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    penalty for trying to buy a ticket on the train

    It’s only this month that Translink has activated a significant number of TVMs. There were and still are a significant number of unmanned stations and minimally manned stations in NI without TVMs where it is allowed, indeed required to pay on the train. The penalty fare in NI is used for...
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    penalty for trying to buy a ticket on the train

    For future reference there’s no obligation to buy a ticket from an app or use a smartphone nor is there an obligation to buy a ticket from a TVM with a bank card if you intend to buy with cash. If the ticket machine doesn’t take cash as I suspect this one doesn’t you can buy on board, if you...
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    Northumberland Line reopening: progress updates

    Yeah but the location has been in Northumberland county since the 12th century until recently and the kingdom of Northumbria since 654.
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    ECML South disruption - OLE down 09/12

    This is not extreme or severe weather by any stretch of the imagination. It’s raining and windy like it does regularly in the UK
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    ORR P-Code data releases.

    The p coded cancellations are the real cancellation rates and are appalling.
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    ECML disruption due to OLE issues (01/12)

    0713 Lumo from Newcastle to Kings Cross cancelled this morning as well as many other services-Newcastle bit of a shambles this morning .Advised to go on next Lumo but no (compulsory) reservations all day which they must know already, so had to suffer their hopelessly convoluted refund claim...
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    Issues North of Newcastle - Plessey Viaduct - 09/10 (onwards)

    Photos of the damage show it’s quite extensive and, as a layman, I’m quite surprised this can occur on a main line subject to regular inspection and maintenance. This surely can only be due to both existing defects and some trouble in the recent work.
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    The Great Railway Disaster (Ben Elton programme)

    The Leamside isn’t in Northumberland
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    Will Tyne and Wear metro frequency be increasing once new units are in service?

    5 minute headway through the core Pelaw to South Gosforth
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    Tyne and Wear metro incident (01/04/23)

    Metro services back on as of today
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    Sunderland Station Improvements

    It is 182k in the city. The borough is 277k which includes Washington, Houghton, Hetton which are entirely distinct from Sunderland.
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