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Quick question for a friend. Anyone able to share what the employee contributions are for the "New CrossCountry Section" of the railway pension scheme?

Was looking for something totally different and found these buried deep in my Google Drive. I believe these originate from around 2010 prior to introduction into service. In the end the units were put into a livery that was white with NX blue doors. There was discussion of using vinyl to...

Quick question. If someone has a PDF ticket, but only a screenshot of the top part, the "optional reservation" journey itinerary part being obscured by text added by the sender - is it still valid? The barcode and reference number, plus the details of the ticket being an any time single and...

Hi all, My wife is currently on her way back from Leeds. The train is expected to arrive at Kings Cross at 23:59 (scheduled arrival 23:09). The tube then takes around 15 minutes to Liverpool Street (contactless card). Then she will use her staff pass on the 00:16. This is looking very tight...

They reportedly want 39k for the unit and to maintain access rights. From Facebook: And from their website:

Hi all, Can you still buy FIP Eurostar tickets at St Pancras? If we aren't sure when we will come back, is there anywhere to buy FIP tickets in Paris? Thanks

Hi all, Have had a quick look at the rule book and can't find anything about this, but I hardly looked in depth. Following a recent occurrence, the subject came up about leaving the driving cab. As any driver would know - you call the signaller if you're leaving the vicinity of the driving...

A Chernobyl tourism company has organized a Christmas lights tour to fundraise for the Ukrainian war efforts There is a discount for Ukrainian citizens and those hosting them. https://contamination.zone/product/london-christmas-lights-tour-supportukraine/

Hi all, Was looking at another thread, and saw this: Looking at their website, they state: Now, I was under the impression that it was impossible to sell alcohol on a bus in the UK? My impression was due to a bus not being covered by the same exemptions as, for example, railway vehicles...

Not advertised too often from what I understand. https://www.firstgroupcareers.com/vacancy/south-western-railway-iow-driver-020119-isle-of-wight---ryde/20149/description/?_channelId=11

Hi all, I'm looking to head to Leeds later this week, BRFares shows all return tickets are valid on EMR only: https://www.brfares.com/!fares?orig=KGX&dest=LDS&rlc=PRV However, I couldn't find any EMR trains and looking at this forum it seems the London to Leeds EMR service is now withdrawn...

I'm aware of an incident earlier in the year - this isn't directly related to this thread. But today is my second time using Lumo and as a driver myself I'm a little surprised by some of the driving on both of my trips. I'm on the train now, and whilst I don't sign the ECML, I don't think we...

Hi all, I went to Liverpool with my wife at the weekend, and on the way there from London the train was delayed by 28 minutes. I claimed both tickets with Avanti, following the instructions on their website for claiming multiple tickets/people. They accepted the claim for one ticket. I...

Today the c2c PIS seems to have been updated, adding a "next station" announcement after opening the doors, and removing the departure time from the external displays. I never understood the need for the departure times on external displays - updating at every station and frequently showing...

https://contamination.zone/2021/01/30/illegal-visitors-to-chernobyl-entered-on-a-homemade-train/ The police found a group of illegal tourists in the Chernobyl zone, who arrived there on a homemade railcar . All violators are from Kyiv, aged 23 to 38 years. It is worth noting that these persons...