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    No trains to call at Altnabreac for the foreseeable future

    Absolutely essential that tactile paving is installed. Source: FOI response SRT 627 including this report: Subject: Temporary suspension of services at Altnabreac Station Author: [redacted] Director, ScotRail Date: 9 November 2023 Purpose of paper: To update Scottish Rail Holdings (SRH) and...
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    New Station calendar

    I have updated Cameron Bridge and Leven to reflect their first public services tomorrow (2 June), the official ceremony was in the week.
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    Budget hotels discussion

    Premier Inn offers 'Premier Plus' rooms which have a mini fridge, better wi-fi and things. I don't take detailed notes, but the design of the standard room must change over time. For example sometimes you get a plastic chair, sometimes a wooden chair, sometimes something a bit more padded. Some...
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    No trains to call at Altnabreac for the foreseeable future

    The charges 'deserted' most recently (see#337) were not the charges the couple were taken to Inverness for in March nor appeared in Wick for, also in March. Presumably these are still proceeding.
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    No trains to call at Altnabreac for the foreseeable future

    At the big house, Lochdhu Lodge, also owns other properties in the immediate vicinity.
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    Shrinkflation - examples?

    Simples, just make a 1p* change to the price. *whatever the small units of Euros are.
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    First Potteries Discussion

    Does anyone have access to the specification pdf showing the actual timetables? Someone kindly provided a copy for the first round of tenders.
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    Stagecoach Lake District by Bus 2024

    The 599 journeys mentioned are complicated, the way the information is presented doesn't help, where some buses run Windermere to Bowness and back, then on to Kendal. Getting a composite timetable for buses between Windermere and Bowness, including the 555 journeys that go that way, requires a...
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    Stagecoach Lake District by Bus 2024

    There was. Woofs of Sedbergh used to run 4 inbound to Kendal and 5 outbound. This was cut back to two round trips by Summer 2013. Stagecoach ran 4 times per day Kendal to Kirkby Stephen. Kirkby Lonsdale took it over by summer 2010. I used the Woofs service to get from Kendal to walk in the...
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    Proposed Transdev X41/X43 Changes within Manchester

    Measured from the blind men sculpture, 465m to the Chorlton Street bus stop, 1,100 to the nearest part of Shudehill, slightly more than double. But that assumes a person can walk such a distance, wants to walk such a distance, has minimal luggage (and/or children etc) and there isn't any heavy...
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    Derby Telegraph "Plans to convert Monsal Trail back into railway takes 'significant step forward'"

    I caught the train from Derby to Matlock this Bank Holiday Monday. It was a warm sunny day (the first this year?) and the train was well used but had seats available. Exactly two passengers transferred to the Trans-Peak bus heading north. Exactly zero other passengers boarded the bus at Matlock...
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    Proposed Transdev X41/X43 Changes within Manchester

    The ticket including free travel across central Manchester is only available from Greater Manchester stations. The X41 and X43, whilst stopping within GM, mostly serves passengers beyond that boundary. A solution could be arrived at for those routes but who would pay? Transport for Greater...
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    Proposed Transdev X41/X43 Changes within Manchester

    If the traffic lights in central Manchester spent more than one second per minute on green for traffic..... If the centreline bus could go through more than two road junctions without lurching off down a side street.... As a regular user, this would be very inconvenient. Piccadilly via tram to...
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    Ayr Station Hotel Fire 28/05/2023 and now on fire again 25/09/2023

    I suspect the costs already incurred by the council, which can be placed as a charge against the property (in England anyway, not sure if Scotland is the same) already exceed the value of the building / cleared site. I imagine his investment has been wiped out and a CPO would give him an exit...
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    Budget hotels discussion

    In Premier Inn, kids eat free at breakfast. Premier Inn are not a charity food bank, therefore the cost of that free breakfast is being recouped from somewhere. I object to subsidising other people's children so I never buy a breakfast there! As the price for a full cooked breakfast is around...

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