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    Merseyrail to introduce Oyster-style ticketing from the Autumn

    https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/merseyrail-introduce-tap-go-ticketing-28841298 Lacking detail but essentially using MetroCard (yes, the card that people on here jump up and down about for having a one off £1 fee) for LCR journeys, in a similar manner to Oyster in London...
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    Three potential new stations in Liverpool City Region

    According to today's Liverpool Echo https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/plans-open-three-new-merseyrail-28753088 the Metro mayor has announced his plans for three new stations in Liverpool City Region by 2030. They are (drum roll): Woodchurch on the Wirral, Carr Mill in St...
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    Stagecoach-Disowning the past

    Interesting article in the Sunday Times today in which the new CEO of Stagecoach, Claire Miles, disowns the past of the company, regarding it as having been intolerant, castle-grabbing bus bandits of the worst kind. Unfortunately behind a paywall but well worth £3.50 of anybody's money.
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    Liverpool City Region looking to take control of entire Merseyrail network

    This is according to an article in today's Liverpool Echo. Although weak on detail, it hardly comes as a surprise as a political aspiration given the distance (in every sense) between the Westminster "government" and the Liverpool City Region. I will leave it to others to rant...
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    Sandhills

    According to the Liverpool Echo, major improvements are to take place here over the next year, primarily to support increased traffic to Everton's new stadium, but also to support ongoing housing redevelopment.
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    Green Lane station

    According to local news reports this will revert to a full service from Monday 26th June (despite much maligning of the station on this forum).
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    The name of the new station south of Liverpool Central is...

    Liverpool Baltic with 78% of the vote. Now let's have a vote on Headbolt Lane!
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    Burscough curves turned down

    According to the Liverpool Echo today (https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/people-town-isolated-after-rail-22246101) people in a town (i.e. Southport) are to be isolated after rail link plans rejected (i.e Burscough curves). Lots of unsympathetic comments left.
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    Tap and Go ticket points appear at Merseyrail stations

    https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/contactless-points-appear-merseyrail-stations-19257145 New contactless points have started popping up at Merseyrail stations as part of 'exciting new developments' coming to the train network. Video taken at one Merseyrail station by YouTuber...
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    TOCs asked to accept Flybe passengers

    According to the Independent website: https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/flybe-news-flights-administration-collapse-coronavirus-outbreak-bust-latest-news-a9376421.html Should be interesting! Moderator note: This thread is purely to discuss the fact that TOCs will be accepting...
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    New MD at Northern (not Arriva) announced

    Northern website says that David Brown has been replaced by Nick Donovan. Impossible to imagine a scenario when the MD wouldn't have been told to "walk the plank".
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    Does not being on the electoral roll suggest an offence has been committed?

    Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/issued-a-penalty-fare-notice-what-is-this.200946/ That's because not being on the electoral roll is suggestive that a criminal and/or civil offence has been committed.
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    Northern Rail passengers 'thank God' after company set to be stripped of its franchise-L/pool Echo

    https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/northern-rail-passengers-thank-god-17505478 "After years of cancellations, delays and frustrated journeys Northern Rail is set to be stripped of its franchise to operate trains in the north. Many ECHO readers who rely on Northern Rail to...
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    More Northern Resist commuter protests today at Bolton

    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jan/02/commuters-gather-at-bolton-station-in-protest-over-increased-rail-fares Clearly the fight is not over yet.
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    TPE Liverpool to Glasgow direct: did any trains make it through?

    As far as I can see not a single TPE service actually managed to get all the way from Liverpool to Glasgow or vv today.
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    MEN article-"Northern Rail is crumbling from the inside out and things are only going to get worse"

    Article in today's Manchester Evening News https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/northern-rail-crumbling-inside-out-17434320 Once again, worrying stuff about an failing TOC with some interesting insider insights that I haven't seen discussed on here especially:
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    Do all passenger trains through Huddersfield station call there?

    Are there any passenger services that don't stop at Huddersfield? Have there been historically? Going forward should Huddersfield be considered a compulsory stop on every TP service? Thoughts?
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    BoJo 0 Manchester rail chaos 1

    https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/boris-johnson-train-delayed-victoria-17286714 Interested to see the train carrying the BoJo circus around Manchester was delayed. That's karma for you
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    Merseytravel Walrus Card to be scrapped

    https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/new-london-style-smart-travel-17132318 I can't see anything like this working until the local transport authorities have seized back control of all the local public transport operations, as is being spearheaded by Greater Manchester.
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    Suggestions on how to reduce losses in the Northern franchise?

    The problems of Northern are legion and ongoing. My view is that the franchise is too large and needs to be broken into at least two geographical chunks (probably Pennines West and Pennine East) to provide additional focus and improve the relationship between local communities (political and...

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