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  1. Mike395

    All cross country services suspended 23/08/26

    Not a good look. Whoever approved non-redundant critical systems for CrossCountry operations at Arriva must be a bit red in the face today….
  2. Mike395

    Scrap EMR Connect and extend Thameslink to Corby

    No thank you, Bedford to the North is inconvenient enough as it is, and the poor commuters of Bedford and Wellingborough have just had 20 minutes added onto the average journey time. EMR just need to get the 360 fleet into a place where it is reliable, consistently.
  3. Mike395

    Southeastern on-site ticketing contract goes to Worldline

    The point remains though that it should, in my view, be an option rather than the JP being the only way of purchasing tickets. Particularly if TOCs are removing TVMs, the time each person spends at one needs to be optimised.
  4. Mike395

    Another German derailment - freight train at Geseke

    The accident report has (finally!) been published - unlocked for @U-Bahnfreund to provide an update.
  5. Mike395

    Flexible return Geneva airport to Geneva Cornavin

    Worth mentioning that if you are staying at a hotel/Airbnb in Geneva you should get a public transport card valid for your entire stay, which also covers journeys from/to the airport.
  6. Mike395

    VRR Border Zones

    Or in the case of one visit to Zaandam earlier this year 'our control centre can't open these gates remotely, just use the emergency plunger and let yourself out'. But yes - never had an issue in NL using the info poles if I get stuck.
  7. Mike395

    DB delays with ticket bought from SNCB

    That isn't correct as far as I'm aware, the original ticket retailer is irrelevant for delays where the journey was still completed (much like here in the UK) - SNCB will just refer you back to DB. They'll need to complete this form and post it back (yes, I know it's archaic!) or hand it into a...
  8. Mike395

    Introduction of European Entry-Exit Scheme (EES)

    Correct, you now enter Schengen alongside entering Gibraltar.
  9. Mike395

    Caledonian Sleeper

    Looks like the Northbound Lowlander was cancelled due to a fault last night, so they took an operational decision to cancel the southbound Highlander from Edinburgh, presumably to ensure the sets are still balanced. As someone who doesn't pay attention to the sleeper operation nowadays on a...
  10. Mike395

    EMR Regional and Connect refurbishments

    Yes, but with no ability to walk between the sets, there is still only one accessible to passengers at any one time.
  11. Mike395

    Trains all at a stand in the Manchester area... (Thursday afternoon 06AUG2026)

    That service is terminating at Rochdale - looks like Victoria is still entirely blocked.
  12. Mike395

    EMR Regional and Connect refurbishments

    As far as I am aware the 360s only ever had one toilet even when they were with GA, so I think the site is just plain wrong.
  13. Mike395

    EMR Regional and Connect refurbishments

    Per @LowLevel and as someone who travels on them regularly, there is only one toilet per unit.
  14. Mike395

    Copenhagen 'tourist tax' on non-EU card payments

    It's been the case certainly throughout the 3 years or so I've been going a couple of times a year, but does seem to be spreading. Both debit and credit cards are affected, the only thing that decides if the surcharge is applied is the country of issue.
  15. Mike395

    Forum loading issues?

    Yes, today has been particularly bad! After spending a good chunk of my evening so far playing around with rulesets, I think I've found a reasonable compromise. Almost certainly, we're not specifically being targeted other than we're content-rich so ideal for AI bots to stomp around!
  16. Mike395

    Forum loading issues?

    Sorry, I've been tinkering a bit! Unfortunately the nature of the attack means Cloudflare is intermittently not coping very well..... but the rate limiting messages should be gone now, that was my fault :)
  17. Mike395

    Forum loading issues?

    Apologies - we've had a surge in bot traffic again, which I'm doing my best to mitigate against. The ads issue was unrelated, AdSense decided it wanted to run an experiment without so much as telling us...
  18. Mike395

    Odd forum layout

    Apologies - AdSense decided it was (without our input) going to run an ‘experiment’ - needless to say it was unsuccessful and have told it to keep the previous layout :D
  19. Mike395

    Denmark Rejsekort smartcard replaced by Rejsekort smartphone app

    For those that can use it and want to, the EasyRide-style check in-check out works well (plus visitors to Denmark can use it too, without the faff of getting a physical card). Why shouldn't the two co-exist?
  20. Mike395

    Eurostar London to Antwerp

    They're all Amsterdam services - so it's just adding an additional stop at Antwerp (which makes sense as trains basically crawl through it anyway so might as well stop) - but good news nonetheless.

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