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  1. gordonthemoron

    Berlin Brandenburg to Dresden question

    I can see a direct service tomorrow night at 9:01, takes 1h26m, same the following Thursday, but 28/3 requires changes and takes a lot longer
  2. gordonthemoron

    "Please avoid using any third party applications"

    In the 80s, BR published timetables at stations which showed the platform which would normally be used, up to 6 months in advance
  3. gordonthemoron

    "Please avoid using any third party applications"

    Why can’t they just show in advance what the platform will be, like DB?
  4. gordonthemoron

    Disabled railcard discount on “pay as you go” tfl

    You need an Oyster card, and you need to ask a customer service assistant at a large tube station in central London to add your railcard to your Oyster card, I have done this at Euston a few times, it’s not magic, and it doesn’t work with contactless
  5. gordonthemoron

    Eurostar E300 replacements?

    I thought only the E320s went to Amsterdam?
  6. gordonthemoron

    Why isn't the Elizabeth Line Core Driverless? (Ditto HS2)

    For precisely the same reason that Munich S-Bahn trains have a driver, the Stammstrecke uses ATO, but drivers are required outside the Stammstrecke, and it is easier to have them onboard the whole time
  7. gordonthemoron

    Accused of reusing a open return ticket

    You can retrieve tickets in the wallet that have expired
  8. gordonthemoron

    DB reservation validity with changed stopping pattern

    The reservation on the Cologne-Arnhem ICE will self cancel 15 mins after scheduled departure from Cologne
  9. gordonthemoron

    DB Munich to Stuttgart Airport

    First class is generally less crowded than second class, has 2+1 seating rather than 2+2, and has nicer seats, but otherwise not much difference
  10. gordonthemoron

    Should the Northern City Line appear on the tube map?

    It should be on the TfL Go map
  11. gordonthemoron

    Euston Bank/Charing X Branch Announcements

    I presume the announcements are the same northbound and southbound because the trains only have one set of station names
  12. gordonthemoron

    Physical activity guidelines: what do you do?

    At the moment I’m doing nothing as I’ve broken my ankle, but usually I do about 3.5 hours swimming and 1.5 hours cycling
  13. gordonthemoron

    Train not stopping at split point

    Presumably it was diverted via the Trent Valley?
  14. gordonthemoron

    ECML engineering works Peterborough ticketing

    I wouldn’t try parking at Bedford as the car park is usually full, but Flitwick is usually not that busy at weekends
  15. gordonthemoron

    Was their any compensation for cancellation or delays back in BR days?

    In the eighties, colleague got a lift back from Grantham to Nottingham in the cab of a freight loco. We were both working for BR at the time
  16. gordonthemoron

    Airport "public transport" tax

    Sydney Airport has an AUD16.68 station access fee added to the train fare, there’s also a weekly cap of AUD33.84. If you use the bus there’s no access fee added

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