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    Trivia - Bus routes which change countries

    There are also quite a few local Haparanda and Tornio town bus routes that operate around the towns and cross over the border. There is a Haparanda (Sweden) based bus company which runs four town routes in Haparanda (Bla/Gron/Lila/Rod) and two of them (Bla/Lila) cross the border and serve parts...
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    Trivia - Bus routes which change countries

    Canada and USA have the same thing with their local bus routes. Whatcom County Transit operate a bus route on the USA side to and from Sumas which terminates by the border post. BC Transit operate a bus route on the Canada side to and from Huntingdon which terminates by the border post. You just...
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    Trivia - Bus routes which change countries

    The bridge opened on 26 July 2022 so it is about four years old now. It enables you to stay in Croatia and avoid Bosnia completely. Croatia is in the Schengen area. Bosnia is not in the Schengen area. So there will have to be four lots of border control for anyone passing through here. There is...
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    Trivia - Bus routes which change countries

    That presumably means they go through four border controls within a space of about four miles. You have to go through Croatian exit control then Bosnian entry control then Bosnian exit control then Croatian entry control. Must be a very slow journey. I am surprised they do not just use the...
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    Trivia - Bus routes which change countries

    Campione D Italia is another very similar place just like the Busingen Am Hochrhein exclave. It is a piece of Italy surrounded by Switzerland and it also uses CHF as its main currency. It has two cross border routes. Bus route 439 runs from Campione D Italia (IT) to Lugano (CH) and is operated...
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    Trivia - Bus routes which change countries

    Yes there is a bus linking Llivia in Spain with La Seu D Urgell in Spain which runs four times a day in each direction. It passes through France on the way. It is run by ALSA and i think it is operated using coaches rather than buses. The village of Os De Civis in Spain is also de facto exclave...
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    ATOS Anne Announcments

    There is a reason she is not on it. We got hold of the Atos Anne files through an unofficial source and they used to be on the rail announcements generator until Worldline made a legal threat. Worldline are jobsworths that seem to hate any enthusiasts having access to their files even if it is...
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    Trivia - Bus routes which change countries

    Route number 3 is a local town bus between Valga (Estonia) and Valka (Latvia) that crosses the border.
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    Trivia - Bus routes which change countries

    There are actually two local bus routes that currently cross the Norway to Sweden border: • 111 - Halden (NO) to Stromstad (SE) (Operared by Sweden based Vasttrafik) • 120 - Kongsvinger (NO) to Charlottenberg (SE) (Operated by Norway based Innlandstrafikk) The 120 is unique in being the only...
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    Blackpool North Station passenger management

    Blackpool North has been notorious for its stupid setup for years. It is overstaffed and has a good amount of jobsworths employed there. They normally make everyone wait in the concourse until a few minutes before departure and then let everyone through. It is a stupid unnecessary setup. I have...
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    Getting a CCST ticket instead of PRT ticket for Rover?

    Depends who you buy it from. Southern Conductor get 5% commission. Southern OBS get a flat 50p per ticket. So a Southern Conductor would get a commission of £31.25 (7day std) or £47.45 (14day std) or £47.45 (7day 1st) or £72.50 (14day 1st) from an All Line Rover sale which is a huge amount. But...
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    Trivia: Journeys between two locations that can be done in opposing 'directions'?

    Crystal Palace and Gipsy Hill and West Norwood all have trains to London Bridge leaving in opposite directions.
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    Getting a CCST ticket instead of PRT ticket for Rover?

    You could buy from a Southern Guard or Southern OBS if you want a CCST ticket. They are one of the very few TOCs left whose onboard staff still solely use Steatite CCST printers. You can find a Southern Guard on any London to Uckfield or Clapham to Watford or Eastbourne to Ashford train. You can...
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    Additional routes that could justify a 24hr per day train service?

    Brighton Main Line on the section South of Three Bridges could definitely justify a 24/7 service. It is a very busy line with people coming back from London and going to and from Gatwick Airport for work or early or late flights. I think an all night London to Brighton and vice versa service...
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    TPE Nova 2 (cl397) auto announcer

    There is a new video on youtube now of the Grant Rodden announcements on the class 397 trains: I think it just sounds a bit amateur. I am not sure why TPE keep using staff members instead of hiring a professional voiceover artists. You can tell that he is not a professional voiceover...
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    Thameslink PIS system is terrible

    The 195 196 197 231 331 380 385 397 398 700 707 717 756 800 801 802 803 MK5A all use the Televic PIS system. They use a variety of difference screens for different classes but the Televic PIS system is the same.
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    Open-top buses & ENCTS

    I doubt any exist. The only place i have heard of that is on most of our trams which only accept local ENCTS passes. I have never heard of an open top bus accepting local ENCTS passes but not others. I doubt the council would allow that.
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    The extortionate prices of postage stamps these days.

    If anyone wants to save money on 1st class stamps and 2nd class stamps then it is worth stocking up on stamps today before the increase. I have just been to the Post Office this morning and stocked up. The price goes up from the 7th on Tuesday next week. But many Post Offices will be closed on...
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    Introduction of European Entry-Exit Scheme (EES)

    Dieppe still had zero sign of EES being rolled out last week. Still stamping as normal and no fingerprints being taken and no photos being taken. Absoutely no sign of any EES equipment. Some of these smaller crossings seem to be rolling out incredibly slow and delayed. There is zero chance that...
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    New Trolleybus Line and New Tram/Bus Bridge in Prague.

    Is this new 52 a proper full trolleybus? Or a hybrid like the other routes? Some of the other new Prague trolleybus routes like the Airport to Veleslavin one are hybrids. They run off the wires on part of the route.

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