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    E-Tickets on dead phones - a possible solution?

    There definitely needs to be a halfway house between letting them off scot free and shouting "CRIMINAL OFFENCE, PROSECUTION!". Maybe charged the full single, refundable on proof within X days that the passenger had purchased the correct ticket.
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    Supermarkets discussion

    “She’s a PhD in I told you so, you’ve a knighthood in I’m not listening”, excellent line! EDIT: It’s simply “Don’t Marry Her”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_Marry_Her
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    Northern manual checks of mobile tickets

    Evidently not if it's rejecting perfectly valid tickets (barriers always work fine doing the return journey) :lol:
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    Northern manual checks of mobile tickets

    Buckshaw Parkway, but yes the same ticket type.
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    Northern manual checks of mobile tickets

    Hi All I regularly commute in Manchester from the Bolton direction, and while the closest station to my office is Salford Crescent (so I usually alight there in the morning and walk), I buy my ticket through to Manchester as firstly it’s the same price, and secondly it gives me the flexibility...
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    Conscription.

    No longer a superpower, no.
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    Euston departure board to be moved

    In my experience the text messages came through at the same time the platform was announced, or so near to it that it didn’t make any kind of difference.
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    Engineering works between Manchester and Bolton

    Oooo so *that’s* why the Blackpool - Airport routinely has to wait outside Salford Crescent.
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    School party, right date, wrong barcode (Avanti)

    Truly pathetic company.
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    Remaining Effects of Covid

    This sign is still up on the bridges at Salford Quays: Because famously, respiratory viruses always keep to the walking direction, and never under any circumstances deviate, especially outdoors.
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    CAF donations to the Conservative Party

    A perfectly reasonable view IMO.
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    Do you prefer Avanti 390s or Avanti 221s?

    221 pre-refurb, 390 post-refurb. That said, I don't actually like either.
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    Class 319 Northern departure

    I remember this one well, it used P1 at Manchester Oxford Road, seem to remember it being a 156+153.
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    Class 319 Northern departure

    Just because things were terrible once, doesn't mean they should be terrible again :lol: 331s to 323s is a significant downgrade, I'd probably start driving to work again.
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    Class 319 Northern departure

    Urgh, not 3+2 seating on Manchester to Blackpool <(

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