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    XC Birmingham to Derby - why so slow on Sun?

    i did derby-bham 2 weeks ago, trains are being diverted between derby and bham as the lines at burton are being replaced, trains are going via leicester, the reason for them being so slow is because they get stuck behind the bham-leicester stopper, then if there delayed behind that stopper they...
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    Further problems for EC mainline

    about 8 EC staff just boarded an XC train at derby heading north
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    Guess The UK Train Class

    class 222 1xx? the pioneer 4 car pioneer ones?
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    Burton - Leicester Freight Line

    not 100% sure but i think the london underground stock get delivered that way, and maybe the 172's aswell.
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    Refurbed EMT 222

    222008 is in nottingham now, doing the 14.02 Nottingham-St Pancras.
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    EMT 222 refurbishments

    222010 outside etches park being cleaned, went past it just on the way from Derby-Nottingham, looking through the windows and its been refurbed,
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    Possible incident at Stoke-on-Trent

    because the train was full, with a few people having to stand, 90% of standard seat were reserved,
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    Possible incident at Stoke-on-Trent

    9 times out of 10 theres normally BTP by the barriers aswell at New Street at weekends, so they must have let them pass aswell, it didn't bother me at all as they were quite funny, but im sure the parents weren't impressed with the language they were coming out with. and there was quite a few...
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    Possible incident at Stoke-on-Trent

    i agree, on the 10.30 Bham-Euston this morning there was Bham FC fans travelling down, and they were really loud, and i was stuck at the end of couch A with them as the train was pretty full, i wasn't to bothered but i don't think the other passengers enjoyed the football chants to much, and...
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    Super off peak?

    i got to st pancras quite early, and asked what was the earliest train i could get, an they said any, i read on the bored theres no time restriction on returning sat/sun, that was on the EMT bored regarding ticket times, currently on the 18.25 St Pancras-Sheffield, had my ticket checked and...
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    Super off peak?

    I live in Burton, and bought the ticket from the self serve at Burton, and John was right, the sevice into London was a few minutes late.
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    Super off peak?

    thanks for the info john, just arrived at euston, bought the ticket from the self serve machine.
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    Virgin Trains Super Voyager 221101

    looks like its sat outside central waters, just passed it, couldn't see the number but theres 1 there.
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    Super off peak?

    Travelling from Burton on Trent - Chafford Hundred, traveline app comes up with Super off peak return, (returning about 17.29 or 17.59) Can i buy this ticket from the Burton station? and is it ok travelling there via Bham-Euston, and returning via St Pancras-Derby, national rail website says...
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    ££ Diesel - Price per litre?

    not sure what toc's pay, but red diesel is about 70p a litre at the minute, don't no what taxes ect they'd pay,
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    Engineering Work On MML Tonight

    00:31 arrival into LEI, according to national rail app anyway.
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    Virgin 57 and voyagers

    i think i read on wikipedia that voyagers can't be coupled to the meridians, well not in service anyway, something to do with the electrics i think.
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    5 Mar - Red Dot Day

    thanks Darandio
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    5 Mar - Red Dot Day

    Where it say 'travel anywhere on the network' does that mean just emt network, or any other TOC's? surely it can't be £15 to travel all over?
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    Failed 91?

    Coupling? not sure if i've confused things, the two 180s came in from the south, then uncoupled in doncaster station, then the GC carried on north,

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