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    4O05, 07:15 Birch Coppice Freightliner to Southampton M.C.T derailed at Eastleigh (28/01)

    in that case, BBC are using your photo.. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-51282927
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    DfT: South Western Railway NOT Financially Sustainable

    of course they will, they said pretty much they would in their manifesto.. and great british public (once again) voted for it
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    Flybe problems - did they take rail improvements into account?

    you do know that you don't have to get to the airport 2 hours before the flight, right? especially when, a) domestic, b) checked in online and c) only have hand luggage couple of mins through security then walk to the gate
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    Waves smash train windows at Dawlish

    a bit of OSB, like they do in housing?
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    RMT DOO Dispute on West Midlands Trains

    So a DCO operation with Safety Critical guard on board is deemed a success... pretty much what SWR have committed to provide, but RMT reject that as SWR digging their heels, whilst it may not set a precedent, if the legality of the industrial action is ever called in to question, then RMT have...
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    SWR Longest Strike - December 2019

    not the first time, in Maritime world they will bleat about a safe manning level not being enough, so what does a ship owner do? flag to another country, rather than protecting rights, has effectively cost British Officers theres.
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    Signal Number Search/ Map?

    if you know roughly where it is, look on https://www.opentraintimes.com/maps where each signal has it's number listed
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    Avanti West Coast rebrand

    as well as staying in Stafford, which they just welcomed you to...
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    SWR Longest Strike - December 2019

    This looks like it would be an interesting read* https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/12/07/proud-breaking-rmts-strike-keep-trains-running/ **disclaimer : I haven't read the article, its behind a paywall, and I certainly wont be providing my money to this extreme pro-blue pro-brexit paper
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    Labour supporting doctors doing "#TrainTalks"

    I assume it would be 1:1 or small groups as opposed to having a speech talked at you then you could 'choose' to politely decline or engage with the person coming round
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    The shambles that is LNWR on the WCML South

    I was wondering if it was a new ticket resitriction: ..via wobble = you have to ride a pacer
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    Will a new MD for SWR mean an end to the strike action?

    RMT did share the ACAS report, but from my 2 mins of searching it appears to be deleted
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    First Trenitalia (Avanti!) WCML branding, naming and livery

    indeed https://uk.bombardier.com/en/transportation/presence-in-country/projects.html
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    First Trenitalia (Avanti!) WCML branding, naming and livery

    And hey - if virgin make a big song and dance about not having the franchise any longer, then they can try and distance themselves from the future operation, they dont want it being run into the ground and the virgin brand being damaged.
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    Forbidden from using power socket in station waiting room

    Again it depends what is advertised, if at the time the first class service was advertise to include plug sockets at seat, and this was back up by none in standard class, then yes in this case they could argue that its clear that they are only intended for first class passenger use
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    First Trenitalia (Avanti!) WCML branding, naming and livery

    Backwards to what? its about perspective, as @pdeaves said it could be a diagrammatic representation or it could be pointing West
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    Reliability of existing class 483 stock on IoW railway

    On that note, it doesn't also state that he was the sole passenger of the day - and who's to say there wasn't 50 people waiting to board at the Ryde station on the other side of the tunnel. Thinking in the air for a moment: maybe it also has a lack of use due to the risk of unreliability that...
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    Does the RAIB have any ability to force changes?

    (speaking from the Maritime Sector) yes - they will have recommendation meetings with the *AIB ahead of publication of the reports
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    Does the RAIB have any ability to force changes?

    Recommendations are exactly that, however if a party has received a recommendation, but it is not acted upon; a court would take a dim view of said party, if, there was a further incident for the same reason
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    Passenger fatally injured on a train between Bath and Bristol, Saturday 01/12/18

    The point of the finding (when in discussion about the warning) is that in the view of RAIB the warning wasn't sufficient, it was a tiny sign, and (paraphrased) being yellow and the wording suggests that it could be done, but with caution

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