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1  All across the Great Western territory / Fare's Fair / Railcard Website Down tonight for maintenance on: March 25, 2024, 15:53:03
Between 22:00 on Monday 25 March and 10:00 on Tuesday 26 March we'll be carrying out essential system maintenance on the Railcard website.

During the maintenance period, certain things will be affected. You can find out what this means for you, and read our FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), below*.

You will not be able to:

- Access your Railcard account on the website (Manage my Railcard)
- Buy digital Railcards on the website
- Renew or replace digital Railcards on the website
- Buy, renew or replace a physical Railcard
- Browse the website
- Request a new download code on the website
- Access the Contact Us page (web form) to post a query or complaint
- Get in touch with the Contact Centre, and Contact Centre advisors
will not be able to access your account.

You will be able to:

- Access and display your existing Digital Railcard, as long as it
has already been downloaded to your device.
- Download your digital Railcard if you already have a download code
- Use your existing physical Railcard

In addition:

There won't be any delay to you receiving a physical Railcard you have already ordered.

* For FAQs please see https://www.railcard.co.uk/maintenance/ .
2  All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom / Re: Nice work if you can get it ?? on: March 25, 2024, 12:14:19
Unless they mean, but neither exactly says, that the day is paid an additional standard day's salary (i.e just time), and this bonus is on top. The Sunday Times does quote £67,000 for four days per week - which for 48 weeks is 67,000/192 or £350 per day. So £600 flat is up from £475 average, if that's what it means, and it probably does as it is plausible.

THis is how I've seen it described by a driver on social media.
3  All across the Great Western territory / Buses and other ways to travel / Award of London Cable Car Contract on: March 23, 2024, 18:51:21
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FirstGroup plc ('FirstGroup' or the 'Group') is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract by Transport for London (`TfL» (Transport for London - about)') to operate the IFS Cloud London Cable Car that links the Greenwich Peninsula with the Royal Docks area on the north bank of the River Thames.

The contract will commence on 28 June 2024 and has an initial core five-year term with the option to extend for a further three years. The Group anticipates revenues of c.£60m over the eight-year period of the contract, with patronage risk taken by the authority; there is also limited capital expenditure and contingent capital.

Over the life of the contract, the Group will support TfL in its vision to promote the cable car as a leader in London's leisure market. The Group is already working on plans to improve the service during the period of the contract, as well as creating educational outreach and work placements for school students in the local boroughs of Greenwich and Newham.   

Graham Sutherland, FirstGroup Chief Executive Officer, said:
"We are delighted to have been awarded the contract to operate the London cable car, the only urban cable car in the UK (United Kingdom). We are looking forward to working with Transport for London in order to develop the customer proposition for this iconic London experience and landmark and place the service at the heart of its local community."

"FirstGroup has been one of the largest transport operators in the country for nearly three decades, working with a wide range of partners under various forms of contract types, growing passenger demand, creating economic benefits for our communities and delivering significant infrastructure projects. We are actively pursuing opportunities to grow and diversify our portfolio and earnings through further opportunities in the UK, including participating in TfL tenders such as this."

https://otp.tools.investis.com/generic/regulatory-story.aspx?newsid=1801503&cid=858

I wonder which arm of First Group will run this? Or whether a new unit will be set up?
4  Journey by Journey / South Western services / Re: Abuse from passengers on train drivers on: March 20, 2024, 15:08:25
I suspect the driver was reacting to comments thrown in relation to industrial action taken by him & his colleagues?
5  All across the Great Western territory / Fare's Fair / Re: Swanage Railway goes cashless on: March 16, 2024, 17:18:37
This news report illustrates the perils of "going cashless". Two major supermarkets unable to process non cash payments.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68584235

If major supermarkets cant get it to work reliably, then I have little faith in network Rai, or TOCs (Train Operating Company) managing it.

Sainsburys have advised that they are able to process payments via chip & pin, just not contactless.

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Some stores are having issues with contactless payments, and others are only accepting cash as chip and pin is not working.
6  All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom / Re: Brits lead the way in choosing train over plane for long-distance travel on: March 13, 2024, 14:28:09
Yes, that is why I was asking for a policy that quotes aren't changed - ever.
7  Journey by Journey / London to the Cotswolds / Re: 2024 Delays and Cancellations - North Cotswold Line on: March 13, 2024, 14:19:34
Even running late after 1000, you still can't have used that ticket without the upgrade. It's booked time that stiplates the railcard usage
8  All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom / Re: Brits lead the way in choosing train over plane for long-distance travel on: March 12, 2024, 20:41:50
You missed my point Graham.
Do check back to the quoted post & you'll find that this wasn't said at all. And that is what I am encouraging you to ban. If one quotes, it needs to quote exactly, if not in full, in part. no changing the quote.

I think it’s right to be slightly suspicious of Hitachi Rail.

Quote fixed for you Grin Grin

this is what II *actually said
I think it’s right to be slightly suspicious of any survey on transport that has been commissioned by a group with particular interests in one part of that sector, as it is with Hitachi Rail in this case.
9  All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Mark Hopwood interviewed by Richard Clinnick on: March 12, 2024, 20:29:02
be aware it's nearly 5 months old
10  All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom / Re: Brits lead the way in choosing train over plane for long-distance travel on: March 12, 2024, 17:28:33
On a point of order....no one should be amending a quote unless it's one from something that member posted.
Otherwise mayhem could easily break out by someone completely misquoting someone else & potentially libelling a third party. Sorry, but a quote should always be a quote & that ought to be policy.
11  Journey by Journey / London to South Wales / Re: Coupling on: March 11, 2024, 21:36:04
It was a ceremony(al) blessing - GWR (Great Western Railway) tweeted that they had got wed earlier in the week (Wednesday I think)
12  All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom / Re: Transport focus Rail Passenger survey (results to February 2024) on: March 11, 2024, 20:47:37
I did get a lengthy questionnaire handed out on a Heart of Wessex service ca 1.5 months ago. It did appear to be GWR (Great Western Railway) specific only so I am unsure if this is relevant to Transport Focus. I would also doubt the data has been processed so quickly.

GWR do their own too, so if it was GWR-centric, it was probably theirs
13  All across the Great Western territory / Media about railways, and other means of transport / Re: BBC R4 2030 tonight (BBC Sounds later) on: March 11, 2024, 20:14:41
Link doesn't work for me - try this
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001x4yf
14  All across the Great Western territory / Fare's Fair / Re: Swanage Railway goes cashless on: March 10, 2024, 21:19:29
I'm a 'no(t yet)' too....our elders often don't have contactless cards & the technology too often fails.
15  All across the Great Western territory / Buses and other ways to travel / Re: Foot ferries on: March 10, 2024, 19:06:48
Add to this list the Gravesend to Tilbury Foot & cycle ferry across the Thames. Last service March 31st. Thurrock Council pulled their support & Kent couldn't afford it on their own.

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