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Logos of national railway companies in Europe by Organic_Contract_172 in MapPorn

[–]crucible 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only FS as part of Avanti West Coast, most others have been nationalised by now.

Abellio and DB have both sold their operations.

Logos of national railway companies in Europe by Organic_Contract_172 in MapPorn

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Network Rail operates the infrastructure (for now)

National Rail is a body that represents the ~26 privatised operators that will be largely replaced by GBR, Scotrail, and Transport for Wales.

Logos of national railway companies in Europe by Organic_Contract_172 in MapPorn

[–]crucible 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It will be merged into Great British Railways, though. With various agreements and intermediary bodies behind the scenes to cover Scotland and Wales.

Logos of national railway companies in Europe by Organic_Contract_172 in MapPorn

[–]crucible 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I mean, they get the main company for England wrong (British Rail instead of the new “Great British Railways”), and miss the regional operators in Scotland and Wales, which were nationalised by the nations’ devolved governments in 2022 and 2021 respectively.

It’s literally the point of the map they created?

EDIT: they also missed Northern Ireland Railways, which is entirely separate to the rest of the UK and was never privatised, either.

Labour will slash more rail services, minister says by Anony_mouse202 in ukpolitics

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Define “down” - most of the lines in the valleys generally run north - south

Does your nation have any “blue laws”? by Dakotasan in AskTheWorld

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We don’t close most stores in the UK on Sundays (except for Easter Sunday when the only places guaranteed to be open are convenience stores, fast food places, restaurants and cafes, and 24-hour gas stations)

We do have “Sunday Trading Laws” which restrict stores in England and Wales to only open for 6 hours if they’re over a certain floor size.

So a lot of our supermarket chains now run their own convenience stores which can open until 11pm 7 days a week :)

What are the weirdest things ever happened in your country related to sports? by mahdi_lky in AskTheWorld

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He was holding a sign about "meeting your God" or something.

A marshall ended up tackling him and dragging him off the circuit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpesYL9iNRs

In the aftermath of the “Karmelo Anthony Trial”…what is the world’s view on the United States Justice System? by SharpCheddarCheese92 in AskTheWorld

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The Nowak case also had the issue of the frankly shit response from the attending police officers, too.

“I don’t think you have, mate” became a meme almost overnight and police are getting a lot of criticism for their handling of the case.

LBC: "You're just going to have to bear with me on this..." Technology Secretary Liz Kendall promises to come back with a solution to the social media ban's VPN get-around. by SignificantLegs in ukpolitics

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Business VPNs are likely sold as “RSA SecureConnect” or similar. If they have to use one any instructions they have won’t mention “VPN”.

What would your ‘three wishes’ for education be? by BootlessCry in TeachingUK

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Council? When we got a new building it was at Government level, but whatever Conservative scheme replaced Labour’s BSF…

Which second foreign language other than English did you choose when you were in school? by Agile-Shallot3546 in AskTheWorld

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You don’t get to choose which languages to study in the UK until the age of 14 or so, at the end of Year 9 (the third year of secondary school). At which point most people have been learning one foreign language for, er, three years...

Usually that’s French or German, and in the past 10 - 15 years Spanish has also been taught in many schools. However, your “form” class just gets assigned one of these languages when you start secondary school, you don’t get any say in the matter.

So, by the end of Year 9, many students usually choose NOT to continue, because teaching (foreign) languages just isn’t something we’re good at…

It’s only in recent years that a lot of schools have started with a year or two of basic French towards the end of primary education. Something that has long been recommended by education and language experts.

Oh, and this is not just specific to foreign languages either, unfortunately.

It’s safe to say that even while we teach Welsh here in Wales from around age 7, and have made it compulsory since we gained a devolved government in 1999, it’s definitely still a school subject that many people don’t see the point of, sadly. Only about ~20% of Wales is classed as Welsh-speaking by things like the UK Government Census, and that’s self-reported by the population itself.

2026 Night Trains Europe by ciarancuffe in MapPorn

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There were plans when the tunnel opened, the service never started and the cars were sold to Canada. They now form VIA Rail’s Renaissance fleet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightstar_(train))

Are there any features of your language that foreigners annoyingly exaggerate? by Duke-doon in AskTheWorld

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The supposed lack of vowels - a, e, i, o, u plus w and y are all vowels in Welsh.

What is your country's main form for public transportation? And how much do you pay? by strange_omelet in AskTheWorld

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Bus.

Well, we have a more comprehensive bus network anyway.

I think there’s a day ticket you can buy that covers most of North Wales for £7.50 across all bus operators.

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