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    Off peak time Great Yarmouth to Norwich

    Slightly inaccurate as revenue do appear on Norwich to Liverpool St. trips but obviously this doesn't affect the op.
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    Ticket scanning / On-board sales commission

    Spot on - scan everthing that moves and management are happy - generate complaints and it's viewed dimly.
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    Project Oval: TfL win DfT contract to expand contactless system to 233 rail stations by May 2024, Railcards coming to contactless payment cards

    Digital tickets are the holy grail to Dft, everything else like railcards is a nusisance to be brushed under the carpet.
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    Ticket scanning / On-board sales commission

    You may find it all unravelling soon - dispute about Sunday working arrangements has come to a head and they will be looking at their EMT cousins with the scanning payment and wondering why they don't have similar deal.
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    GWR Sleeper without a smartphone

    GWR site is giving me collect at station (and postal options) below e-ticket selection currently ? GWR telesales are also good with sleeper bookings.
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    GWR 1st class catering announcements, trains with no standard trolley

    Interestingly no Advance availability from Worchester in 1st class but there is from Moreton in Marsh etc.
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    Avanti shop closures when approaching Preston

    Greater Anglia do for both
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    Avanti shop closures when approaching Preston

    You just get sorry this till is closing when less people coming on duty than are going home :D
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    Effect of higher petrol prices on rail usage?

    Full & standing 12 car services from Norwich / Ipswich to Liverpool St this morning, obviously day out in London market a bit different to Newcastle for which most people would travel yesterday and return Monday. Having said that surprisingly large numbers still travelling to East Anglia even at...
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    Elizabeth line core ticketing

    You can purchase them on the Rail Staff travel site too (print ticket at any TVM)
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    Elizabeth line core ticketing

    I would buy Heathrow to Paddington then the Elisabeth line only priv ticket Pad to Tottenham Court (£1.75 single)
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    East Anglia Bus Scene

    It's going to be 3 unitary councils in each so 6 district running transport instead of current 2.
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    East Anglia Bus Scene

    Big concerns about contracted bus services now Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk County Councils are all being abolished - how many councils will want to fund services to outside their boundaries ?
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    'Drawing up' - assuming this is no longer practiced, when was the last train to 'draw up'?

    Had to do this much more recently when driver forgot we had a 153 on attached to a 156 and I didn't think any passengers would want to alight on the level crossing.........
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    RealTimeTrains website

    Be interested to see which system LNER use for delay repay - yesterday 0755 Inverness to Peterborough (1E13) on realtime shows arriving at 1539:30 (scheduled arrival 1509) but LNER claims it arrived 1538 ???
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    Seatfrog - early auction

    Was looking at Seatfrog upgrade on LNER for Monday afternoon, the auction started early (instead of 24 hours before) this evening for unknown reason then was ended immediately ?? Is this odd ?
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    Lumo West Coast fares

    and it warns systems will sell Priv rate tickets for Lumo services in error !!
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    Project Oval: TfL win DfT contract to expand contactless system to 233 rail stations by May 2024, Railcards coming to contactless payment cards

    I was thinking more of the op talking about open period returns presumably from outside the expanded oval area.
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    Avanti leisure travel

    If your a TOC employee and the pass you have been given has unlimited leisure use on that company then fill your boots.
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    Level crossing incident near Ely 03/03/26

    Internal industry sources are reporting the same information.

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