If you go home regularly on the train after 7pm it will save you a considerable amount of money if you get a peak-fare carnet for the morning and an off-peak one for the evening.

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Alternatively, they can stay on the train, go around the loop and then get off at platform 3 at James Street, adding eight minutes to the journey.

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Nevertheless his love affair with steam trains continues and he travels around England with other rail enthusiasts to go on heritage train journeys and wears the watch given to his father on his retirement.

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She insisted we go directly to the train station and get on the first train for Paris.

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Many workers, already protected by generous pension provision, with retirement possible at 50 for train drivers, agreed to go back to work on the promise of yet another bonus and pay rise.

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Instead of going to Fort Smith by steamboat of train, Papa decided he would go on horseback and walk the ponies back all tied together.

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Then go on to occasional travellers, they will have to apply for their compensation to the train operating companies.

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Russian media reported that all passengers had been flown to Moscow on another plane, with the exception of a couple who preferred to go by train.

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The conventional answer is that prospective employers have to invest significant resources to train new workers on the job resources that may go wasted if the person jumps ship shortly after receiving such training.

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Anyone can receive a blessing from the temple elephant, Lakshmi. (After you give her a 100-rupee note, she whacks you gratefully on the head.) But train passengers have a special advantage: You go back at night to Hampi's central Vittala Temple complex, a compound of intricately sculpted halls with rows of pillars and the central stone chariot that gives the train its name.

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But while people buying an old one-day pink travel card could use it on the buses, Tube and overland rail, many train companies refuse to accept the equivalent pay-as-you-go on Oyster.

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Think small train compartment with flat screen TVs and iPod docks for high-tech travel on the go.

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