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    Caledonian Sleeper

    True. At least its similarly wonky cousin, Lumo West Coast, is relatively cheap in its pricing.
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    Avanti West Coast - Renationalisation on March 7th 2027

    Could be something of a case study in "be careful what you wish for".
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    Noise protocols for overnight rail services

    At least the demise of the heritage DMU and "Pacer" units removed their special type of engine noise disturbance.
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    Great Northern - Hertford Loop and Welwyn - why has the service been poor?

    I doubt if an insider would have anything additional to impart which is known only internally. The entire Great Northern Inner/Outer plus Thameslink operation appears set up to function on a "least worst" basis in terms of deployment of available units and staff. Once even modest disruption...
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    First Rail Stirling (Lumo) Rolling Stock

    Just half a diagram cancelled so far today. From: https://www.journeycheck.com/lumo/
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    First Rail Stirling (Lumo) Rolling Stock

    For the second day running Lumo have ditched one of their diagrams and left other operators to pick up their abandoned passengers.
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    Time Tables

    I believe the modern corporate-speak for this process is "sunsetting a product".
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    Things in living memory which seem very anachronistic now

    For which I recollect there was/is a specific drivers' hand-signal to indicate an intention to drive "straight on".
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    Things in living memory which seem very anachronistic now

    The days before pedestrian crossings had a red or green man to indicate stop or go. Instead either "Wait" in red at the top or "Cross Now" in yellow (or white?) at the bottom.
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    Hertford Loop issues 14/9 (and Gordon Hill question)

    As well as the GN Inners being disrupted there were some delays on GN Outers to/from Kings Lynn/Ely and signalling problems in the core caused disruption on Thameslink to add to the mix.
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    First Rail Stirling (Lumo) Rolling Stock

    A quick snapshot of the following webpage at 1750hrs. https://www.journeycheck.com/lumo/
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    First Rail Stirling (Lumo) Rolling Stock

    Concerning that this seems to have been a hallmark of the service from day 1.
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    Caledonian Sleeper

    Thank you.
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    Caledonian Sleeper

    Does anyone know if the £2 bus/coach single Fare Cap in West of Scotland introduced by the SNP government on 7th September 2026 has been adopted by Citylink and/or Ember on the Glasgow-Oban and Glasgow-Fort William/Skye services? I had a quick look on the internet but couldn't find a definitive...
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    Update to National Rail Enquiries disruption page

    And trivial occurrences with minimal impact are often given equal prominence to mass disruption events. A classic case where "improving" something has made it considerably worse than it was in the first place.
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    Update to National Rail Enquiries disruption page

    Hard enough for seasoned users of the page to be able to find disruption information on first attempt within its new incarnation let alone for a "normal" accessing the page on a rare occasion.
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    Update to National Rail Enquiries disruption page

    I'd assumed at first that the "proper" website was down and that this hotchpotch layout was some temporary backup, but clearly from previous posts that's not the case. A complete "bodge" job.
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    Things in living memory which seem very anachronistic now

    Steam laundries and factory chimneys belching out black smoke.
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    Positive service/staffing/revenue changes recent few months Manchester-Leeds (TPE)

    Perhaps regular comments on the forum regarding perceived customer care deficiences are filtering through to TOC influencers.
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    Great Northern - Northern City Line to TFL?

    Regarding 4 trains per hour v 2 trains per hour late evening and Sundays. Are there perhaps concerns that enhancing the timetables to the fullest extent of 4 trains per hour looks good on paper but would be prone to ad hoc staffing unavailability cancellations?

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