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    Weird ticket checks on platform by Great Northern staff

    Yes and what about interchange stations where you wouldn't pass a scan gate between changing trains say from tfl to a TOC. I'm thinking of Stratford (London) for example. It's never been a problem to have an unscanned e - ticket from Stratford on a Greater Anglia train and they are very hot on...
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    Should some longer rural routes be sacrificed and the money spent elsewhere on the network?

    Yes But the SNCF bus services are also prone to reduction and removal
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    Weird Places for Services to Terminate

    Fenchurch St to Grays (via Dagenham Dock) seems odd rather than continue to Tilbury.
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    Trivia: Which UK stations have (or have historically) had stations using the same name but with a slight variation?

    The line from North Woolwich through Stratford to Tottenham Hale and Palace Gates used to stop at Stratford Low Level which is now ( as Jubilee Line and DLR ) just plain Stratford.
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    Reinstating 4tph off-peak on the Hertford Loop and for Welwyn stoppers

    Hornsey and Harringay aren't small stations as you say. They used to be quiet when half the trains didn't stop but usage at Hornsey is now comparable to Alexandra Palace. And the road to Turnpike Lane gets very congested. Bowes Pk is less used but shouldn't inner suburban services be frequent...
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    Line names that are no longer used.

    We had the Fleet Line undergound before Horace Cutler renamed it the Jubillee Line ( though I don't think that any trains actually ran before renaming) and then Boris Johnson did the same thing of course with Crossrail becoming the Elizabeth Line. There was the Bedpan Line (St Pancras -...
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    Trivia: Alliterative train services

    Colchester to Clacton Stratford to Stanstead (I think there is still the odd one)
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    Stations urgently needing some TLC...

    Stamford Hill. Rotting windows with a bit of board held there with sticky tape where the frame has gone. And no shelter whatsoever on the southbound side. Used as a store for mops and buckets for some years! OK not the busiest station in London but with 800,000 footfall deserves a shellter and...
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    Trivia: Downsized stations that are shells of their former selves?

    Harwich Town down from three platforms to one?
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    Conflicting Validity Information - Greater Anglia Main Line

    Thank you. This is what it says on https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/tickets-fares/daily-tickets/peak-and-super-peak-tickets Off-Peak: Not to leave Liverpool St before 09:30 (Stratford 09:38, Tottenham Hale 09:40) I travelled on Weds 27th Nov.
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    Conflicting Validity Information - Greater Anglia Main Line

    When you book an off-peak return on the Greater Anglia main line it tells you that the first possible M -F train you can take leaves Stratford ( London) at 0937. But if you go to the Tickets page and check the availability of off-peak returns this train is excluded with availability starting...
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    s stock upholstery

    Seems the seats on the not-so-old S stock trains are getting threadbare and worn looking already. The material isn't the same as used on other Tfl stock.Was it an 'economy measure' that didn't work out? I hope the people who are handling the orders for new trains are aware of just how badly...
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    What would you rename Stratford International to?

    But there's a Stratford City bus station the other side of Westfield which might then need renaming. 1728500353 Yes, but could Stratford High Street then revert to it's original name of Stratford Bridge?
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    Baggage Security Checks at Eurostar Paris Gare du Nord

    Security checking of Eurostar passengers' baggage at Gare du Nord has passed from the border police to a private security firm. There are considerably fewer of them on duty and from the profile of the staff it seems like this is a money-saving operation. They don't really know how to talk to...
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    Eurostar to stop at Stratford International?

    1727872338 Tfl Jouney Planner, bless it, has just quoted me 1hr 4m to get from Stratford to Kings X St Pancras International. But seriously, getting from East London to St Pancras with luggage isn't great unless you are on the Hammersmith and City line. Doesn't it all go back to political will...

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