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    Delay from London Underground

    On Sunday I traveled from Sheffield to Catford with a through ticket that allowed travel on the underground to connect at Victoria for a Thameslink service. King’s Cross underground was closed when I arrived due to big crowds from the Arsenal parade, unsure what to do I walked to Blackfriars...
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    fare evaders

    Just a question for folk Today travelling from Rotherham to Sheffield a passenger got on with me and left with me. Sitting in the same carriage I noticed that as the guard came down he attempted (and succeed) to hide from him by keeping his head down. A huge part of me wanted to notify...
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    Revenue Protection 'Barriers'

    Hi All Just wondered if anyone could shed any light on why yesterday at around 16.30 a group of revenue protection staff were at meadowhall station but most appeared to be East Midlands Trains staff, yet no EMT services call there :-? A couple of Northern staff where also present but it just...
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    Station Announcements

    Hey I just wondered if anyone could shed any light on why at Long Eaton station the automatic announcements (using the same voice used at Sheffield/Leeds/Nottingham etc) appeared to have stopped being used? Do EMT have to pay some kind of royalties for them that they no Longer feel are...
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    Locking Passengers In

    Today the 18:01 EMT service from Long Eaton to Sheffield closed its doors before all the passengers wanting to leave at Long Eaton had alighted. I watched about half a dozen people in one coach alone helplessly stay on the train till Derby. What's the procedure for meridian train doors are...
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    number of trains per hour

    hey all just wondered if anyone could shed any light on why often trains between stations are so close? This thought came to me when I found out that between Derby and Long Eaton 3 trains per hour are available -however all of them depart between XX.10 and XX.22 with the next not being...
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    train companies and tickets

    hello there, just wondered if anyone could tell me (or tell me where I can find out) how the fare charged for a ticket is split between train companies: for example I often buy an off peak return from Attenborough to Sheffield priced at £11.10 with a railcard. With there being no ticket...

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