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    Mother With Baby Told To Leave First-Class Seat: Who Was Right?

    The 'Hag with the baby' wasn't the one with the attitude problem.. She asked for the 'hag on the seat' next to the one she wanted to sit on if she could move her luggage. The 'hag on the seat' took exception to that.. Only one hag in this story... You don't have an entitlement to 2 seats on a...
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    Mother With Baby Told To Leave First-Class Seat: Who Was Right?

    What's to stop people in Standard class asking others for their ticket to prove that they're actually valid for travel, or the ticket they have is valid on that service? If I was travelling in first class and some random person asked to see my ticket I'd tell them that it was none of their...
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    Mother With Baby Told To Leave First-Class Seat: Who Was Right?

    Which passenger would that be? The mother or the Hag? having a first class ticket doesn't entitle you to either the seat next to you or the right to question the ticketing arrangements of others. If there was any sense of 'entitlement' then it was shown by the woman with her 'elders and betters'...
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    Mother With Baby Told To Leave First-Class Seat: Who Was Right?

    They have on the Daily mail website... :wink:
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    Mother With Baby Told To Leave First-Class Seat: Who Was Right?

    Correct and it's not up to her to police first class anyway.. If she was so incensed by one of the hoi poli sitting next to her she should have gotten of at the next station and caught a cab..er....broomstick (as has been suggested)
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    Mother With Baby Told To Leave First-Class Seat: Who Was Right?

    I suppose it would apply to either... If you had an under 5 with you in 1st class then I suppose they could sit in a seat unless someone asked for it and then they'd need to sit on your lap.. You could always move to a standard class seat if there was space I suppose.. I've read that the...
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    Mother With Baby Told To Leave First-Class Seat: Who Was Right?

    Simply a hag who should have been minding her own business.. If she wanted that 'class of person' not to be around her perhaps she should invest in a car with a driver... Anyway how does she know that the mother doesn't have a first class ticket.. She's not a ticket inspector... Even if you've...
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    Northern Rail empty customers bank account by mistake !

    That's very strange as chip and pin machines have pence as well so it should have been £XX.XX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsdcObgyVYI
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    Information for GTR Southern passengers during strike (no DOO discussion)

    Won't they channel you through the Gatwick Express only barriers and charge you the full Gatwick Express Fare? Or do they look at start station as well for the journey? An easier way to get to London from East Croydon would be to catch the Tram to Beckenham junction and catch a train to Victoria...
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    Information for GTR Southern passengers during strike (no DOO discussion)

    Thanks southeastern. The 07.26 from beckenham junction is 4 carriages this morning. Super crushed.
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    Information for GTR Southern passengers during strike (no DOO discussion)

    On the ram packed 07.12 from East Croydon. Most people just seem resigned to the situation. Not long before Stockholm syndrome kicks in.. Thamesstink are truly taking the **** though.
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    Information for GTR Southern passengers during strike (no DOO discussion)

    Yep. I was standing at East Croydon awaiting the 06.58 to Bedford which was cancelled but still showing up on the board. I saw the 4 carriage Gatwick Express also go through the station on it's way to London. The 07.23 was then 10 minutes late getting into Luton Airport Parkway as the driver...
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    Penalty fare for oyster may be prosecuted!!

    Is your Oyster card registered online? If so check and see if the fare is on your journey history... How long ago was this? If very recently then I think the oyster card records the last 8 tap in and tap outs(?) You can get a print out at a ticket office Don't know about the rest as there will...
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    Tram fetures that would be good on trains.

    The lights above the doors flash red when the doors are closing, green when they're opening and off on the journey.
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    Croydon Tram Crash

    Caught the tram today... As busy as usual.. Didn't feel unsafe.. There are big notices in the trams though asking people to phone or email if they see something they feel is affecting safety...
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    Thameslink/ Class 700 Progress

    Don't be silly..... :wink: They drew inspiration from here: (Future Class 808, first class to the right) Really beginning to dislike the class 700 Have been doing the commute from East Croydon to Luton Airport and the seats are really uncomfortable... Also the airline style seats mean your...
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    Train derails North India - At Least 96 Dead

    Many of those are trespassers on the line. the road deaths are even more horrendous! Apparently those death trap coaches were supposed to have been phased out according to a media report I read the other day... Must be one heck of an undertaking. And trains in India usually don't have...
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    Cricket

    Root calls for second run.. Changes his mind halfway down and runs Hameed out..
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    Aviation Discussion

    Air India do it using the 777-200LR On the 21st of October flew 16,422km over 15 hours. Compared to the Atlantic route it was an extra 1,400 kilometres but due to the tailwind took over an hour and a half less time
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    Cricket

    Looks like another good first day batting wicket at Visakhapatnam. The dog was a highlight. Getting Kohli out cheaply tomorrow is probably going to be key as well as seeing if Ashwin commits batting suicide again.. Anything below 500 will keep England happy. Too many one bad ball per over...

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