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    TRIVIA - Hail & Ride Buses

    Stagecoach have the seasonal Sunday/BH only 125R with a hail and ride section through Rivington area.
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    Third platform at Salford Crescent: project updates

    But all of those systems (mainly signalling) need to be updated anyway to add P3, so the marginal cost will be mostly signage. It's why when platforms do get renumbered it's usually when the rest of the area is due for resignalling
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    Things in living memory which seem very anachronistic now

    Interestingly it was the opposite way around in the US. Until Trump started messing around, the tariffs on vans and pick-up were 10x as much as on cars. So you had rear windows and seats being put in just to take out again once it was over the border
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    Awful marketing taglines for public transport

    "Everything Everywhere" also appeared on the boxes of Orange and T-Mobile badged phones in that period.
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    Awful marketing taglines for public transport

    The classic GMPTE Metroshuttle "Making the city work together" next to 3 gears jammed together so they can't turn.
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    Freedom Pass to become buses only?

    Don't forget that there's an application and annual fee for those between 60-65, so they could apply that as a supplement to upgrade the freedom pass validity as TfGM already do.
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    Freedom Pass to become buses only?

    Not directly, any changes to that are a decision for TfL to make themselves rather than the councils.
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    Freedom Pass to become buses only?

    There is in some places
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    Quirky or quaint practices on buses in the past

    Not true, the exception allowing recovery vehicles to be driven with either a HGV or bus licence when recovering a bus still exists. (page 5 of INF52)
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    Signal berth codes?

    Replacement of the old interlocking with Siemens Westrace.
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    Delay Repay claims rejected

    Yes, it's a normal option on the claim form. A single for 30 mins, return for 60, and 2 returns for 120.
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    Merseyrail penalty fare notice filled out incorrectly?

    That's some completely unrelated company. The proper one is Merseyrail Electrics (2002) Ltd.
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    Gatwick Flyaway tickets back on sale

    To stop them being "abused" by people not flying.
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    Why do railcards have a mag stripe on the back.

    It's thermal paper, so heating it up will darken it. The trick being that the already printed parts will darken faster than the rest of it.
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    Doors didn’t open at Finsbury Park and was issued a witness statement receipt

    Only if it goes to trial and a not guilty plea is entered.
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    Preston Station improvements

    It's straight ramps for 5/6 and 7, rather than the U shaped one of 3/4. Lifts are on 1/2, 4, 5/6, 7.
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    Drivers stuck in a queue on a level crossing

    Even so called professional drivers. Had a Metrolink driver on the PA joking that "they'll let anyone drive a bus these days" after one blocked us arriving into Shudehill.
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    Preston Station improvements

    Still not passenger use, but steam locos often use it as well for taking on water before attaching to a charter 5/6 and 7/side exit also have ramps, just 1/2 that have steps
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    TFW introduces Pay As You Go in South East Wales

    Those are all different types of card, the issue here is knowing if a contactless payment card should be processed via the TfL or TfW schemes
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    Delay Repay claims rejected

    Seem to be all the emails this week. Got the conformation for a clam on Sunday immediately, but the approval one came a few days after the payment hit my card.

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