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The poster made no mention of a cancelled train. I read it as though the football team had chosen at short notice to travel on the train rather than up the M6. If they didn't have reservations on the train, then they should just have had to take whatever seats were available, like anyone else.

It is going to bring home to First Group and it's successors and peers that they can't just ignore their safety responsibilities in the way that GWR did.

But if it wasn't for the alcohol, he would likely remain a repressed one. Alcohol may not be the main cause, but it is certainly a significant contributory cause. As we probably won't be able to eliminate all the oafs from the population (eugenics having gone out of fashion), we have to look...

So people who had pre-booked tickets, and therefore presumably seat reservations in this coach, were booted out? I think if I had a seat reservation in that coach, I would have stayed put.

I think that you need to remember the climate in which the HST was developed. It was developed by traditional locomotive engineers using traditional technology. It was seen as a stop-gap measure until the APT came into production service. The APT had been plagued by problems largely due to...

Agreed. PAYG does seem to put people in a weaker position. It is the tapping in after the time the train was due to depart that is problematic. It either means that you arrived too late to catch that train, or that you were already aware that the train was running late when you tapped in and...

Based on my experience at Prague, registering on one of these kiosks does not get you out of passing through immigration. If you are joining the non -EU passport queue at immigration, you are required to register on one of these terminals first, before joining the queue. Anybody on the air...

Unfortunately with the type of coal some lines are using now that proper steam coal is no longer available, ash is a big problem. On a recent trip on the Welshpool, I found it almost impossible to look forward when standing on the balcony, as there was an almost constant rain of ash coming...

Would he have a clear forward view of the crossing if he parked in that off road area? Things such as the likelihood of traffic standing back over a crossing will rule out an AHB. It isn't just based on how busy a road is. As the volume of road traffic increases, so the chances of an accident...

If at the time that you started your journey you already had valid ticket(s) for the entire through journey, then I think that you would have had some right under the PRO to a refund of your taxi fare. However, you would probably have had a fight on your hands to get it, as TOCs seem to take...

Appeal straight away. Don't wait however long it might take TPE to get around to processing it, passing it back to TfW, and it then sitting in TfW's inbox. It is not uncommon for claims to be rejected initially, particularly as in this case the speed of response indicates that it was probably...

I wonder if the recent prosecution of GWR is going to affect heritage railways? At the very least, I suspect that many lines will be reviewing their safety cases. Note that there is a separate thread for discussion of the GWR prosecution itself.

Because the fee applies per transaction, not per ticket.

Because previous droplight fatalities had shown that the signage was ineffective? I seem to recall at least one case where NR has been taken to court for not maintaining adequate protection against trespass. Such cases, as in this droplight case, are usually taken by the ORR rather than the...

And millions of people travelled on trains without continuous brakes, without block signalling, before they were mandated. 1759616718 A sign is no use whatsoever to those people who don't see it or can't understand it. Or think they know better.

My experience arriving at Prague was that the biometric scan was quick and straightforward. Face photo and finger prints taken and passport scanned. The terminal then asked some quick questions, including if I recall correctly how long I was intending to stay this trip, did I have travel...

What use is the moral high ground if Israel resumes its slaughter? It is highly unlikely that Trump will act against Israel, as we have already seen when Netanyahu has broken previous agreements. And while he has said that he has accepted the plan, Netanyahu has already given clear indications...

If you claim from the wrong TOC, they don't just pay up and then claim the money back from the TOC who actually delayed you. They should forward your claim onto the correct TOC, who will then process the claim in the same way as if you had sent it to them in the first place. But I am not sure...

What did you state on the claim as your planned itinerary? I suspect that this payment is based not on the 1835 train that you actually caught due to the tube disruption, but on your original itinerary being for the 1805 train. The 1805 arrived 33 minutes late into Horsham.

Local residents do still get heavily discounted fares on the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland, but only at quieter times of year. And you no longer need to buy a Cerdyn to get them. Such discounted fares are currently available throughout October. I seem to recall them also being available in...