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    Trivia: networks that have scrapped ticket machines

    Hagen municipal operator Hagener Straßenbahn had ticket machines at some stops during the last years of the tram era, my 1975/76 timetable has a list of them. Later I only remember one machine at one of our central bus stations, but that was decommissioned sometime on the mid-2000s. Nowadays...
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    Buses U-turning

    Hagener Straßenbahn bus 535 does a U-turn at Hagen Markt on the crossroads of Bergischer Ring / Märkischer Ring / Frankfurter Straße. I don't know how it's done regarding the traffic lights, I believe there might be a bus-only turn signal where it's possible, but I'm not sure.
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    Deutsche Bahn is now selling British tickets

    Looking at https://www.bahn.de/ you can now book (some) tickets within Great Britain using their website. Would be fun to know how well their implementation is. I can hardly imagine anyone at DB knows the ins and outs of British ticketing restrictions and so on. Maybe someone with more expertise...
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    Stockport Platform Zero Closed

    What do you guys mean when you say "the platform needs to be staffed"?
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    Trivia: False destinations on trains

    This works as long as passengers don't use any apps which just display the last station of a particular service, because the fake destination either isn't properly in the data feeds or the app in question doesn't show it. Then people search for trains that aren't on the boards...
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    National express West Midlands

    I'm not up-to-date with current English legislation, how would bus operation work with a municipal bus company? Would there still be an in-house contract of the authority with its bus company instead of tendering?
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    Another German derailment - freight train at Geseke

    Thanks Mike The accident report has been published by the German equivalent of RAIB, the Bundesstelle für Eisenbahnunfalluntersuchung (BEU) on Monday. PDF file (4MB) here...
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    VRR Border Zones

    1) no it's a 24 hour ticket. It's valid 24 hours from the point of validation. That's the time restriction. 2) Dortmund Hbf has green VRR Ticket machines (or the local DSW21 ones) where you can buy the ticket, and it'll be either valid from purchase or after punching it in the Entwerter, the...
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    The joy of separate railway enterprises (complex fares in France)

    As mentioned in post #69, the ticket you want can be bought online, just not in the SNCF Connect or IdFM apps. You need use the special "Acheter des billets" button found on this site: https://www.ter.sncf.com/hauts-de-france/tarifs-cartes/autres-tarifs-ter/billet-tarif-normal-avec-idf a single...
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    Flexible return Geneva airport to Geneva Cornavin

    Download the Fairtiq app and use that to pay. Just "swipe" the button in the app before starting the journey and "swipe it back" when you've finished. It'll then find the best price
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    Virgin Trains granted track access for international services by ORR

    In the decision letter, there's this link to the LSPH page, but my PDF software can't manage to open it. Does anyone have the link?
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    DB delays with ticket bought from SNCB

    I've taken my advice from this: https://www.bahn.de/service/informationen-buchung/fahrgastrechte/rechtliche-regelungen You can also find the same rule on SNCB's page linked in my post: Within Germany, I also do it the other way around (I buy my Deutschland-Ticket from my local tram operator...
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    DB delays with ticket bought from SNCB

    They should contact SNCB as the ticket seller. Their form can be found here: https://www.b-europe.com/EN/Contact/Client-Service#form
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    European Timetables

    Bahn doesn't have any of Flix's times except the Flixtrains that run within Germany
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    Berlin hbf timetables

    https://www.bahnhof.de/berlin-hauptbahnhof live departure board and pdf
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    [FI] First revenue train Oulu-Haaparanta

    That's true for basically any train route in Finland though, isn't it?
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    "Mini Switzerland" trial - a good use of £12m?

    Switzerland is not all mountains. Two thirds of its population, and consequently most of its public transport, is located in non-mountainous areas such as the Mittelland.
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    The joy of separate railway enterprises (complex fares in France)

    I have found this page now: https://www.ter.sncf.com/hauts-de-france/tarifs-cartes/autres-tarifs-ter/billet-tarif-normal-avec-idf Using the link "Acheter des billets" under "Trajet occasionnel entre les Hauts-de-France et l'IDF" you can actually buy a single ticket "Tarif Normal desservi par...
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    Trivia - Bus routes which change countries

    Here's a fairly comprehensive list of cross-border public transport to and from Germany https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenz%C3%BCberschreitender_Personennahverkehr_in_Deutschland The 231 bus from Rastatt to Soufflenheim will soon be replaced by an hourly (weekend two-hourly) X31 bus going all...
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    The joy of separate railway enterprises (complex fares in France)

    Since 2016, §131 Abs. 3 GWB means that when the operator changes, the German equivalent of TUPE (§613a BGB) applies

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