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    What appear to be extra security devices near Crossrail stabling point at Abbey Wood

    Does anyone have any more information on these?. They are boxes about the same size as an ESR 'dalek' with yellow/black chevrons and what looks like a speed camera fron on one side. I guess they are perhaps alarmed to to go off if a trespasser attempts to graffiti the train. I wonder how they...
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    ATW: 'No trains' after Ed Sheeran concert in Cardiff this Sunday

    On a weekday I understand why gigs are 8pm or so but why do promoters keep putting them on late on a weekend?- 4/5pm start would work far better.
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    ATW: 'No trains' after Ed Sheeran concert in Cardiff this Sunday

    Absolutely right. Like with the RFU and the utter shambles Twickenham is as a concert venue in the evening. A hour for the shuttle buses to get to Richmond after The Rolling Stones on Monday. With regards to the Sunday Cardiff gig why can't it have started at say 4pm or earlier- why does it...
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    DfT e-mails leaked to Lisa Nandy MP

    Wasn't this a perfectly legal FOI request rather than a 'leak' ?
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    What is your controversial railway opinion/idea?

    Stations in popular tourist areas to provide hourly car rental (ideally electric) as they have in Japan.
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    Has the Man in Seat 61 had his day?

    Going off topic slightly but can you give your hotel address in Switzerland and have it delivered there?
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    Has the Man in Seat 61 had his day?

    I found his site excellent for organising my trips around China a few years ago- goes into great details that others dont. That said had to block his twitter due to the offensive politics on it.
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    Virgin Gate Line - Euston - Get it wrong again?

    Don't forget that you must tell the person on the other end that you are recording the call (that's why they make the standard' we monitor the call etc etc) . I was surprised to learn whilst working on a mystery shopping project that this is classed as phone tapping otherwise . In the case of...
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    If you could create any direct services which currently don’t run which would you choose?

    A couple of Bromley North- Cannon St via Lewisham directs in morning/evening peaks.
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    Incident at Loughborough Junction (18/06)

    Absolutely. Bored of the excuses. They learned the hard way. Only people I feel sorry for are those who had to deal with the aftermath of their poor lifestyle choices.
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    Your suggestions for the next Southeastern franchise

    That's because until recently you could find places to park for free near the station.
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    Manchester Built Beyer-Garret

    There's one at the museum in Coatbridge in Scotland. I believe it was one of the largest locomotive class ever built in the UK
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    Manchester Built Beyer-Garret

    I meant more the parallel running. We used to have it on Steam on the Met.
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    Circular trip Scarborough -Whitby-Maldon-Scarborough

    Very useful. Thx. For the buses is there any sort of day rover I could use?
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    Circular trip Scarborough -Whitby-Maldon-Scarborough

    Hi on a weekday in June is this remotely viable? So bus to Whitby-NYMR-bus to Malton-train back to Scarborough (or other way round) Am up there for the cricket & fancied trying this one day. Thx for any suggestions.
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    Manchester Built Beyer-Garret

    Must get out to that event. Why can't we have this kind of thing in the UK?
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    Kings- Cross- Scarborough any splits about?

    Hi any splits worth bothering with with unprotected Priv going up Mon 25th (ideally in Scarbados for 12) & back on the 27th anytime? Thx
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    LU Uniform - Shorts

    I seem to remember when there was a closure of the Thames tunnel a few years ago there was a walk through it you could book and there was a rule that shorts couldn't be worn due to the weils disease risk.
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    Victorian train lengths

    Think there was a similar one to Brighton around that time.

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