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Arriving at Oval station today for the cricket, we were told we didn't have to touch out (to speed passenger flows) as the system would automatically add this in when we touched back in again in the evening. I've never heard of this before, and will be interested to see my Oyster account when...

A bit of a curio today. I was off to Baldock today from St Pancras, and while I had my eye on the 10:31 to Cambridge, I had noticed that the 10:01 had been significantly delayed. Waiting at STP, the National Rail App on my phoned showed the 10:01 arriving around 10:31 (with the 10:31 a few...

Going to Moorgate on Wednesday on a southbound Northern Line train, I was surprised that it had the old onboard station announcement for Moorgate, and not the re-recorded one which also includes the Elizabeth Line and is recognisably by a different person.

Moderator note - split from: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/nuneham-viaduct-shut-didcot-oxford.246310/ I imagine he's referring to the Oxford LTN (Low Traffic Neighbourhood) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65243274

When did it become normal for seat reservations to be included on the same ticket as the journey, rather than as a separately printed ticket? I'm happy to have it all on one ticket, but the downside is that writing can be really small. I'm not sure the attached photo does justice to the tiny...

If it usual to have 2 consecutive in service trains waiting on the same platform at Kings Cross? I certainly wasn't expecting it this morning, when I saw a Grand Central train waiting on my platform instead of the expected 700! The 700 of course was in front of it, but what surprised me as well...

https://www.mylondon.news/news/north-london-news/designer-behind-london-underground-seat-23603823 An interesting article about her on the LT Museum page https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/stories/design/enid-marx-pioneer-pattern

One thing that always irritates me about the Metroline (in London) ADL E200s (08-10 reg) is their incredibly noisy and localised heaters. Scattered about the passenger area, so that if you're next to one you roast, but don't feel much if you're sitting elsewhere. And noisy enough to give you a...

Yes I'm a spoilt Londoner, but I was still shocked travelling from Blackpool to Liverpool on Sunday morning (11:32) that only an hourly service operates on the Wigan to Liverpool (via St Helens Central) corridor on Sunday. With Liverpool playing at 4:30pm that day, the 6 car 331 was completely...

I friend of mine found himself on this train last week, the 23:11 from Marylebone which goes via Bicester Village to Oxford, then presumably reverses back to go north to Banbury, though sadly he didn't stay on for the whole journey and video it, which was very selfish of him :E Is this the...

Wanting to go from Highbury and Islington to Moorgate yesterday at 5:10, I was shocked by how poor the timetable was in that direction, with a near 20 minute wait. Indeed I'm baffled by the difference in frequency around that time into and out of London Going into Moorgate 4:07, 4:29, 4:37...

Watching the "Secrets of the London Underground" programme this week, where they visited the site of North End station, they mentioned that it's still kept "in use" as an emergency exit Has this ever been used for an emergency? I've never heard of an evacuation using this exit, it's a massive...

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/northern-line-bank-station-upgrade-tfl-london-underground-tube-b945288.html A shame this has been delayed from the original timetable, much of which would have been during the quieter summer months.

A minor issue, but passing through Hillingdon yesterday I was puzzled why the roundels carry the old name "Hillingdon (Swakeleys)", when the station hasn't been called that since the 1950s, and the station itself was resited in the 1990s. It's not as if they're historical signs brought across...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/travelling-with-small-children-what-improvements-could-be-made.217491/ Turning it around slightly, there's also an obligation for parents to supervise their children. I'm not suggesting that children have to be glued to their...

A couple of great YouTube videos counting down 20 London rail oddities, many new to me which deserves a wider audience.

https://twitter.com/samaracello/status/1335947688425246721

A random thought but if a few 465s lost a trailer, then you could form 11 car (4+4+3) sets which would fit into Charing Cross (if not Woolwich Dockyard) better!

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/cuts-to-investment-in-rail-infrastructure.211931 Covid is likely to have a permanent downward effect on commuting patterns with more partial working from home likely to continue even after we return to normal. It won't negate the...

Moderator Note: Posts #1 - #13 originally in this thread (1) Class 484 to replace class 483 on the island line | RailUK Forums (railforums.co.uk) But then the 483s weren't always in red livery, initially they were in NSE livery, while their predecessors had various BR liveries, culminating in...