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    Thameslink fare evasion self-report (England

    What's more, in the unlikely event of having a cheque book it will have a name and bank account details on it, and needs signing.
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    All cross country services suspended 23/08/26

    That's true, but relying on just one building can't possibly be acceptable for a public service. Say it was a bomb / explosion or such like that puts the building out of action either permanently or even for longer than a day. Can there really be zero resilience and the service be impossible to...
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    Forced to pay fine in cash at London Liverpool Street

    If someone has stolen £30 it is presumably also against the Theft Act 1968.
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    MiddSex & Leicestershire in Metro Bank final - can EMR run earlier trains to Nottingham?

    The game is a knock out final, so it wouldn't have been known who was in it until this week. Middlesex have said they will run coaches, and have asked for interest to determine how many.
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    Collective competition claim against Govia Thameslink Railway

    There are plenty of arguments put forward, but perhaps the major one is that competition law doesn't apply to a company that does not have commercial autonomy separate from the government: This does show how this is definitely a non-issue post nationalization, the question in this part is how...
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    Collective competition claim against Govia Thameslink Railway

    Good point, but maybe they could say it is precautionary just in case. Either way there has now almost been as much time since the first filing as there was between that and the issue arising [30 Sept 2015 per the claim].
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    Most ticket machines being removed from Luton Airport Parkway

    Re Luton Airport Parkway, a couple of further issues are that quite a few people will be from overseas and there can be quirks in using non UK issued contactless cards, and secondly the issue that contactless will work to London, but not north to Bedford or further, making it confusing...
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    Collective competition claim against Govia Thameslink Railway

    Does it not imply they thought that they would win and that the legal wrinkle didn't exist? As you say it wouldn't have taken much to change the law?
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    Collective competition claim against Govia Thameslink Railway

    That site is working now [I'm just catching up on a few weeks of posts], but says the following in its update. Does anyone know the full meaning of decertification?
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    Thameslink core broken - 13th July 26 - what could be done to improve things?

    I was about to say the same. I used to commute pre-Covid to St Albans and got on at Blackfriars on the way home as it was the last stop where a seat could be guaranteed peaktime. Looking at the extreme of Bedford to Brighton or Gatwick doesn't capture what for most passengers is the benefit of...
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    Bus Fare Cap will be £2 from January

    Whilst I agree with you, this isn't going to happen [see also the electricity VAT cut which is designed to give the most benefit to those who don't "need" it]. The political idea is to try and reduce headline inflation, at least in the next 12 months or so, and thus using public expenditure to...
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    The Railways Bill - discussion about the legislation that will create Great British Railways

    A lot will depend on how many and what type of changes the House of Lords make. There will be a third reading in the House of Lords following the committee stage and then it will go back to the House of Commons. It could go back and forth between the Houses if there are any disagreements over...
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    Thameslink core broken - 13th July 26 - what could be done to improve things?

    Plus of course reducing the strain on Kings Cross St Pancras underground station.
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    100 instances of Fare Evasion

    The other advantage of email of course is that you will have a written record of what they have asked and how you have replied.
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    Increase of TfL Incomplete Journey Fare Trial

    and as soon as it is known that fare-dodging is taken on the chin, why would anyone buy a ticket, or the right ticket? What would GBR have done better in this case - Project Oval? The issues and trade-offs are the same.
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    What Should Be done to Prolific Offenders Who Don't Pay Their Court Fines

    As per the story he is supposed to be moving onto benefits and then paying £5 per week from the end of this month. His means will then be assessed at the end of August. I doubt he will be able to pay any more, and there is little that can be realistically done except by the probation service or...
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    My proposal for railcard reform under GBR

    If, and it is a big if, fares outside the South East are poor value, then surely the answer is to reduce those fares rather than introduce a national railcard which would not alter the relative fares between the South East and elsewhere.
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    Keygo interaction with standard ITSO when BoJ

    Chargeback for under £100 is voluntary but most card issuers have such a scheme.
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    Connecting services on Advance

    You usually have to get though the barriers first. I've had an advanced Thameslink ticket through to St Pancras and then on via Euston checked in detail at St Albans barriers and told there that my train isn't the next one, albeit let through. Such tickets normally go through the barriers at St...
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    My proposal for railcard reform under GBR

    Given that the elderly are much more likely to vote than younger people, scrapping discounts for them will never happen.

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