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    On Street ticket machines

    You forgot that children (and groups) exist
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    Passengers locked inside Hartlepool station

    TVMs that accept cash
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    TFW introduces Pay As You Go in South East Wales

    The £10 max fare is charged
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    At what point is it not considered "street running" for trams?

    Blackpool mixes it up with a fourth type as they also distinguish between ballasted track parallel to the road and the interurban section on its own alignment.
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    Are head codes ever visible

    As said earlier it shows the RSID before the driver has set the cab up, then the headcode afterwards
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    Inconsistent escalator standing side in stations

    Not really, it's been signposted at the underground stations for a very long time.
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    Things in living memory which seem very anachronistic now

    Supposedly they never used them as evidence in court, since then they would have to explain if/how they worked.
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    Shared level crossings between train lines and tram lines.

    There are more exceptions than that, the Altrincham and Navigation Road section of Metrolink actually uses a 2 aspect version of NR signalling with signal numbers in the 500s.
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    Delay Repay claims rejected

    Not even that, just flat out refusal
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    Delay Repay claims rejected

    Northern do have a variation of the former, theirs won't even attempt to process claims involving rovers and rangers and says it'll go into the manual queue before you even submit the form. Speaking of which I put a pair of claims in on a TfGM Wayfarer, one was rejected on the basis of PTE...
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    Introduction of European Entry-Exit Scheme (EES)

    Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. Depending on how many officers they have on duty, they can close that one and send you somewhere else. After a delayed flight landed late into the evening around this time last year I've been sent all the way around to the other side, though the one...
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    Trivia: Intensively used two-platform terminals

    Split by destination, Headbolt lane on 1 and Southport on 2.
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    Grand Central Coach F roped off seats

    No, it's just the smallest area that's physically possible to rope off like that
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    Unprinted ticket through TVM fault

    The difference is that with ToD collection the order is still in the database to be pulled up, so such thing for tickets sold directly by the TVM.
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    Trivia: Stations without ticket purchasing facilities

    Isn't that just a case of them deciding that it wasn't worth it after the last one got vandalised?
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    Card inspections SWR

    The Dutch have already proven that it works on a much larger scale, so TfGM should be able to follow suit. TfL have gotten suck with batch only processing thanks to being an early mover and going down the wrong path.
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    Manchester Metrolink (Non speculative discussion)

    The line diagram is designed as a stripe to fit above the doors and ticket machines, the currently layout fits that goal well. If you geographical accuracy then they provide a separate map for that.
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    Things in living memory which seem very anachronistic now

    It actually stands for Tone Ringer Illuminated Model, said illumination being provided by a phosphor coated vial of tritium behind the dial.
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    Are undisplayed seat reservations valid?

    Maybe for seat reservations, but try refusing to move out of first class with a standard tickets.
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    Most interesting, mismatched, disjointed hotchpotch of a station on the network?

    Yes it would, unless you're proposing making the entire station ungated you've just sealed off the entire main entrance including access to the RRB stops.

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