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« Reply #15 on: October 19, 2009, 02:59:39 »

Congratulations! Just think, you might even get issued with some proper ticket cancelling kit now...  Wink Smiley
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« Reply #16 on: October 19, 2009, 03:21:43 »

Congratulations! Just think, you might even get issued with some proper ticket cancelling kit now...  Wink Smiley

Well, judging by the Vomiters I've been on recently I'll be lucky to get a biro! Fingers crossed tho!
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« Reply #17 on: October 19, 2009, 15:03:51 »

Congratulations (If you consider Voyagers a promotion  Cheesy)

I'm sure you will find it much warmer down south!
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« Reply #18 on: October 20, 2009, 09:31:03 »

Congratulations.

Please don't think that the whole of the South of England smells like the inside of a voyager.
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« Reply #19 on: October 20, 2009, 20:47:19 »

And please try to be compassionate to the disgruntled punters when you have to skip-stop Basingstoke (or other stops) when you're running late!! It's happened to me twice....
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« Reply #20 on: October 22, 2009, 13:56:43 »

And please try to be compassionate to the disgruntled punters when you have to skip-stop Basingstoke (or other stops) when you're running late!! It's happened to me twice....

I promise not to laugh until I've cleared the platform! In my limited experience of the route so far everything's run pretty much to time, there seems to be a fair buffer of time at Birmingham and a sharp reversal at reading can cure most ills. I still love the look of panic on peoples faces departing Reading, all thinking that the train is taking them back whence they came!
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