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Recent content by alistairlees

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    Merseyrail mandates that Trainline tickets must be printed out

    There would be no costs for merseyrail to get handheld scanners or have scanners installed on gates. Zero. Zilch. Retailers have been offering to pay for these for years, via the very well established barcode cost recovery programme which is run by RDG on behalf of TOCs and retailers. Surely...
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    Websites only offering ticket collection

    It looks like most (maybe all?) ticket types from Bournemouth to Stourbridge Town are not set up to be fulfilled as eTickets. Not even the ones that are "Not via London". This is the responsibility of the TOC (CrossCountry) to do this - retailers cannot override this. However, Bournemouth to...
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    Caledonian Sleeper

    Lots of people. It is selling better than it ever has, at least in the last 30 years. Mostly leisure travellers though, if you want to be a bit more specific.
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    Merseyrail mandates that Trainline tickets must be printed out

    I think Merseyrail is going to be in a lot of bother shortly
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    Alfreton to Holyhead ticket woes

    That's quite a tight itinerary to cross Warrington in (just 22 minutes). The data requires 25 minutes (5 minutes interchange at WBQ, 15 minutes from WBQ to WAC, then 5 minutes interchange at WAC) which will be why you cannot get this. Here's a similar itinerary which gets you to Alfreton 22...
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    Moreton in Marsh to Birmingham- no fares available

    Assuming you need Anytime tickets, just buy a Moreton-in-Marsh to Evesham Anytime Day Return (£11.70), and an Evesham - Birmingham Stations Anytime Day Return (£25.10), for a total of £36.80. This is actually £0.50 cheaper than the equivalent through fare. Every service stops at Evesham, so no...
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    E-Tickets on dead phones - a possible solution?

    Perhaps the solution is that those who want a paper ticket printed for them by the guard could pay extra (e.g. £1 per ticket) and this could then be used to fund (or part fund) the thing that they want (ability to print eTickets on stating the postcode and origin / destination (or some other...
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    GWR Search Engine

    I think all the Worldline-powered sites are suffering at the moment
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    Question about HSTs seen with Southern (D)EMUs in Youtube video

    Yes, I thought it was from the south side but you are correct that it's from the north side, now that I look again!
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    Question about HSTs seen with Southern (D)EMUs in Youtube video

    The location is Worting Junction, west of Basingstoke. The HST is on a CrossCountry service from Bournemouth, and the DEMU on a Salisbury to Reading service
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    Knaresborough to York

    Was the subway ever completely closed? I was there yesterday and only a short stretch of steps from platform 2 to the subway was closed. The hoardings did not look brand new so it might have been like this last week. The alternative - clearly signposted - was to walk around 20 yards further to...
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    Rail Reform Bill published

    John's actually "only" 76. Though I agree on the job point.
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    National Routeing Guide update

    Let's hope it is corrected shortly as it's resulted in a significant price rise for people making journeys that involve a local service (such as Northern) conecting with LNER. Though, of course, a split ticketing opportunity too...
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    Model Railway exhibitions (that you might also be attending).

    I didn't see anything running at all on Saturday.
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    Model Railway exhibitions (that you might also be attending).

    Especially on Eastfield which took up more space than anything else. I never saw anything move on it.

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