Recent content by reduke

Thanks, that clarifies things somewhat. To refer to another example, LS specifically bars travel from LTN to STP on the 09:28 EMR However, CP only bars travel after 09:19 Does this mean that carnet off peaks are valid on the EMR where normal off peak tickets are not, even though national...

Yes, it's another one of these threads... I know these types questions have been asked time and again, but I can't seem to find a specific answer. (Outbound portion of return here in question, final destination Nuneaton) 9I states no travel on trains departing STP before 10:26. It also states...

Ok I will admit, the last time I went to Canary Wharf I was drunk as a skunk and spent half an hour+ looking for the entrance to the Elizabeth Line station. Today though I was sober. I got off the Jubilee line and the only Elizabeth line sign I saw was a whiteboard with an arrow saying 350m...

Accorrding to RTT it arrived a little bit early and opentraintimes still shows the headcode from its previous journey in the siding: https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:P98821/2024-11-28/detailed Beeb report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8jy42lkje8o

Got to see one in the flesh today and although thankfully I didn't get on it, I was already disappointed. When I heard they were going to be 2+2 I was happy, now I see the seats I am not :( And looking at the LNR factsheet fills me with more disappointment... 3 car - 199 seats = 66 per car...

Is there anything published about that yet? Going to make Xmas travel quite interesting...

Unfortunately Kronenbourg hasn't only changed it's ABV, it's now a different recipe making it something of a blonde beer... To make it worse, the supermarkets are starting to run out of the proper stuff now :(

Could anyone travelling eastbound from Manchester Victoria today let me know what the TPE loadings are like? Currently running alternative routes through my head for this evening...

Convention "shmention?" . If the driver taking the train out of platform 1 is delayed so much by disruption that there's not enough stabling space, then the other end of the train is only 2 cars away... 1692554098 Addendum: disruption at Redhill is normally caused by unfortunate platform...

Thinking back, "station stop" may actually have been the wording used, but my OCD was more focused on the use of "is" over "will be".

And, for that matter, why do 2 car GWR services stop all the way at the end of platform 1? Seems like an unnecessarily obtuse way of preventing passengers from taking the next Gatwick service, from whichever platform that may be...

Why would/do services to tonbridge that don't stop at Redhill go via platform 3 rather than staying on the fast line? Is it a strange lack of route knowledge, an interlocking issue, laziness from the signallers, or otherwise?

I had a guard on the southeastern diversion pre-empt the "next station is..." announcement by using good grammar. Very pleasant surprise. When did the automated announcements forget grammar, or did they never learn?

Perhaps I was inaccurate - what I meant was - Intercity journeys without enough seats for all passengers is not something a modern society should be proud of. Why? Just make sure they have a tight grip on a pole for the entire journey and everything will be fine! Are you advocating pricing...

Why is it ok for airlines to say that but not train companies? You know what happens when planes are regularly full? More capacity gets added. But as I said earlier, actual investment in the railways is a whole other argument.