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  1. roversfan2001

    MP Sir David Amess has been stabbed and killed

    Unthinkable that this has somehow happened again. The fact that two democratically elected representatives have been murdered during the course of their duties in the past 6 years is mind-boggling.
  2. roversfan2001

    Vaccine Progress, Approval, and Deployment

    Them showing how many people have had a booster jab will just further encourage the terminally terrified to push for booster jabs for all.
  3. roversfan2001

    Manchester Central Zone day return tickets available in app / smart card?

    I suspect that the ticket is only available on a standard credit card sized ticket or a Paper Roll Ticket as its mixed-mode. Tickets from stations in Greater Manchester will automatically be issued to 'Manchester Central Zone', if you board the train and ask for a ticket to Piccadilly, you'll...
  4. roversfan2001

    Avanti - how to change seat reservation (using an Off Peak return)

    This is because Avanti services are marked as 'reservations compulsory' in the industry data, when they aren't, and even when other operators (looking at you, LNER) were quite strict about this, Avanti didn't really seem to care. I'm not sure why they're still marked as such in the data when it...
  5. roversfan2001

    Ticket Validity "Cluster"

    Put simply, no. A ticket from Dartford would allow you to use either route though.
  6. roversfan2001

    Car travel being cheaper than train travel?

    My car does ~55mpg so it sets a very high bar for the train to even come close when it comes to price - and I have to pay for my miles too as I'm on a telematics insurance policy. When I'm solo the train will normally win purely because a. I like travelling by train, b. I have a railcard and c...
  7. roversfan2001

    What is the Covid-19 Exit Strategy of 'Zero Covid' countries such as Hong Kong?

    Is the implication there that instead of 1 COVID death, they actually had thousands, but just didn't test any of them? :s
  8. roversfan2001

    Vaccine Passports - currently being considered in Scotland & Wales

    Is this some sort of twisted race to the bottom? Insinuating that we should be happy with the past 18 months because others have had it worse is laughable.
  9. roversfan2001

    Working from home

    I've not been in the office since March 24th last year and there are currently no plans for us to return. It's not been made officially permanent but the review date keeps getting pushed back and by the sounds of it the vast majority of us are quite happy working from home. I, for one, would...
  10. roversfan2001

    Lincolnshire Day Ranger - missing towns/lines

    A 'normal' punter is highly unlikely to know the ticket exists in the first place, and even less likely to buy it.
  11. roversfan2001

    Overcrowding, staff shortages, shielding, vaccinations, returning to the railway …

    You don't need to be an employment lawyer to know that that entire paragraph is absolute drivel.
  12. roversfan2001

    Avanti West Coast: Standard Premium

    If all First Class passengers fit in half a carriage on weekends, why would they allocate more of the train to First?
  13. roversfan2001

    Vaccine Passports - currently being considered in Scotland & Wales

    What’s the end game in your grand plan of harsh restrictions and medical segregation? Covid is here to stay, like it or not.
  14. roversfan2001

    Special Offers Discussion

    If Northern's twitter told me the sky was blue I'd still open the curtains and check.
  15. roversfan2001

    Collecting Tickets at Northern Machines

    You can collect them from any station that has the required facilities (either a TVM or ticket office*). *Merseyrail stations excepted.
  16. roversfan2001

    National Routeing Guide update

    This was an ‘issue’ on a number of TIS for years and was a source of many a loophole for the Preston-Manchester corridor. Sad to see it go. :'(
  17. roversfan2001

    Non-Urgent TOPS Requests

    Please can anyone advise what units were on the 1645 Beckenham Junction to London Bridge on Saturday 14/08? Thanks
  18. roversfan2001

    19th July Lockdown Easing - Observations and Compliance

    People with tattoos don't generally look down on those without them and judge them for it, nor do they accuse people without tattoos of being germ-ridden granny killers.
  19. roversfan2001

    Trainsplit charging booking fee? (Edit: my mistake, they’re not)

    Trainsplit also doesn't charge a share of savings fee when the route it finds isn't a permitted route for a through ticket. I'm not sure how or why, it's just what I've found over years of using it.

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