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    Tfl trouble: overcharged on the underground

    They are also assuming that registration for the app/an account would work. I have today tried to create an Oystercard account so I can register an Oystercard that I bought yesterday from a TfL machine in London. This would allow me in future to obtain receipts for trips made, for expenses. I...
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    Transport Spending Inequality

    I often wonder. Is London so wealthy that it justifies transport, or does the transport make it wealthy? I rather suspect the latter is the driver, and the provision of facilities creates the opportunities which suck resources in from other places. The transport created the city. And I often...
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    Will East West rail provide any benefit to Wales.

    Yes, like reopening the nearby mothballed freight line to passengers.....;) TPO
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    Will East West rail provide any benefit to Wales.

    At the risk of going off topic...... These communities are linear terraces with parking on the road, few if any driveways. Often the house level elevated above the road. Typical Welsh Valleys. So charging at home mainly a non starter for most in these places. TPO
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    Will East West rail provide any benefit to Wales.

    The most challenging crossings would be the one on the Ammanford relief road and the one in G-C-G itself, where the junction to Brynaman is. Both on the A474 road, which is actually quite a busy local road between Neath and Ammanford. I recall that when the freight traffic resumed on the G-C-G...
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    Anti-social behaviour between Bristol and Taunton

    That's the one. Doesn't help, can make it worse, males of the species showing off to the females. The station gathering being their lek* in this case. Perhaps if we admitted our closeness to the rest of the animal kingdom, these things would be easier to understand and address! TPO *lek: A...
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    Anti-social behaviour between Bristol and Taunton

    Whilst I recognise this is tongue-in-cheek, there's some truth in there. In the late 1970's and early 1980's, my dad was an outdoor instructor/teacher, part of a team that took kids from the toughest schools in Tyneside to the Lake District on Outward Bound courses. It was tough love- clear...
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    Will East West rail provide any benefit to Wales.

    Indeed. I find it ironical that the Ammanford Relief Road level crossing surface on the G-C-G line was recently renewed, and of course all the level crossings on the G-C-G line were updated when the line was used by freigth a few years ago. If England can have it's east west rail, then...
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    Will East West rail provide any benefit to Wales.

    Indeed, and of course in south west Wales outside the core Valleys and Cardiff hinterland it's not that different from where you are. The Heart of Wales line serves some significant communities in the Amman/Towy valleys. this in an area where roads are difficult- either very twisty rural or...
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    Will East West rail provide any benefit to Wales.

    No benefit to Wales. As usual, we are last in the queue for improvements.... look how long it's taken to phase the Pacers out on the Valleys..... Not surprising though, this is from a railway that having done a "once in a generation" blockade of the Severn Tunnel to wire it, can then turn...
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    Is it cheaper to build a road bridge or a railway bridge?

    @Bald Rick : yeah, that's why I said "back in the day" with drink driving. It was effective in the days when there were rather more traffic police about, and hence there was a good chance of being caught. Times have indeed changed though and I'm aware it's on the rise again. Whereas cameras are...
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    Is it cheaper to build a road bridge or a railway bridge?

    Although it's a controversial view, I tend to agree with the sentiment. It's not insoluable, full barrier crossings plus a robust aproach to enforcement of infringements..... by which I mean red light cameras (with AI if appropriate) of good quality, looking at both front and rear so showing...
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    Old level crossings/ manually operated gates

    There are some level crossings on the Cumbrian Coast line where the crossing keeper pushed the gates across manually. There's a couple of such crossings between Silecroft and Millom, where the A5093 road crosses the railway twice. TPO
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    Lumo - passenger experience criticised in Which? review

    Hmmm, the reporter should try a XC Voyager set on a long trip...... or a 170 with high-density seating. Those trains are VERY tired...... Indeed, they need to get out more, try a ram-loaded XC Voyager from Plymouth-Edinburgh, or a XC 170 Nottingham-Cardiff. They would find out all about...
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    CrossCountry's Driver Shortage

    Not just Sundays; at least 2 return trips Cardiff-Nottingham canned yesterday due to "lack of traincrew." (The 07:45 off Cardiff Central and the one back to Cardiff that departs Birmingham New St at 14:30). Yes, the trip can be made via Bristol Parkway provided you have the "any permitted rotue"...
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    Is there enough safeguarding/vetting checks being carried out in the rail industry?

    Nail. Head. On. I have seen very robust action being taken in the industry when even much lower level concering behaviours are reported (and confirmed to be true, not just a malicious or misguided accusation). Indeed. I don't see any resemblance. Note that the historical "cover an incident...
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    Drax Output to be Reduced after 2027

    We should put all of the folks who want only 'green' energy on fully interruptable connections, Ed Miliband included. They can be switched off to remove demand on the grid when we have what the Germans call 'Dunkelflauten' weather in winter I.e.calm and grey. I expect it would be a highly...
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    Some questions regarding UK railways

    I think we sometimes do ourselves disservice. Yes, the GB rail sector has challenges- but is on a day-to-day basis, mostly managed remarkably well in the circumstances i.e. a small generally fairly densely populated island, routes being relatively (on a global scale) short, a highly regulated...
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    GWR (current TOC) named trains

    We still have the Red Dragon (to/from Carmarthen). Not sure whether the Bristolian, Mayflower and Capitals United names are used any more, certainly they were in use just prior to COVID. TPO.
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    Driving Trains in foggy weather

    In modern AB 'boxes, if the Signaller cannot see the [tail lamp passing the] Clearing Point then they cannot give "train out of section" to the 'box in rear. So if it's that foggy there needs to be a means of relaying the information that the train has passed the Clearing Point with tail lamp on...

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