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    Watford Junction Travelcard

    It is possible you were sold a 1-6 travelcard with an extension return from Zone 6 to Watford Junction.. (so you would make a single journey to London, travel around on your 1-6, and make your return journey back, when you would have no longer need for your ticket).. Whereas the LU one is a full...
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    Travelcard offers?

    Yep - Groupsave 3. Two of you pay, one travels free.
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    Schoolboy to sue over brother's railway death

    Just another case of people finding someone to blame. Same thing will probably happen as did over here - several children were playing 'chicken' on a foot crossing at Angel Road, two of them got struck and killed by a Stansted Express, people complained and the foot crossing was clsoed and...
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    Night time working

    Admittedly I hadn't thought of taking my laptop in, which would mean a DVD player and simsig lol... Cheers guys, good ideas for next time ;) NOC is staffed 24hrs, every day - including Christmas Day. We only get a couple of hours with no phone calls really.. when the trains stop running the...
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    Night time working

    Ah well we didn't have sandwiches, we made fish and chips ;D But as I said the problem with the internet up there is that almost everything is blocked..
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    Night time working

    So here I am, sitting in the Network Control Centre, on my first night shift, waiting for the first trains to start trickling through. Seeing as I've been pretty much sitting here and doing nothing for the last few hours, I've been wondering what you guys do when your on nights? Other than...
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    You know it's christmas when..

    In my house the symbol of the start of Christmas has always been the CocaCola advert =P Funnily enough I haven't seen it yet, I'm sure it was on by now this time last year?
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    New Circle Line service at Paddington

    ...and to provide a fixed start/end point for the Circle line to aid service recovery.
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    The Underground Blog Experience (TUBE)

    It just seems to be filled with swear words to be honest - something which you only post on when you are in a bad mood.. For anyone who is genuinely interested in a blog from passengers' point of view, may I suggest Annie Mole's: http://london-underground.blogspot.com/ She posts about both...
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    What train is this shadow from..

    Oooh, I know this! =D its a train, right? x]
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    I got a job today!

    There are loads of TfL discounts available which I believe you should be entitled to - just an example, we get discounts on things from Thorpe Park, to iwoot.com and Cineworld/Odeon..
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    Full Oyster PAYG on National Rail...almost there now

    You can get a network railcard & gold card discount entitlement put onto your registered oyster card, and accompanied adults can also have paper tickets issued at a discounted amount for the accompanied gold card, etc.. Or you can go to any LU ticket office and get the journey resolved and...
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    What an awful idea!

    I haven't... but i'd like to try.
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    What an awful idea!

    But still, to sucessfully couple the train would virtually have to stop anyway - so it might aswell serve the station..
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    fatality at watford

    Actually was Harrow & Wealdstone, hence Bakerloo was suspended
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    More woe for NX

    The only problem with a new owner of the East Anglia franchise in 2011, is that it will mean another shoddy interim livery on one of the main rail lines serving the Olympic Park..
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    Train Driver Posts on Jobcentreplus

    With regards to a train operators licence, as driver9000 says I believe companies issue their own, but as to qualifications there is an NVQ Lever 2 in Rail Transport Operations (Train Driving)
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    London Underground Drivers

    I think thats very good to be honest! Well done.
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    Oyster or Visiting Oyster

    Get the ordinary Oyster! The visitors Oyster has a non-refundable cost and you can only use Pay as you go. The normal oyster has a refundable charge and you can use both pay as you go and season tickets.

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