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I'm sure all the nurses, teachers, hospitality workers and general public who won't be able to get to work or their holidays will completely understand the plight, terrible pay and conditions that these poor train drivers are forced to endure, and will support them to the hilt. I know I do.

This is a critical point. PSVAR focuses on wheelchair users with zero or scant regard to those with less impaired but still debilitating mobility, who can walk but painfully, including large numbers of elderly people who rely on public transport. Reducing numbers of seats on buses doesn't help...

The government has committed £96billion to rail. That's one hell of an investment. Crying shame if the morons running and kowtowing to the unions wreck the whole premise by killing off the custom, and quite a lot of the hospitality sector dependent on it. And of course the gov wants to make...

The unions are killing off the railways, committing industrial suicide. The travelling public has lost faith in rail and lost confidence in its ability to provide a reliable service. Why should government continue to invest in an industry whose workforce simply refuse to work? HS2, East West...

The points would also be the point. Each of the multiple sets of points in the Camden Town layout is switched after every train, resulting in enormous wear and tear and maintenance bills, the most intense on the network. My understanding is that each set is manually checked and attended to if...

As a member of the general public who enjoys travelling by train I must say I now haven't a clue who is striking and when, "working to rule" or generally destroying what at normal times is quite a functional transport system. I love the language of "being compelled to take this action", as...

Alas these seem to be spending inordinate amounts of time hanging about in stations - a full minute is twice as long as needed, anywhere; and also at Westbourne sidings and elsewhere for "pathing" and "passing trains". Eastbound from Heathrow waits 3 minutes at Westbourne, and from Reading a...

Whitby coming in from Robin Hood's Bay on the viaduct high over the Esk before reversing and looping under the same viaduct was quite an entrance.

Sea Shell in Lisson Grove, next to Marylebone. One of the best in London. Reopens 7th May for takeaway.

What a relief. The right (and only) decision for all the reasons eloquently articulated by Nigel Harris, Domeyhead in this thread, and others. So now is the time to get on with it and deliver to maximise commercial, social and regenerative benefits for as much of the country as possible. And...

Everyone has a right to strike. Many can cause gratuitous chaos by doing so, but most have consciences and choose not to. Striking should be a last resort for a genuine grievance or hardship. The RMT members *choose* to strike simply because they can, for cynical and hypocritical pretexts, and...

Guppy. They look like guppies and it usefully rhymes with puppy. "Ride East Midlands Guppy, Treat your little puppy!"

Combine Phase 1a and NPR with HS2 to Manchester and Leeds served via Manchester or preferably a triangular junction southeast thereof. London-Leeds needs its own capacity so will need to bypass or non-stop Manchester. This solves the west coast capacity issue and the Northern Powerhouse...

There are now 4 tph alternate hours on the Euston-Watford locals, with RTT showing 4tph throughout from this coming Saturday. So evidently the released 378s are immediately reverting. Are they having their 5th cars reinstated I wonder? There is however no indication of the NLL's ghastly 12-14...

"shocked to see west hampstead thameslink only getting a half hourly service northbound during rush hour" ... That is indeed the case in the present timetable, nothing between 17:14 and 17:43. Same for Mill Hill Broadway, Elstree and Radlett. Kentish Town, Cricklewood and Hendon fare even...

Two cheers. The new timetable from 8 Dec (on RTT) shows a full service reinstated on Sutton loop and St Albans / Luton all-stations, with the exception of a couple of northbound morning peak services north of West Hampstead (which could and should be provided by additional stops by semi-fasts...

Similarly, the quickest exit from the Circle/Hammersmith/Metropolitan platforms is from the east end following the signs to the interchange with the tube lines, then turn left into the old ticket hall and straight out. And vice-versa to enter. It's an interesting fact that the quickest route...

Whatever the apparent improvement, the service on the BedPan stoppers remains contemptible. RTT showing the 17.24 and 17:39 from BFR cancelled, which means no bloody northbound trains for a whole hour (16:49 - 17:49) to Kentish Town, West Hampstead, Cricklewood, Hendon, Mill Hill, Elstree...

The fact that this thread has had no posts for 15 hours whereas since May 20 they were coming at roughly the same frequency as the cancellations (every 2-10 minutes approx) seems to be indicative of the historic achievement of the latest timetable! Well done drivers and all others whose...

Anyone know why two successive St Albans - Sutton loop stoppers were terminated at Kentish Town at 8.21 and 8.36? The BedPan stoppers are still getting a very raw deal in all this. 35-min gap in the northbound p.m. peak (up from 30 in the previous post-20 May timetable), against a regular...