Recent content by Jayden99

Hi all, Apologies if this has been discussed somewhere else in the past but I was watching a documentary about the build and design of the Class 91s/IC225s that referred to them as 'Electra'. I knew this was the catch all fleet name but even using the ECML regularly I've never heard it used...

Has to be the long flag tickets with the point at one end for me, made storing day tickets an absolute nightmare

Hi All, So I'm looking at a tube map from the late 80's, when the H&C and ELL were still part of the Metropolitan. However Aldgate is shown as a peak hours only service. So where did services from what we see now as being the Met (Amersham/Watford/Uxbridge) terminate off peak? Was it the bay...

I think the jumper cables have a lot to do with it, moving in to the 80s if you compare a 320/1/2, which I think are kind of sleek in their own way, with a 456, which looks like it ran away through a flexible tubing factory, you can see the difference they make. Why did the Southern Region keep...

Spending some time out in South London today had me thinking about TOC brands. A franchise/concession like Merseyrail absolutely does not let you forget that you're travelling with them, station signage, furniture, trains and literature are all in really consistent branding at the customer...

I've been mostly going to the local format stores through all this because I'm the kind of person that goes shopping every few days and buys a few nights' dinners. Just went in to the big Sainsbury's in Chesham and it was basically back to normal, apart from the plastic at all the tills...

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I think it's become a pretty partisan issue in Scotland, looking in as I don't live there any more. I do think there is an element of "If it's Nicola doing it then I don't like it" and I would suspect that has a lot to do with some of the reactions on here. That said, with New Zealand having a...

Great, thanks for the help!

Hi All, Planning a little trip to take in the sights and sounds of the Isle of Wight tomorrow, but I've been poking around on BR Fares and it doesn't list any Priv fares. It shows public rate just fine so are priv rate tickets not available? I don't want to make an idiot of myself at the ticket...

EMR I believe the Meridians skip Coach E so that if a 7 car is swapped for an HST then First is still in the same place. Might also have something to do with them being reformed a few times, a 9 car especially is a mess in terms of letters

Seems to be personal choice by guards, as it's always the same guards that have had the doors locked open. It was very briefly a thing at my TOC too but I haven't seen it in a good while now

I can't find a link that isn't the Sun or Mail and they aren't getting my clicks, but there was an anti-masker incursion into a Morrisons in South London today, telling people to take their masks off because they're "BAD!". Wouldn't surprise me if they take every opportunity to spout about their...

HIV is a very different and tricky animal and I don't think the comparison is the most helpful, I'd argue we do have a vaccine in a sense in the form of PrEP and PEP (Not the BR stock :P) and a very effective treatment in the form of antiretrovirals but I digress. To get back on topic, I'd go...

Lidl in High Wycombe was very panic buying adjacent when I was in today, mostly cleared out of pasta and tins, and stuff like bottled water. Is there a memo that I've missed?