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  1. JaJaWa

    Ticket refund admin fee reduced from £10 to £5 on 2 April

    Source: http://www.orr.gov.uk/search-news/rail-regulators-review-leads-50-reduction-maximum-fees-ticket-refunds
  2. JaJaWa

    Designer sought for St Pancras International growth plans

    Source: https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/competitions/st-pancras-international-london Source: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/498264f6-de79-428b-ae11-367c5f6a609b
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    Rail Reform Bill published

    Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministers-set-out-blueprint-for-future-of-the-railways-through-draft-rail-reform-bill
  4. JaJaWa

    Four bidders for Elizabeth line operations from May 2025 announced

    Tokyo Metro's first foray into the UK? Source: https://www.railjournal.com/financial/four-bidders-for-londons-elizabeth-line-operator-contract/
  5. JaJaWa

    Eurostar lifts 'cap' on passengers at St Pancras

    Source: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/eurostar-trains-london-paris-kings-cross-gare-du-nord-b1112472.html
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    Six railway stations set to benefit from new Network Rail and Transport for Greater Manchester partnership

    https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2023/08/six-stations-set-to-benefit-from-new-network-rail-and-transport-for-greater-manchester-partnership.html
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    Could we see more pink readers when the contactless area is expanded with Project Oval?

    Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/pink-reader-charges-extra.246957 Are more pink readers needed when the contactless area is expanded with Project Oval?
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    New National Rail website

    It seems that a new National Rail website is starting to roll out, some pages such as https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/on-the-train/ have changed over to the new design. As Great British Railways (GBR) is meant to replace the National Rail and TOC sites I thought we might have to wait for that but...
  9. JaJaWa

    Project Proteus: New features in TfL revenue collection tender

    I found some of the new features mentioned in the latest TfL revenue collection tender interesting: Source: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032186-2022 See also: Project Oval: TfL win DfT contract to expand contactless system to 233 rail stations by May 2024, Railcards coming to...
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    Ensignbus £10 contactless limit and Apple Pay / Google Pay ban

    Anyone know what's going on here? 23 July 2022 30 July 2022
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    China Railway Highspeed derailment in Guizhou, 4 June 2022

    Sadly proving to be a rather unfortunate weekend with another major rail incident. Limited English information on this one at the moment but have attached official sources. https://twitter.com/shanghaidaily/status/1532946200550592513 https://twitter.com/SixthTone/status/1532957443722039297
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    Project Oval: TfL win DfT contract to expand contactless system to 233 rail stations by May 2024, Railcards coming to contactless payment cards

    TfL have won the DfT's contract to expand their contactless payment system to 233 rail stations by May 2024, which also includes the requirement to allow Railcards and concessionary discounts to be added to contactless payment cards Phase 1 Contactless payments in 53 stations – majority due...
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    HK Govt announces cross-harbour section of the MTR East Rail Line to be fully operational from 15th May

    Anyone that's been to Hong Kong will know how much easier this will make it to get the to the eastern New Territories... and possibly the same opening date as MTR's other new line in London. Source...
  14. JaJaWa

    How could Avanti West Coast Standard Premium work better?

    Would it be a better allocation of space if Standard Premium and First passengers shared the same carriages, with refreshments being provided on presentation of a First ticket?
  15. JaJaWa

    Stations rebranded to Great British Railways design / Rail Alphabet 2

    Design manual (PDF - 23.8MB) As various Northern stations have begun their rebrand to the Great British Railways design / Rail Alphabet 2, we may need a new thread to keep track of this. Examples I've found on Twitter of rebranded platform signs so far are (linked): Appleby Church Fenton Dent...
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    Should the rail industry learn from the aviation industry in terms of making it easier to identify the booked service?

    Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/platform-change-led-to-%C2%A3100-extra-ticket.218186/ I was very close to boarding the wrong Hong Kong to Taipei flight. There were two with the same destination and departure time. I realised as I was in the queue to board that...
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    National Rail Smartcard app coming soon (now launched)

    The page https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/ticket_types/Flexi-Season.aspx states: It sounds like the various TOC smartcards are being made inter-compatible, presumably the first step towards one GBR smartcard. I wonder if this app will also later become the GBR app including other...
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    Great British Railways: Thoughts, predictions, speculation

    Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/great-british-railways-for-the-passenger Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/thefutureisflexible-new-era-of-rail-travel-arrives-with-new-flexible-season-tickets The Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail: Source...
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    Virgin Trains USA no more

    Source: https://thepointsguy.com/news/richard-branson-virgin-trains-usa-brightline-florida-california/
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    East Coast franchise – direct award to LNER until 2025

    LNER will become the longest operator of InterCity East Coast since GNER. GNER: 11½ years National Express East Coast: 2 years East Coast: 5½ years Virgin Trains East Coast: 3 years LNER: 7 years...

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