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  1. gordonthemoron

    Heathrow closed all day Fri 21/3/25 - Aviation Impacts

    I thought local residents didn’t have electricity either?
  2. gordonthemoron

    Which is faster route London Bridge to Euston?

    The walking route also goes past the Cock Tavern on Somerstown :)
  3. gordonthemoron

    Automatic passport gates: your experiences

    My new passport (2021) didn’t work with e-gates at first, for about a year, but it’s been fine since
  4. gordonthemoron

    Short XPT trips / Australia Questions

    It has been on at least one day, terminating at Casino. From sometime in March 25, for a year, the Grafton XPT will be replaced by coaches, this is to enable them to be refurbished, doesn’t look like the new trains will start for a while
  5. gordonthemoron

    Britain to raise defence spending. Where should the money be spent?

    All money should be spent in the UK
  6. gordonthemoron

    E-W Opening announcement. Pre or Post Purdah?

    Which table would it be in the timetable? Won’t it start with the summer timetable in June?
  7. gordonthemoron

    GBR and Staff Travel

    AFAIR the stated mileage was free on a work season ticket, and the rest was 1/4 fare
  8. gordonthemoron

    What is going wrong at Avanti West Coast?

    These days I almost always use LNR instead of Avanti for Milton Keynes to Euston, more space, more trains and clock face timetables
  9. gordonthemoron

    Would you say you still tend to listen to albums?

    I listen to full albums through Amazon Music about 90% of the time, the rest would be the radio in the car, I still have hundreds of CDs, just no CD player
  10. gordonthemoron

    How many languages do you speak?

    English native German and French from school, I have also lived in Germany, so it’s a bit, not much, better Italian (and consequently Romanian) because I went to Alassio in Italy when I was 6, and learned it from the lady who rented the deckchairs, I can still count to 100 59 years later
  11. gordonthemoron

    Do Class 805's (or 807's) Have A Restaurant Coach?

    These are the Avanti seating plans https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/-/media/Files/Seating-plan-2023/Evero-Seating-Plan.pdf
  12. gordonthemoron

    Old Street as "London Terminals" - origin

    Yes, I forgot the terminus is actually Moorgate
  13. gordonthemoron

    Old Street as "London Terminals" - origin

    Presumably because it’s a national rail terminus
  14. gordonthemoron

    Brussels Eurostar-ICE connection time

    I did that around 20 years ago. However, when booking with DB I’d advise to make the connecting time longer or to have a break in Brussels
  15. gordonthemoron

    5 Hours at Hong Kong Airport

    The immigration queue last month was very long
  16. gordonthemoron

    Night Riveria failed 15-16/01/25

    2021 I was booked Euston-Aberdeen, they didn’t have a driver for Edinburgh-Aberdeen, so they put us on Scotrail, 1st class on an Inter7City, not bad at all

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