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    eurostar bike capacity

    I don't know what the maximum is, but I've seen four bikes loaded on a Eurostar. If you are planning taking a group then I'd recommend speaking to Euro Dispatch at St Pancras. They are very helpful in my experience.
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    Short run seat reservation

    That's one of the problems where journey planners produce what anyone who knows how the railway works can see is wrong. An inverse effect also happens at Oxford Road. All the stoppers via Warrington Central are followed by an express to Piccadilly and points east, which provides a slick and...
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    G4S Staff and Platform Access (Manchester Piccadilly)

    The "blockade" is on the overbridge between the stairs for platforms 8/9 and those for platforms 10/11; at the glass sliding doors to platforms 10-12; behind the buffer stops between platforms 9 and 10; and by the lift from the upper waiting area to Fairfield St. It surrounds platforms 10 to 14.
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    The most efficient way to buy tickets?

    Please can you tell more (i.e. how does one go about using an RTV on-line)? Sorry, I realise the question was about telesales, not on-line sales. East Coast's FAQs aren't much help:
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    Bridge strikes at Stoke

    Does anyone have any information on the causes of the disruption north of Stoke on Trent this afternoon? I was on the 1046 from Euston to Crewe. It arrived at Stoke a couple of minutes late (1300), then returned to Stafford to get to Crewe that way. Nothing further went through the station...
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    Old Trafford Cricket

    If you're coming from Chester, why not change to the tram at Altrincham (or Navigation Road)? The trams will still be busy, but less so.
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    Replacement buildings for 4 Greater Manchester stations

    Work at Flixton has already started. The old cabin has ben removed. The suite of temporary portacabins being used as site offices is vastly bigger than the old booking office (and the new one can't be much bigger).
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    Taking a Brompton on the Caledonian Sleeper

    That's disappointing. Do you know when it changed? My trip to Fort William was in 2009. Aberdeen was in 2010 (the bikes didn't need to be moved but the attendant still checked that the destination was identifiable on them).
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    Taking a Brompton on the Caledonian Sleeper

    I've used the sleepr twice (to Fort William and to Aberdeen). Both times the staff checked the bikes were labelled, and moved them as necessary during the night. For Fort William, other passenges had bikes plus a trailer, which also got transferred safely.

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