ticket or tickets for the entire journey they intend to make ? And if...

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