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    Bus Routes usually operated by stock with Wifi and USB Charging

    Which bus routes are normally operated using stock that has USB and Wifi? Essex 1 Shoeburyness - Thorpe Bay - Southend - Hadleigh - Rayleigh. Essex X30 Southend - Chelmsford - Stansted
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    Westcliff - Stratford Season Ticket

    I am trying to find out if a point-to-point Westcliff - Stratford London season ticket exists (NOT a Travelcard or ticket to Zones 3-6 etc). I think there is one, and c2c have quoted £84.80 for a weekly season ticket from Westcliff to Stratford. However, when I check brfares.com and Avantix...
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    Do signalpeople really refer to passengers as "chimps" and

    I am a member of a commutor group on facebook and have been posting various information about the usage of tickets from Hockley, Rochford, Southend Aiport, Prittlewell and Southend Victoria on the c2c line. There are some railway staff that participate in these group pouring scorn on the...
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    Witham - Ilford season tkt changeover to Witham - Stratford during crossrail works

    A passenger bought an annual season ticket from Witham to Ilford from Witham ticket office on 21/11/2016. The season ticket cost £3456. Normally, the passenger boards a train at Witham, gets off at Shenfield and changes to a train to Ilford. However, there will be Crossrail engineering works...
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    Smart card to paper ticket?

    Can passengers who have been issued with a Smart Card ticket move to a paper ticket? More specifically, a passenger has a Greater Anglia smart card season ticket from Rochford - London Terminals. Can this passenger convert it back to a paper ticket? If so, how? I can find plenty of...
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    NFM54 EAM - National Fares Manual 54: East Anglia from 16 May 1993 PDF

    Please find attached a PDF of the British Rail National Fares Manual 53 (East Anglia Area) valid from 16 May 1993. This document is released under the terms of the Open Government license v3. The document has been OCR'd, but the OCR should absolutely not be relied upon. It is designed to be...
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    Broxbourne - U23* - Penalty Fare Given at Liverpool Street

    This is an interesting case that was sent to the Greater Anglia Twitter Account. The passenger, a child had purchased a Broxbourne to Zone U23 ticket with the intention of going to Custom House for Excel. It's not clear how they purchased their ticket. The passenger took the train in to...
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    Stratford - Kew Gardens - Cheapest Way

    I am looking to make a journey from Stratford - Kew Gardens as cheaply as possible. What do forum members suggest? (I suspect the answer is the North London line, but I am not sure, and am also not sure of how the fare is calculated. I have an Oyster card and a contactless card.
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    Complaint To The Department for Transport About Fares Changes Proposed By Great Ang

    Here's a redacted version of the complaint that I have sent in to the Department for Transport complaining - about the Department giving consent for fares on flows from stations on the Southend Victoria line to London Terminals to be routed via Shenfield; - about Greater Anglia making a change...
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    Billericay - London Terms: ANY PERMITTED - Validity to Fenchurch Street via Emerson P

    Lets say I held a Billericay to London Terminals (Any Permitted Route Ticket) SDS Single. The National Rail website says that where a ticket is to London Terminals: Using the Bukitlawang shortest route engine, the shortest route to London Fenchurch Street is via Emerson Park. However, the...
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    Current Dual Availability Season Tickets / Inter Available Stations

    Can someone with access to the manual please confirm: which c2c season tickets have dual availability, and the stations they are valid to which c2c stations are inter-available which Greater Anglia season tickets are dual availability, and their stations which Greater Anglia stations are...
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    Explanatory Notes To The Railways Act 1993

    I am looking to access and view the explanatory notes (preferably online) to the Railways Act 1993. Due to the year of the bill, these are not available on legislation.gov.uk. I have no access to the parliapapers service through my local library. Any help much appreciated.
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    Microwaving a National Timetable Book to unbind the pages

    I am looking to unbind a few pages from a 1995 copy of the National Rail Timetable (one of the staff editions). This is so that I can scan and enlarge the pages - I have tried using a scanner but the 'curve' at the spine end of the pages is too great and I have also tried using a phone camera...
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    British Rail Passenger Ticket Book Of Routes 1952.

    I am looking to obtain a copy of the following documents: British Railways (1952) Amendments to Passenger Tickets Book Of Routes British Railways (1952) Passenger Tickets Book of Routes. Any other amendment documents published. I have tried ebay, Amazon etc. to no avail (I missed out...
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    TOCs are 'public authorities' and must comply with the Human Rights Act. Discuss.

    This is an extract from a letter I recently sent to a Train Operating Company (TOC) asking them whether or not they considered themselves to by a public authority. In this extract, where I use the phrase ‘public authority’, I mean a hybrid public authority as defined by Section 6(3)b of the...
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    East Midlands 7 Day Rover - Valid on Buses to Norton Bridge, Wedgwood and Barlaston?

    The East Midlands 7 Day Rover is indicated on being valid on the line from Stoke on Trent to Stafford via Stone (PDF). This line includes three stations that have been semi-closed since the West Coast Main Line upgrade works in 2004 - they have a replacement bus service and no trains stop there...
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    Possible Error in GMPTE Map on National Rail Website

    I believe that I may have found an error in a map on the National Rail website - before I report it though, it might be useful to have confirmation from someone more knowledgeable and familiar with the area myself. There error I may have found is in this file (PDF) which is linked to from the...
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    Derbyshire Wayfarer from Nottingham or Beeston - inc. Attenborough

    If I were to purchase the Derbyshire Wayfarer ticket from Nottingham or Beeston, would I be able to 'rove' along the Nottingham - Long Eaton line and alight at will at Attenborough?
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    Wheelchair user told to board a train where there wasn't a designated space

    Not my dispute, but I am interested to see some opinions here. Quoted from the original blog post at Transport for All. Does the wheelchair user have the right to board the train wherever they want, where there is a wheelchair space only, or only where the staff allow them to board?
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    The appalling way some railway staff treat other staff...

    ....each other. While trawling through Freedom of Information requests to find out something, I happened upon this request for information about assaults on railway staff and it's response (an Excel spreadsheet). I have extracted those assaults recorded as staff-on-staff then exported them to...

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