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  1. Badger

    BBC Bad Reporting

    On the BBC news homepage you see a picture of a train crash with: "Train jackknifed on faulty track A train jackknifed at 92mph less than two seconds after travelling over degraded points in Cumbria, an inquest hears." When you open it up, you find the title of the article is actually...
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    Canals that have become railways

    I'm wondering if there are any canals that have been ripped out and have become railways. Given our past with canals, it's a lot of reasonably straight corridors to run a train down! Also whether there are any dried up canals, disused canals, etc in the country which would be viable to become...
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    Network West Midlands: when can I travel and with whom?

    Hi there! I'm a regular traveller from Wolverhampton to Leicester via Brum. It's worked out the cheapest for me to get a "Network Off-Peak" ticket. This gives me travel on the buses, the tram, and trains (as far as Birmingham). Off-Peak confuses me to no end. I caught a train to and from...

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