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  1. onlinespotting

    Blackpool North: The most unfriendly station in the country?

    My point originally was someone saying they will take photographs or take videos of people at work, who are protected by employment law. I will leave it at that. There is no reason to continue this debate.
  2. onlinespotting

    Blackpool North: The most unfriendly station in the country?

    A train station is not considered a public place anymore since Network Rail and TOCs are considered private companies. I must point out that people have the right not to have their voices recorded, their images photographed or recording taken unless it is needed for a legitimate reason. Can I...
  3. onlinespotting

    Blackpool North: The most unfriendly station in the country?

    I agreed I may have phrased it incorrectly earlier in the thread - but this is why we have CCTV generic announcements and signs on commercial premises. If you don’t consent then you don’t enter the building
  4. onlinespotting

    Blackpool North: The most unfriendly station in the country?

    Illegal is probably the wrong term, it’s a civil matter - but somebody could take action if you refused to stop when they asked
  5. onlinespotting

    Blackpool North: The most unfriendly station in the country?

    It is illegal to take a photo or video of somebody without their consent, whether or not it is to film on the station
  6. onlinespotting

    Temporary Closure for Rose Hill Marple

    There appears to be a replacement bus service on real time trains (search 01/10 for example)
  7. onlinespotting

    Trivia: Stations where Public Rights of Way (PRoWs) present[ed] an obstruction to gating

    Queen’s Drive is the right of way. It ran between the Lwnr and midland stations
  8. onlinespotting

    Trivia: Stations where Public Rights of Way (PRoWs) present[ed] an obstruction to gating

    Birmingham New Street’s public right of way was originally a footbridge, this became a windy route through the pallasades and now is just a straight through RoW resulting in double ticket checks if you change at concourse level from a to b end. I think it may stem from the original station being...
  9. onlinespotting

    Ongoing Evidence for Disabled Person's Railcard Renewal?

    They rarely ask for evidence - if you have shown evidence in the past they sometimes continue to renew it which is why it’s best to get it three years at a time
  10. onlinespotting

    Trivia: Station with the most tph calling or passing in a given hour

    Probably nowhere near the top but how many for Liverpool Lime Street if you include the low level platforms?
  11. onlinespotting

    Ongoing Evidence for Disabled Person's Railcard Renewal?

    If he can show an indefinite award of DLA dated in the last 12 months he can use it, even if moved to PIP on a lower award. If not he may be asked to prove his PIP entitlement. They may just renew it without asking for evidence.
  12. onlinespotting

    Stations of wooden construction

    I was referring to the 1980/90s stations like Burley Park and Cottingley which clearly would not be allowed to be built nowadays
  13. onlinespotting

    Trivia: Stations named after buildings.

    Isn’t craven arms the town, and the town was named after a pub
  14. onlinespotting

    Is the UK 'overdue' a serious rail accident?

    What a thing to say. You would hope that the lack of accidents is to do with improvements on the railway and the reporting of ‘near misses’ rather than it meaning we’re due one!
  15. onlinespotting

    Future of Class 15x units

    Surely the 155’s and 156’s could work with 153’s in multiples of three or 4 to expand the capacity for social distancing. The 158’s will continue maybe In multiple alongside newer trains. They’re still using pacers in Manchester
  16. onlinespotting

    TRIVIA: Replacement Bus Services calling at stations off line of route

    Surely this is similar to when trains are diverted via alsager and call at stoke on trent or via Carlisle when LNER are diverted , it’s going that way so it stops (I’m sure there’s a more technical reason the trains actually stop) you can randomly get liverpool trains or Glasgow via Preston...
  17. onlinespotting

    Awkward Platforms

    Platform 7 at Leeds is rarely used because there are only two lines northbound, and most departures go from the through platforms or bay 14. At least 17 (mentioned above) has regular trains from it despite being the most awkward to get to
  18. onlinespotting

    Trivia: station codes with letters not in the station name

    Surely ALE was used when Virgin Trains we’re stopping short at Liverpool South Parkway. They waited at a signal which was Allerton and I’m sure showed Allerton as the destination on the trains and at Euston

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