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    Hope valley

    Hi all My mate has decided for his birthday to travel from Manchester to Sheffield on the hope valley stopping off at a couple of pubs en-route including a stop at hathersage for lunch. Most of the group are from Manchester except myself been from Leeds. Which ticket are we best getting...
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    XC 125's

    I'm stood on platform 12 at Leeds right now for the 09-00 to Birmingham and its a HST
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    Grand central train shortage

    Must be a big repair just seen this on metro website
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    Grand central train shortage

    Metro announced Same situation tomorrow
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    Grand central train shortage

    Just seen this on the metro website http://www.wymetro.com/travelnews/trainalerts/ Thought grand central had plenty of rolling stock which was why some of it is leased out?
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    XC HSts Wasted in the sidings

    thats the point though, how many people actual use it as a through service? someone pointed out earlier if traveling from glasgow that its an hour quicker to go via the WCML and change at birmingham if heading south
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    XC HSts Wasted in the sidings

    the current XC franchise is just too big i would get rid of certain sections of the route into other franchisees and keep a core XC service only No XC north of edinburgh : additional scot rail services to replace dundee/aberdeen portion of route No XC south of bristol- additional SWT rail...
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    Availability of train toilets

    i've been on a few 185 on the manc pic -leeds route where the toilets have been out of use, the conductor has announced this to passengers and they've had toilet stops at huddersfield and when we've reached leeds they've announced another toilet stop. on one occasion there was a young lad who...
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    Most impressive disused structure

    i love the old wagon hoist at leeds http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2569252
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    Single Lines That Should Be Doubled

    i would suggest redoublling the section of track on the wharfedale line between guiseley and apperly bridge where it joins the airedale line. its a major constraint to growth on the line and one of the main reasons that the extension to otley from menston was classed as not feasible as it...
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    Customer Relations Response Time

    i've three times had cause to e-mail northern and always had a responce within 48 hours
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    Worst Sunday Rail Service

    i've read today thats it going hourly from dec
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    General Knowledge Quiz

    i'd guess north yorkshire
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    Great Continental Railway Journeys (Bradshaw Continental Guide TV Programme)

    hi all in case you missed it mentioned on a forum other week tonight at 9 pm on bbc2 "Michael Portillo travels on the great train routes of Europe, as he retraces the journeys featured in George Bradshaw's 1913 Continental Railway Guide" today its london to monte carlo, i'm sure it will be...
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    Michael Portillo filming at Stoke station today

    i recently went to a talk he did at the ilkley literature festival, he mentioned there are 5 one hour specials to be screened nov/dec time which are the continental bradshaws and that they have shown 70 episodes so far over 4 series and have just completed a further 20 episodes of GBRJ to be...

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