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    XX:10 Euston to Birmingham NS / XX:17 Birmingham to Euston paths no-longer ran in off-peak

    I have been using this route for over a year every week due to work commitments and remembered that the WCML timetable recast in Dec 2022 to change the 3tph that had one stop each at Watford/Rugby/Milton Keynes between Euston and Coventry to become 2tph non-stop London - Coventry and 1tph...
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    Reliability of Class 378

    As I use the ELL to commute to Croydon, I have noticed in the recent weeks that trains on the Croydon services has been cancelled during peak hours. Could this be related to the high utilisation rate of the class 378, or am I just really unlucky that West Croydon train is the first one to be...
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    Using GRC for discounted ticket - Photocard?

    I currently hold a GRC from my annual season ticket on oyster (hence the oyster is linked to the GRC, and no Photocard was ever issued) My question is, if I want to get the 34% national rail ticket (eg Southern) with my GRC, do I need to get an extra Photocard to prove that I am the owner of...
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    (Successful) Refund claim for additional fare due to East London Line disruption last week

    I previously had to take go into zone 1 with a zone 2-5 travelcard during the ELL disruption last week due to the safety inspections. My regular commute would have involved going between Canada Water and New Cross Gate to connect between the Underground and Southern Rail, but as the line was...
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    Thameslink Horsham Up Service calls at New Cross Gate removed

    Since the timetable change this week, some Horsham services are transferred from Southern to Thameslink. It appears that the original New Cross Gate call on the Up London Bridge service has been removed, which wasn't advertised as I boarded the service at East Croydon this week with the service...
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    Network Rail Graduate Scheme - Engineering/Management

    Just wondering if there are any other people here that applied to the NR graduate scheme this year, or has already in NR as a graduate? For myself, I went to the assessment center very recently and the scheme seem quite interesting. :D Any NR graduate can shed a light about their experience?
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    Southeastern ticket refund - 5/12/12 snow problem

    One of my friends has a ticket refund problem today. He had to cancel his trip from Staplehurst to London today because of all the cancellations and the broken down train this morning near Staplehurst. He brought an anytime day single and a web offpk day single last month and it was posted to...
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    Permitted routes between Staplehurst and Cambridge (Use of HS1?)

    When I was looking up for train ticket for my short trip between Staplehurst and Cambridge on the Southeastern website, the routing shown on the website is described as SPU-London Bridge-(tube)-King's Cross-Cambridge which seems normal to me. But when I check for the same trip on traveline, I...
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    Advice needed for Staplehurst - Birmingham New Street

    I need to go from SPU to BHM on the 16th July arriving before 1030 (peak :evil:!) and leave on the 19th July leaving after 1200. So far I have tried thetrainline.com and lastminute.raileasy.co.uk The prices given by the two sites are different and I just want to know what is the cheapest option...
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    Groupsave ticket on Southeastern

    My further maths class (yes it's further maths) is heading to London for a lecture day in London this Tuesday. After some brief research the train we are getting is the 0921 Staplehurst - CHX. So in our class we have 12 students plus the teacher, but I just can't find out the correct price...

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