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1	All across the Great Western territory / Fare's Fair / Re: GWR free travel card - Scam?	on: January 13, 2025, 08:07:54
I had a post pop up on Facebook with the £3 card offer which I immediately reported as a scam but FB said it was ok! So just remember "if it seems too good to be true, it probably (most certainly) is"

2	Sideshoots - associated subjects / News, Help and Assistance / Re: Browsers - what are you running? Are you seeing this?	on: December 31, 2024, 08:48:29
Minor point.. Clicking the <like> button takes me to an almost blank screen with just the words "Your like has been registered" in the top left corner. I then have to back up and refresh the page. Win 11 Edge

3	Sideshoots - associated subjects / News, Help and Assistance / Re: Browsers - what are you running? Are you seeing this?	on: December 30, 2024, 09:21:00
Edge on Windows 11 all okey dokey

4	Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: AQ22 - Research needed?	on: December 22, 2024, 08:20:42
Straight off.... 1, and that was no1. might be back later...

5	All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Shortage of train crews on Great Western Railway - ongoing discussion	on: December 22, 2024, 08:14:21
Quote from: TaplowGreen on December 21, 2024, 21:40:49 Secretary of State confirms that the pay rise has made matters worse..... https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/christmas-travel-pay-rise-transport-secretary-heidi-alexander/ but the higher basic pay may encourage more people to try and join the railways, if the companies are allowed to employ them.

6	Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Bus or train?	on: December 20, 2024, 13:07:23
At least when the new class 99 freight locomotives are introduced next year they shouldn't be confused with the last "99's", they were considerably heavier and they floated! I don't believe the ships physically had the number on them it was just an allocation they were given in the TOPS^▸ (Total Operations Processing System) system.

7	Journey by Journey / Shorter journeys in Plymouth and Cornwall / Re: Cornish delays	on: December 12, 2024, 08:00:07
Quote from: GBM on December 12, 2024, 07:09:24 *Query - Why is the Falmouth branch at a standstill when the power failure is at Roskear?* The two 150 units are stabled at Penzance overnight.

8	Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: AQ11 - trivia questions in our region	on: December 11, 2024, 12:40:14
Pedant alert... Aren't Carmarthen and Swansea TfW stations?

9	Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: AQ11 - trivia questions in our region	on: December 11, 2024, 11:51:32
* Three GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) stations which - though not terminii - you can only leave in one direction on a passenger train I reckon.... Bourne End Bere Alston Coombe Junction

10	Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: AQ05 - Going out for the day?	on: December 05, 2024, 08:33:21
no7. Burnham on Sea

11	All across the Great Western territory / Buses and other ways to travel / First Bus and FlixBus strike deal to expand services across South West	on: November 11, 2024, 12:34:31
looks like they're coming to Cornwall... https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/first-bus-and-flixbus-strike-deal-to-expand-services-across-south-west/ar-AA1tSjxZ?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=c1558f1d781f4079a9f2c9f78ba32d0d&ei=22

12	All across the Great Western territory / Fare's Fair / Fare and railcard increases on 2nd March 2025	on: October 30, 2024, 20:39:48
Regulated fares are to increase by 4.6% and most railcards by £5. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62j7q452jro

13	All across the Great Western territory / Fare's Fair / Re: Rail firms accused of misusing courts for ticket errors / fare evasion (merged posts)	on: October 11, 2024, 13:11:46
Just for a bit of historic info... 1979 - 1980 50% discount on ordinary singles & returns and day returns (peak & off peak) £2 min fare on ordinary singles & day returns £4 min fare on ordinary returns No cut off time for the minimum fares, they applied at all times except Saturdays, Sundays, Bank holidays and July & August. By 1981 all was the same but a cut off time was introduced on weekdays ... 18.00hrs

14	All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Bad weather warning, from the BBC, for this weekend	on: September 30, 2024, 13:30:51
Quote from: eightonedee on September 30, 2024, 12:56:32 There's a video from coastal camera footage arrived in my You Tube feed showing the rescue of the broken down train at Dawlish - link here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB9YYWmXQsU It seems that this was an unfortunate coincidence of high spring tides around the autumn equinox and strong SE winds. Might a precautionary suspension of Inter-city services and shuttle with sprinters be a good idea as a standing contingency plan? No doubt those in the business will know if that's possible. The equinox spring tides were about 8-9 days ago and nearly a metre higher than yesterday. That would have been interesting!!!

15	All across the Great Western territory / Fare's Fair / Cut price tickets to celebrate 200th anniversary of the Railways - Sept 2025	on: September 19, 2024, 20:38:26
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/tv-star-steph-mcgovern-unveils-exciting-plans-for-festival-to-celebrate-birth-of-the-british-railway/ar-AA1qQUaM?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=d428905945d743b8ab0d1574a6d321a0&ei=18 Could be the start of many things.. May require a separate entry somewhere else, Mods?

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