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    Ticket Validity Worcester Shrub Hill / Folgate St - Chelmsford

    Hi, I have a ticket for the 24th March from Worcester Shrub Hill / Folgate St to Chelmsford, the ticket mentions "only via London and Stroud or Evesham" Unfortunately there appears to be engineering work on the 24th March, and National Rail are showing routes via Birmingham New St and...
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    Chelmsford to East Cowes - with a bicycle.

    National Rail gives a Route via Stratford ( London ) and the Underground, can I go via Liverpool Street and Cycle to Waterloo ? and is my bike allowed on the Ferry with the Rail ticket ?
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    Chelmsford North Station

    I could not see a thread on this As per reports from the local newspaper, it is due to open in 2025 and will be three track ( 2 platforms and a through track . https://www.essexlive.news/news/chelmsfords-second-railway-station-beaulieu-1173854 I cannot see this happening, my guess is the...
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    Ryde ( IOW ) Price Query

    Hello, I am looking to book a return ticket from London Waterloo to Ryde on the IOW, is there a return ticket option that will allow me to use the Wightlink Cat going one way and the Hovercraft on the Return ?
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    Reedham to Woodbridge

    Hi All, I have a query about the above journey, the alternatives are Reedham to Lowestoft and Lowestoft to Woodbridge or Reedham to Norwich and Norwich to Ipswich to Woodbridge. Would a ticket be valid on either routing ? Thanks in advance
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    Bury St Edmunds to London Liverpool St Ticket Validity

    Hi, It is virtually the same journey time to get to Liverpool Street Via either Cambridge or Ipswich to Liverpool Street, both journeys are with Greater Anglia can I use my ticket for either routing. Thanks in advance.
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    Why are train roofs painted black ?

    Having commuted on the GEML for a number of years on stock that has no A/C I recently noticed that all trains have black roofs. Surely if they were to be painted white instead the carriages would be cooler and on stock with A/C the power use would be reduced. The new London bus stock are...
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    Greater Anglia - London Norwich - Catering

    Is there a full restaurant car with cooked breakfast etc ? Looking to take the children for a full day up near Norwich, this would convince me to leave the car at home. Best regards Alex
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    What if APT had been a success ?

    Watching the age of the train programme the other night, the APT seemed so close to being accepted. If it had worked how would the UK train landscape be different today do we think.
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    Stratford (London )- Canopys

    It appears only the Suburban and Underground / DLR Platforms have canopy's given the usage ( particularly over the olympic period ) this would seem to be an oversight. Is anyone aware why platforms 9 and 10 were left out ?
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    Platform Heights

    Given all of the legislation around accessability, it would seem to me that the biggest restriction is the gap between train and platform, has there been any work done in regard to standardising platform and / or train heights to allow step free access ?

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