Recent content by jimbouk1

Definitely D78 stock which previously worked the District Line but now used as a Rail Adhesion Train : https://www.flickr.com/photos/127662272@N07/50449398753 Most of the D78 stock was sold to Vivarail - it's nice that a unit still exists and being used (even if not for passengers) on TfL.

The options on some TIS systems as I understand them are Overdistance for travelling beyond the destination, Change of route for same journey but different route, and Peak Period for upgrading from an off-peak to a peak ticket of the same type. Unfortunately that doesn't allow change of a single...

Railcards have put up a message on Twitter about this now. "We are currently experiencing a technical issue which means some customers are not able to get new codes to download their Digital Railcard to the Railcard App. We're working on a fix asap and are sorry for any inconvenience. If...

"You can buy or renew your 1-year 16-25 Railcard up to and including the day before your 26th birthday and keep using it until its expiry date. With 3-year 16-25 Railcards you can buy them up until the day before your 24th birthday, which will make the expiry date the day before your 27th...

There's a couple of interesting articles online from soon after the refurbishments took place. https://acumen-da.com/media/GNER-2005_Rail-Magazine_Review.pdf https://acumen-da.com/media/GNER-2004_Railway-Interiors-Intl_Review.pdf

Although your 16-17 Saver card has a serial number, this should not be used as a photocard number for season tickets. If you are purchasing a paper season ticket, then you will still require a normal season photocard. (This is similar for Job Centre Plus discounted season tickets too) If you get...

Photograph online at https://twitter.com/Train_PlaneHub/status/907740923857178629

The person giving you advice comes across a friend who genuinely cares, and wants you to feel better about yourself. The advice they give is good, although I appreciate that it may not always be easy to follow. My son has been going out with a girl who has Aspergers for almost a year now and...

If you write back into the Customer Services who issued the voucher, they would probably be willing to exchange it for smaller denominations. Unfortunately no TOCs give change when payment is made by vouchers.

I understand that ticket offices are now instructed to point customers to the PDF copy on the National Rail website for NRCoC, but TOC Customer Services would probably print/send a copy if requested. Out of interest about the Martin Mill ticket/printout - if that relates to an earlier post about...

377612 and 377611 were spotted on test between Faversham - Canterbury - Dover this afternoon around 4.00pm. One point of interest were charging sockets by most of the seats for mobile phones and/or laptops. Surprising to see Southern 377/6's around East Kent!