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    Last train of the night not held at Woking. Why would they do this?

    LNER, the few times they've organised taxis at Newcastle, have said that if you want to do your own thing and book one to claim it back afterwards, otherwise they'll book one themselves for you, but it'll take longer.
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    How to calculate the number of trains required to run a service?

    Journey time outbound + Journey Time inbound + outbound turnaround (timetable planning rules) + inbound turnaround (timetable planning rules) let’s you work out a full round trip time. Now if the turn around at the origin can be accommodated before the next scheduled departure that set can be...
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    RealTimeTrains website

    Check the date :lol:
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    Heaton Derailment 22/03/22

    It's on the track on the metro side of the dead-end siding which is used to access that side of the depot
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    Must staff identify themselves on demand?

    I’ve had colleagues report to me some disgustingly inappropriate comments made to them on social media when a customer stalked them online. I’ve also seen customers threaten staff using their full name before to the stage we’ve taken name badges off to give us some level of protection - if a...
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    Does the general public mind what seating they are allocated on long distance services (such as Lumo)?

    Window (actual window not a body panel), facing forwards and if it’s quiet a table I get quite claustrophobic and panicky in some (looking at you voyagers and pendolinos) airline tall back seats if I’m penned in - especially if someone I don’t know is sat next to me. I’m calmer with either an...
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    Lumo - new Open Access operator on the East Coast Main Line

    Surely 1st April is outside the 12-week advance ticket window though? Hence they will only show open tickets till the 12-week mark when the timetables are confirmed
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    Backwards and forwards on one LNER service

    Leeds station is more east west then north south, so the LNER service comes from the south and turns east into Leeds, then leaving Leeds west bound turns north, then starts to swing back on itself on my picture it comes in along the line marked 85mph from the bottom and leaves along the line...
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    Manchester Piccadilly P13/14 PIS

    I passed through with a colleague who doesn’t normally use Piccadilly and they commented on it being a good idea so it’s being well received by the regular traveller too it’s an idea I would like to see expanded
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    Will secondary door locks and retention tanks ever become mandatory for heritage lines?

    Locking the doors is out the question due to the obvious safety risk should something happen requiring passengers to no longer be onboard the train
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    Daylight fare evasion

    Someone tried that with me once, I knew they were doing it and stopped purposely stopped mid barrier, cue the person shouting at me to move and attracting the attention of the gateline staff - at which point I continued, leaving them all having a discussion. Honestly talking to staff locally -...
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    All Northern self-service ticket machines off line 13/7/2021

    I also suspect things like “this is ticket machine xxx at xxx station, this is how I connect to the internet and the back office” would need to be configured uniquely too, additionally for the size of the operation it might be easier to send generic drives that can go in any machine - that way...
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    All Northern self-service ticket machines off line 13/7/2021

    Each machine needs a new hard drive installing, then rebuilding by the software team
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    Remaining EMR HST Diagrams

    The two I was on (probably some of yours) were just “please wait till the train has come to a complete halt...” style ones
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    Could EMR HST windows be modified to be locked shut?

    Unfortunately I don't think so as it would make alighting the train.... impossible (unless someone opened the door from the outside)

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