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    The Future of the Snow Hill Lines

    Anyone want to speculate/dream about what the Snow Hill lines might or could be like in the future? They are such a lovely commuter lines for Birmingham as it has so little shared track working compared to most of the other services! Here is a long mash of my thoughts, would be very keen to...
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    RAC says new headlights 'blinding drivers'

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43525525 Just wondering; do train drivers get similar problems from the brighter headlights?
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    Whatever happened to naming and shaming?

    I'm sure I use to remember seeing lists of people put up at stations who had been caught without valid tickets when I was younger.... I was listening to everyone's favourite song ... ... and at 3:48 they mention naming and shaming which made me remember it... Can't seem to find much out about...
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    Will Birmingham ever see later night departures

    All the transport in Birmingham seems to rapidly come to a very infrequent slump past around 7PM and is then is all nearly gone past 11PM. It makes the cheap Network West Midlands super-off peak evening fare look like a joke as there is hardly any services it can actually be used on! There...
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    Question Regarding Dom on the Spot

    Dom on the spot is back! That TV program where they follow various places where on the spot fines and fees/charges can be given out. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b094kxxw/dom-on-the-spot-series-2-episode-1 In this series, they have started following Revenue Inspectors with London...
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    Anyone know any places other than ebay I can purchase old timetables/brochures from?

    Specifically looking for Central Trains! Not sure of where else I can look bar ebay so would be helpful if anyone could help inform me!
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    How many easter eggs can you fit in a train cab [of a class 319]?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4E-dtuB8Q8 [Video shows a train cab of a class 139 being filled with boxed easter eggs] Desperate to know but can't find the answer anywhere! Someone somewhere must know surely!! None of the other First Group TOCs seem to know and obviously, FCC doesn't...
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    Are these tickets genuine?

    I know you're not allowed to re-sell tickets so it would be a void of sale terms anyway... But something about these tickets really doesn't look right? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/London-to-Manchester-train-ticket-return-14th/112365913557 I may have just gone mad but with the quantity...
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    Question Regarding Break of Journey

    I have a ticket from Banbury to Reading (Off-Peak Dat Return £8.25 with railcard). I am pretty sure that I could have a break of journey at Oxford with these tickets. So based upon that being true; would a break of journey at Didcot Parkway be allowed? This being based on GW trains stopping...
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    Tickets from Eastbourne to Maargate

    Hi, I am tryiing to get a train ticket for 3 people to travel to margate however I also want to go to Faversham and Whitstable. I recon the best way to do this would be by buying a ticket to faversham and breaking at Whitstable and Margate. (This is all for travel in one day by the way). I am...
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    Pacers and the EU

    If we leave the EU would pacers be allowed to stay beyond 2020? Also on the EU point; does that mean more current model diesels can be built after that cut of year for emissions? (I can't find it mentioned anywhere in search so if this has been said before I would appreciate any links!)
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    What train is this? (Old BR Advert)

    There is the old BR - NSE Advert advertising the Network Railcard. (One of my favourite ads!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzIIFR2ZeLE I have asked some of my friends and they reckon it is at Richmond station which I very confident that it is but none of us can work out the train. The...
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    Permit to Travel Machines

    Hi, Recently after discovering that the PERTIS machine at my local station was actually ever in use I have become very interested in the PERTIS machines. I have been going around the Midlands in the past few months collecting PERTIS tickets. I have found it quite annoying not knowing where...

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