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    #11
    Originally posted by tomtomagain View Post
    This doesn't help answer your question but ...

    I remember reading that on a pound per mile basis the Heathrow Express is the most expensive train journey in the world.
    When a train driver (stop/go/open/close doors) earns a basic of £50K p.a, would you expect otherwise?

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      #12
      stop/go/open/close doors
      I think the ones on Southern have difficulty with some of that and require a second person to remind them.

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        #13
        Isn't there a train strike for the next 5 days? Best start walking now....

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          #14
          Originally posted by Moose423956 View Post
          Isn't there a train strike for the next 5 days? Best start walking now....
          Southern only
          Originally posted by Stevie Wonder Boy
          I can't see any way to do it can you please advise?

          I want my account deleted and all of my information removed, I want to invoke my right to be forgotten.

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            #15
            Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
            It's just under an hour on the tube from King's Cross to Heathrow 1,2,3 so you'r not going to save a massive amount of time going to Paddington then taking HE.
            Tubed it in the end
            Originally posted by Stevie Wonder Boy
            I can't see any way to do it can you please advise?

            I want my account deleted and all of my information removed, I want to invoke my right to be forgotten.

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              #16
              Originally posted by tomtomagain View Post
              This doesn't help answer your question but ...

              I remember reading that on a pound per mile basis the Heathrow Express is the most expensive train journey in the world.
              £1.17 per mile (£20 total).

              A positive bargain compared to the £4.90 cash price for a journey from Leicester Square to Covent Garden, whose platforms are 300m apart.
              The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist

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                #17
                Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
                When a train driver (stop/go/open/close doors) earns a basic of £50K p.a, would you expect otherwise?
                From what I understand you can also get a tube driver 'lite' which is two night shifts a week for £25K p.a. That's £25K a year for a 15 hour week. Oh and the regular drivers get £50K minimum.

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by LondonManc View Post
                  £1.17 per mile (£20 total).

                  A positive bargain compared to the £4.90 cash price for a journey from Leicester Square to Covent Garden, whose platforms are 300m apart.
                  You could go outside and walk.

                  Anyway it's one of the biggest jokes in London.
                  "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
                    You could go outside and walk.

                    Anyway it's one of the biggest jokes in London.
                    Along with Corbyn and Abbott?

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                      #20
                      Just remember not to stick your head out of the window when it's moving regardless...

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