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    More change for Network Rail

    Pdf download of regions here https://cdn.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Network-Rail-proposed-routes-and-regions.pdf found on this site: https://www.networkrail.co.uk/who-we-are/putting-passengers-first/
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    Weirdest Oddities Still on the UK Network?

    Stratford station is also an oddity
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    Are too loud and too many PRM alarms and announcements making travellers uptight.....

    It might be an ear worm - I can hear it immediately fully ingrained, from the "if you see somthing..." all well and good - job done right? no - I couldn't tell you what the BTP text number is..
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    Are too loud and too many PRM alarms and announcements making travellers uptight.....

    There is a growing concern in the Maritime world of alarm fatigue, where you get so used to the sound of something going off that you tune out and miss it completely, various announcments, chimes, buzzers etc. on the railway could easily have the same affect on passengers and staff alike
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    Does the media report rail stories accurately

    You can tell by the website that its from the same parent company, so would be a shared story - at least he tried to rehash it, Newsquest ( [Southampton's] Daily Echo, Bournemouth Echo, Dorset Echo, Isle of Wight Count Press ) often have literal copy and paste jobs
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    Does the media report rail stories accurately

    I got called out the other day by referring to the 'Daily Echo' as not good for it's Newsworthiness, reasons being: - There is a rush to get it published - to be the first to appear on Google News, to have the breaking news, sometimes they will just post a headline, with 'more to follow' - They...
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    XC Voyager Fire - Brockenhurst: 26/11 - Disruption expected until 1400

    Just read that Brockenhurst was evacuated today due to a Voyager fire link to website below - don't trust them for newsworthiness however: https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/17256066.brockenhurst-station-evacuated-after-train-blaze
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    Any apps / web sites to see arrival time of a train that's already left departure station?

    Apple - https://itunes.apple.com/uk/app/realtime-trains/id808408876?ls=1&mt=8 Android - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.swlines.rtt Or you can have a mobile view of the website
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    LNER Website being slow to load

    seems okay for me
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    1996 free travel from South West Trains

    SWR gave free travel at the weekend for me, stupidly I bought a ticket, but certainly didnt need to..
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    Class 442s - Now at the end of the road and to be withdrawn permanently

    you can try - but in my 33 years, i'm struggling to
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    Famous people on trains

    is that what you told the officer
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    Greater Anglia forcing use of Smart Cards for monthly or longer seasons

    I'm holder of a couple of Smart Tickets, a SWR one (well SWT) which curently has no ticket on it, however when it did, it wasn't any good on journey breaks (luckily all intermediate stations were barrier less) but if I tried to touch in, it would tell me not valid. - when i got it, i was sent a...
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    Island Line Railway - current state and the future

    I've always found that you cant buy tickets for just the ferry element (eg Southampton Central - West Cowes) but you can with a bit of a rail trip - like the Fratton example. Maybe the RYP - PMH is a bit of an anomoly
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    Island Line Railway - current state and the future

    That's because there is no rail element in your journey
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    New seat reservation displays on existing LNER trains

    you're assuming Aisle Seat, The indicator just says Aisle, you'll soon be able to reserve that bit of Carpet next to the solo FC seating
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    Train collides with van on level crossing at Teynham, Kent, 23/10

    again - aside from this incident, and the nature of what's being discussed, who in the real world, whilst driving would pull over for two minutes to read a sign Bit more of a real world example, how many people when parking up in a public carpark, when they're no longer driving, stop to read all...
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    SWR: Guards/RMT Industrial Action. Next strike dates: 30/31 August, 1/2 September 2019

    So is he hinting that just like on Southern, he is happy to take the view that this no longer becomes a safety issues should the drivers get paid more
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    Train collides with van on level crossing at Teynham, Kent, 23/10

    Let us not also forget, that the leyman isn't necessarily a railway enthusiast / worker / person with knowledge. we've all [road users] driven over some form of level crossing at somepoint, and they generally all have a big long instruction sign, and a big yellow telephone.. however these...
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    SWR: Guards/RMT Industrial Action. Next strike dates: 30/31 August, 1/2 September 2019

    https://forum.southwesternrailway.com/ticketing/f/forum/423/free-weekend-travel-vouchers---still-valid/973#973

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