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    Broken (melted!) rail near Micheldever - 28/06/2021

    Not seen this referenced on here, but looks like there was some substantial damage to the Up Line between Wallers Ash Loop and Micheldever caused by what appears to be a short from the 3rd rail. Looks like single line working has been in place today until the rail can be replaced tonight...
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    Hook Rd, Epsom - Bridge Strike: Dashcam Footage (21/05/21)

    Surrey Road Policing Unit (@SurreyRoadCops) have tweeted some dashcam footage of the bridge strike last Fri (21st May 2021) - here's the aftermath (which apparently a lot of people blamed on the Sprinter driver not giving way/being in the centre of the road...): (Image from @SurreyRoadCops...
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    Train Genius/Virgin ticketing website - data/info out of date?

    With Virgin still offering ticketing facilities through their website, it appears they repoint through to Train Genius. However - Worcestershire Parkway is (still) missing from the list of stations, and their advance booking dates listed on the "Booking Ahead" part of the homepage appears to...
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    Rail Replacement Bus crash at Lingfield - 24th Feb 2020

    Happened last night (24th Feb) at 18:25GMT - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-51628346 - RRB due to the landslip further towards E Grinstead (https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/landslip-on-the-east-grinstead-line.197508/#post-4436321). Looks like it managed to collide with the...
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    Intercites de Nuit + Espace Privatif + Bikes?

    Looking at booking a cycle break with my wife down in the south of France. To save days of holiday, we'd like to get to Paris Austerlitz -> Toulouse sleeper (the Intercites de Nuit), ideally with the "Espace Privatif" option (so to get the whole compartment to ourselves). This option means you...
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    Odd ticketing engine result - doubling back

    I'm going to be travelling from Caterham to Oxford on a Saturday next month. I decided to search (using a well known site) for fares via Purley, Redhill and the N Downs line to Reading as fancied a different route home. I put in Redhill as a via for the search and amongst the results got this...
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    Outboundary Travelcard - route validity question

    I made a journey from Oxford on a 1-6 off peak travelcard last week - I needed to get to Wimbledon (and needed to get there as soon as possible as couldn't risk being late the other end). Travelcard needed for later in the day. Out of habit, I looked up the quickest route using fastjp, and got...
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    Insurance for missed connections (UK->France)

    I'm looking for some suggestions for travel insurance for a trip that I have coming up - I have a one way trip to hook up with the rest of my family (returning by car a few weeks later) which looks like: SWI 07:02-> PAD 08:07 PAD -> STP (tube) STP 09:24BST -> Paris Nord 12:47CET Paris Nord ->...

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