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    comparison of differing door opening procedures/abilities for different train types

    This. Switzerland is great, no testing reaction times to the light up green to open doors when released. Press any time and they light up green so will open when released instead. Also can be used as requesting to stop for request stops. A shame the flirts didn't have this in Anglia as people...
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    TfW Class 67+Mk4 sets: trip planning/experiences, diagram updates etc

    Great thanks for the information update
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    TfW Class 67+Mk4 sets: trip planning/experiences, diagram updates etc

    Only looks like sets 1 and 4 are out today, I noticed one stopped at craven arms yesterday with issues. Are they struggling for locos again or is set related reliability struggling again? Fortunately the 1452 ex Cardiff appears to be running today at the moment
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    TfW Class 67+Mk4 sets: trip planning/experiences, diagram updates etc

    Are these still planned units tomorrow, particularly 1V37?
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    TfW Live Status Page - incorrect information

    That page is useless, particularly earlier this week finding out which trains were running between Machynlleth and Shrewsbury with all the terminating short of Birmingham, cancellations, permanently delayed trains. The old journey check was much better
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    TfW Manchester Crewing

    If it's right at the limit, what would happen during late running or disruption? Would they swap out at Hereford or Newport? Or carry on through? I realise it will probably depend a lot on how much delay and each scenario would be different, but out of interest anything you can add would be...
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    May 2026 timetable

    That one runs booked via styal not Stockport, I believe for route retention of the diversion route for blockades or other issues at Stockport.
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    TfW Class 67+Mk4 sets: trip planning/experiences, diagram updates etc

    How are the sets looking for tomorrow? Are they all planned on running at the moment
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    Avanti to run 0700 Manchester to Euston as empty stock from December 2025 timetable change

    Were there not and are there not still Manchester to London via Birmingham Avanti trains because longsite stables more pendolinos overnight there and they replace cross country services to Birmingham
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    TfW Class 67+Mk4 sets: trip planning/experiences, diagram updates etc

    There's also a track defect between Pontrilas (where I currently am on 1W94) and Hereford at the moment so that will be causing issues with diagrams in addition to signalling problems earlier.
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    Grand Union & why it rejected Class 222

    They do run on the mains occasionally, particularly if delayed as it enables them to overtake the Didcot stopper they would end up behind
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    Trivia: Unusual / Interesting Calling Patterns?

    This is unusual, skipping goostrey and chelford is fairly common. I think it's because the turnarounds at Crewe on a Sunday morning are the minimum permitted and presumably they couldn't path it from Manchester with the stop at Holmes Chapel
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    How often do rail replacement buses depart early?

    I have had this coming back from Ely to Southampton where the XC bus to Stansted left Cambridge before the slightly delayed XC train arrived. The staff didn't seem to notice or care that it had left before the passengers for it had arrived! Anyway I then went via Royston rather than waiting an...
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    Cross Country Cancellations - Emergency Timetable

    Fortunately because it was so late I was able to make it at reading and save a 40 minute fester for the GWR shuttle
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    Cross Country Cancellations - Emergency Timetable

    Seems XC have pretty much abandoned Southampton this afternoon with majority of services turning at Birmingham or Reading due to shortage of train drivers. Will make my journey back slightly more interesting
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    Cross Country Cancellations - Emergency Timetable

    Given that there are a few partial cancellations at reading this evening on Bournemouth services because of a shortage of train drivers I'm not so sure. It would be great if they could return to normal
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    Revenue Protection at Brighton

    I think you might have hit the nail on the head. Quite a few people I know get frustrated when they don't get tickets checked or barriers are open and if others experience that they are far more likely to chance it
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    December 2024 timetable change

    Could that be more to allow diversion via Wigan early morning without having to organise a bus from Bolton?
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    Ex LNER (and Grand Central) Mark 4 sets for TfW

    Thank you, I'm hoping to get 1V42 or 1V46 from Shrewsbury this afternoon
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    Ex LNER (and Grand Central) Mark 4 sets for TfW

    Are there likely to be 4 sets out tomorrow on the usual diagrams?

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