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I commute from Banbury to Birmingham three times a week on a Chiltern only ADR. Since the new year, the level of onboard ticket checks has increased markedly (no issue with this at all). I used to buy e-tickets, but more recently I’ve been using a Chiltern Smartcard. These were checked as...

And it looks like, as part of the upgrade, that they’ve finally added QR scanners to all the gates.

New Gateline in operation today. One row in only, one row out only.

Is this the May issue? I've just been to WH Smith's in central Birmingham, and they still have the April edition on display.

The last few times I've been on a Voyager, the catering host hides at one end of the train and no trolley ever appears. I can understand when busy, but I have heard the host saying on the tannoy to come and find them at the end of Coach F, even when the train was not busy. If they're going to...

We went to the Black Country Living Museum today, for a birthday treat, and we had a ride on this beauty…. (photo is of Midland Red double-decker BMMO 6342HA) I fondly remember these from my youth, and was so pleased it was the traction for today. I also remember single decker Midland Red...

Hi all. The company that I work for is increasing the number of days we must go into the office, so that now a Chiltern Flexi-Season Ticket will cost in. I've ordered and received my Chiltern Smartcard. I'm confused how it all works, and the Chiltern FAQs are a tad vague. Tomorrow I'm off to...

So I believe there is only one train a day that stops at Peartree? So was this a scheduled stop, or did they stop the train specifically for Michael?

I see tonight he went to RR at Derby - interesting as he alighted and re-joined at Peartree.

Must admit, I’ve got a significant birthday coming up, and Mrs BanburyBlue has been asking for birthday suggestions. I jokingly put ‘Deltic puzzles’ into Google and wow, these puzzles came up. I also like the boxing hares.

Hi all. I just found these jigsaw puzzles…. https://jamesgreenart.co.uk/collections/jigsaw-puzzles I thought they looked interesting - certainly good to see some puzzles with diesels.

I’m quite surprised how quickly they are being installe.

I'm fairly sure that not all the gates have optical readers - not sure what's involved in fitting these though?

Surprisingly, we had a 165 on my morning journey to Birmingham Snow Hill the other day, instead of the usual 168. I was expecting to be late, but actually arrived into Snow Hill more or less on time.

Again, apologies for ignorance, but aren't 168/0's beefed up 165s, whereas the 168/1 and above are Turbostars?

Thanks - that's what I did in the end just in case.

I went to buy my car parking ticket at the railway station this morning. It's a SIP car park, and not the official railway car park. It's one of those car parks where you have to enter your car registration. I'm not sure if it's normal, but the machine allows you to enter 8 digits. So being...

I've certainly noticed the increased Chiltern presence this year. I normally travel from Banbury to Birmingham Moor Street/Snow Hill twice a week for work. It used to be pretty random whether the barrier gate line was open in the morning, and extremely rare for the gates to be in operation in...

There was a thread last year (now closed) about the lack of ticket barriers at Birmingham Moor Street (https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/gate-lines-at-marylebone-and-moor-street.248346/post-6212664). There looks like some activity at the gate line at Moor Street. An area of the concourse...

Okay, so when I open Apple Wallet, it's asking me to scan for app's to add? So how does it work? Ta.