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    Scotrail - Trainee Driver - Various (March 24)

    I very much doubt they will be allowed to just walk into a depot.
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    Terms and conditions - Open Access Operators compared to "conventional" TOCs

    Hull Trains were in the RPS, but have recently closed it to new entrants. https://www.rmt.org.uk/about/pensions/pensions-news/hull-trains-pension-scheme-section-of-the-railways-pension280324/ Grand Central and Lumo aren't in the RPS.
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    Is the Heathrow Express a viable, worthwhile service?

    I suspect one of the reasons is it will make charging premium fares for Oyster/contactless very difficult. Presumably HEx won't have dedicated platforms at OOC so there will be no way of telling what train you used.
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    Delay Repay denied

    The interchange time isn't the problem, the issue is that the 2233 had been cancelled the night before. When did you buy your ticket?
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    Class 710 LO

    710374 is currently at Watford, forming 2C42 1545 to Euston.
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    "£100m" claim launched against TOCS re: Boundary zone tickets

    How would this proposed settlement actually work in practice? It seems very few people will have sufficient records to be able to prove they bought an affected ticket the best part of a decade ago.
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    Once a train driver can you relocate?

    Although even with internal moves, some depots are more popular than others and you might be waiting for many years until you get to the top of the list.
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    Leeds man jailed for 22 months for defrauding LNER (and perverting the court of justice)

    Giving someone with some sort of health condition a tougher sentence because they are unable to do some forms of work seems rather dubious from an Equality Act perspective. Surely there must be some sort of unpaid work than can be done sitting down, even if it is just stuffing envelopes or...
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    Could GTR order 140mph trains for the Great Northern route one day?

    If you are stuck behind a stopper, it doesn't matter what the line speed is.
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    1 mid diagram service on bourne end line cancellee due to strike action.

    If there is an overtime ban, I'm surprised any driver would agree to drive a train that they are scheduled to pass on.
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    Local radio stations

    That's simply not true. Most listening now is via DAB or online anyway, so everywhere apart from very remote regions has dozens of stations to choose from. You could just as easily say that the only reason the old local stations were successful is because they were the only option apart from...
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    Local radio stations

    But whether you like it or not, GHR is succesful and it works. While there are certainly some listeners who want the more specialist output, there are a lot of people who just want songs that they already know. It's like films on TV, showing Harry Potter / James Bond / Star Wars etc for the...
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    RealTimeTrains website

    The issue appears to be Berrylands Jn. This appears as a timing point in all Up Fast trains towards Waterloo, however RailMiles doesn't seem to know where it is as any search to or from Berrylands Jn just gives an error.
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    Railway pension

    It's 65 for Network Rail, but 62 for most (if not all) TOCs.
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    Staff breakfast in the fares database

    Does that mean if you buy the Staff Breakfast you can get off, get on the following train and get another breakfast?
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    ASLEF website suffers cyber attack

    And that is often years out of date.
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    WCRC loses judicial review in High Court

    If that is fraud then many TOCs are committing fraud hundreds of times a day!
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    LNER to offer free period products on trains

    Although if someone is unable to afford sanitary products, then presumably they will be unable to afford to travel on LNER in the first place!
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    Kingston to Dartford, which route?

    One example would be Deptford - New Cross. This is charged as Z1-2 assuming travel via London Bridge. There is no alternative route shown, even though you could travel via Charlton and Lewisham (although most people would just walk it!)

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