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  1. BluePenguin

    WCML southern end future. What you would like to see

    What do you mean a normalised basis? Without even thinking about inflation and price rises, journeys on HS2 will more a lot more expensive with the difference justified as recovering the cost of building the line. Freeing up capacity on the WCML is a good thing and faster journeys are even...
  2. BluePenguin

    WCML southern end future. What you would like to see

    Touché, it will do. Although will be more expensive than today
  3. BluePenguin

    WCML southern end future. What you would like to see

    I would like to see significantly lower fares, the services will become slower so we need compensating for this. I also would like to see a second Liverpool service. Especially I need the timings of the Birmingham services to be reduced as they are too slow.
  4. BluePenguin

    Useless vending machines at Ashford International

    The plot thickens, I wonder who was lucky and hit the jackpot when they next used that machine then and got 2 drinks. Did you check on your way back last night to see if there were any more stuck?
  5. BluePenguin

    Useless vending machines at Ashford International

    What a coincidence, I was changing trains at Ashford last night and noticed a drink that was stuck in the grabber as I was walking around. Were you the one who bought that bottle of water by any chance? :lol:
  6. BluePenguin

    LNER announcements question

    Which stations does it usually announce though?
  7. BluePenguin

    Lorries Pulling Out at Roundabouts.

    We have this every day on the roundabout at the top of Jubilee Way above the Port of Dover, connecting both sides of the A2 with the road to Deal. Lorries pull out without looking. The other bad one is Western Heights roundabout connecting both sides of the A20 and the road to Wycliffe...
  8. BluePenguin

    Begging getting more common on the railway?

    Why? Because the area is very deprived and nobody has enough for themselves let alone to give beggars?
  9. BluePenguin

    Avanti platform staff bawling at passengers

    The man push through and make it onto the train?
  10. BluePenguin

    XC Staff gets upset that they need to move luggage for wheelchair user in 1st

    Yes he does, as this is not good customer service. You should not speak to passengers in that tone. Saying "I have only just got in mate, I am not annoyed with him not you" is hardly "Sorry for the inconvenience sir, I do apologise I have only just started my shift and didn't realise the wheel...
  11. BluePenguin

    Luggage on trains… bikes now take priority?

    Who gave her this fine? What exactly was she fined for?
  12. BluePenguin

    "The next stop will be..."

    What do you mean by five items or less at the supermarket? I am very confused by this sentence as it doesn’t seem to have anything to do with the paragraph. Please explain
  13. BluePenguin

    "The next stop will be..."

    Sounds terribly annoying, at least it is not one of those annoying wannabe rapper types like in London who stand on platforms with microphones bellowing “this train is ready to depart, mind the doors, mind the closing doors”. The ones at Heathrow doe even worse still
  14. BluePenguin

    "The next stop will be..."

    At least CrossCountry has manual announcements and operate in the North so you could opt for them if you want to hear some. Unfortunately, they are not very concise and as their staff like to ramble on for several minutes about catering, ticket restrictions and lots of other waffle - as opposed...
  15. BluePenguin

    Controversial railway opinions (without a firm foundation in logic..)

    Freeing up capacity and paths on HS1 for more Javelins to Kent, and preventing existing ones from being delayed whenever they are held to allow a Eurostar to pass first
  16. BluePenguin

    Can GWR intercity trains use Paddington P14 ?

    What sort of plants? Diggers? Flowers? Please clarify
  17. BluePenguin

    Class 395 Refresh

    You are not wrong, although the Networkers are supposed to be ever imminently binned so nobody wants to spend the money. Meanwhile the Javelins will continue to be used for many more years
  18. BluePenguin

    Can Ticket Office staff find better deals?

    You can type in the date of the current day and a later time, that has always worked for me

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