Charlie

@PolitlcsUK Does this include those who are actively looking for work but choose not to claim anything because they dont want to have to apply for 'anything' when their household still has another income to support them?

20.7% of UK adults between the ages of 16 and 64 are said to be economically inactive, meaning they aren’t in work and are not actively looking for work Full stats: ons.gov.uk/employmentandl…

🚨 BREAKING: The UK unemployment rate has risen to 5.2%

@Plusnet Hi yes ive done that, and this is the same response I kept getting in DM sadly. My question was how long, not how to troubleshoot. One of your team has rang me now anyway and quoted 2 to 3 days potentially but hopefully today.

@CharlieRWalker Hi Charlie, The best thing to do is text HELP to 07800008121 and this will run some checks on the line and let you know what's going on. If nothing is found, you'll then be able to arrange a call back from a member of our customer care team.

@Plusnet Hi Guys. Given you DMs now seem to be dominated by an AI Bot that doesn't understand basic queries and just keeps replying with automated messages that dont answer the question. How long can I expect my broadband to be off in DL3 0? Its been off 8 hours now...

...the text services says 'most' faults are fixed in 4hrs. We are double that already. My EV stopped charging, my security cameras are offline and my wife is unable to work. We need a better estimate than a vague automated 4 hours which obviously isnt true today.

@Joe_Dodman @chriscollins462 @lokiavivson Yes St. P platforms are 240 or 250m i think so a 10 car 80x wouldn't fit at 260m.

@chriscollins462 @CharlieRWalker @lokiavivson I suppose you can’t really do selective door operation at your main London terminus 🤣🤣

Additional calls at Barnetby and Peterborough never hurt anyone! Very good for the people of Barnetby especially, a direct link to London will be very well used. Class 820s however... why not 809s? 😭

@lokiavivson @chriscollins462 Im going to bed that 82x are reserved for Tri-Mode expresses. 80x - Bi mode and Electric 26m coaches 81x - as above but 24m coaches 82x - tri mode 26m coaches?

@chriscollins462 or even 804 or 806?

@Guard_Ean @MonsieurPiddly @Electra88007 Not to mention the numerous drivers and guards over the years who have made it to Kings Cross from Newcastle when they intended only Darlington by accidentally getting the first stop London service!

@MonsieurPiddly @Electra88007 One of ours went for the early morning pass to Darlo at TT change last May, except LNER had changed platform allocations and he didn’t realise his error until he noticed the train heading North 😂😂

Seen on the door display of a Pendolino at Warrington just a few minutes ago. And you just know there’ll be someone on there wanting Crewe or Stafford……🤔

@cartoontowntyke @dog_gem @SW_Help I'm a former planner for NR engineering on a different route. Now they'll have planned the disruptive work for 28 and starting 29. It's this far ahead to allow specialist equipment to be booked and specialist parts manufactured. Very expensive to cancel or reschedule for events

@dog_gem @SW_Help Thank you, that’s helpful.

It’s a real shame that @SW_Help has chosen to carry out engineering works on the Basingstoke to London line on the London Marathon weekend. Hopefully all those that are travelling can make alternative arrangements to get to the capital. #londonmarathon

@Guard_Ean @northernassist Got lucky with 1J78 running a bit late!

@CharlieRWalker @northernassist Very unusual to pass on the HLB, good work!

@northernassist Ones for your files, feel free to use with credit 1J78 158843 passes 2W17 156489 on 14th March 2026 on the High Level Bridge with the wonderful Newcastle cityscape in the background.

@LNER A few for your records, Feel free to use with credit. All taken joining the Durham Coast Line near Park Lane Jn (Gateshead). Pic 1 & 2: 800113, 1E13 0755 Inverness to London Kings Cross Pic 3 & 4: 800209 ϫ 8011101, S11 1003 London Kings Cross to Edinburgh

@Guard_Ean Na, forces me to walk out and never return taking my business elsewhere.

@CharlieRWalker Marketing strategy that. Means you do t shop on autopilot and forces you to go round the whole store and potentially buy extra!

@sainsburys Given your car park is on a slope in Darlington. Please could you invest in brakes on your trolleys? I shouldn't have to look around for something to keep the trolley from rolling away into other vehicles/walls/bollards when I come to load the car. 🙂

@Guard_Ean Oh this trip well and truly reminded me why I dont shop at Sainsbury's. Back to the usual Morrisons. It says something when Sainsbury's change the store layout so frequently that even the staff have no clue where anything is.

@CharlieRWalker @sainsburys You wouldn’t have this problem if you were a guard cause you’d be shopping in Lidl like me 😆

@pacer142 @LNER @ChimeWhistle @philatrail You say a year or two but these are now 7 years old.

@LNER @ChimeWhistle @philatrail Are they being replaced with the same (so the problem will re-emerge in a year or two) or with an improved design such as that that TfW have fitted to their Class 197 which appear not to have the "metal bar" at all even if you push down hard?

I’d rather have an ironing board seat than these @lner Azuma ones. Who designs a seat with a hard ridge across the middle of the base?

@LNER @philatrail @DavidHorne Excellent News! Always good when a company is already ahead of the feedback!

@CharlieRWalker @philatrail @DavidHorne Hello Charlie, we are in the process of replacing the seat bases on our Azuma trains - we have completed over half of the fleet so far, with the rest to be completed soon.

@Guard_Ean @phil_dfc Absolutely. Although ive also found this rural outbase not at a services and I know of one other thats usually more than this but they dont share their prices online. If anyone knows the current prices at the Cluanie Inn let me know how expensive it is 😂

@phil_dfc @CharlieRWalker Washy services is always one of the most expensive in the country. Even on a good day it’s at least 30p more than anywhere else

Any chance that the orange paedophile could stop his vendetta against Iran any time soon? I didn’t move up from the south of England to the north of England to start paying south of England prices for petrol I mean, 1.35 in County Durham is nothing shorter than a disgrace

@phil_dfc Also, still 130 in Bishop

@phil_dfc Pray for Guisborough. Avoid Washington services 😂