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At Reading station this afternoon, I noticed somebody on the platform with a whistle, mimicking one of the train dispatchers. Copying their use of the whistle and randomly whistling. This strikes me as being quite a dangerous thing to do. Is there any byelaw that this would be caught under...

I went to the ticket office at Rowley Regis a few days ago to buy tickets for a very short journey which was Rowley Regis to Trinity Way on the Midland Metro, changing at The Hawthorns. I asked what the cheapest single fare would be and the ticket office guy told me there was a "through...

I hold an off peak day return ticket from Stourbridge J to Birmingham Stations I travelled into Moor Street and the barrier retained the out portion of my ticket. All good so far. I then walk to my meeting near Moor Street. The meeting finishes and a friend asks to meet me at Snow Hill. I...

Some thoughts on the following would be most helpful. Thank you in advance. My journey was from Hayes and Harlington to Old Hill, 20th March, for which I used contactless from Hayes and Harlington to Paddington (GWR), Paddington to Marylebone by tube then held an advance ticket for the 14:10...

Hi folks I'm travelling to an office just around the corner from London Bridge station tomorrow and intend to drive from my home near Birmingham to somewhere close to London and then take the train for the remainder of the journey. Does anyone have any suggestions as to where the best...

Hey guys, I'm over in Amsterdam for the day next week and will need to get from Schiphol airport to Centraal and then back again later in the day. The person I'm visiting recommends an OV Chipkaart for 1 day. Is this good advice or is there a better value ticket I could buy? Also, is there...

For the past 10 years or so my work has meant spending quite a lot of time on the railways which (unsurprisingly for a forum member here) has been delightful. I passed my driving test yesterday and now find that I have the opportunity to drive to clients premises but this gives me a...

I have a monthy nNetwork pass for all West Mids zones inc bus, train, metro and a few days ago instead of the normal paper ticket I get sent out monthly, I received a lovely new blue Swift ITSO card with my ugly mug on the front :) Using it on the train numerous times over the past few days...

I'm not overly familiar with the training that train drivers undertake but I have no doubt that it's comprehensive and to a high standard, but I see this "electric trains stop here" sign at the end of one of the platforms at Walsall station and can't help but wonder whose benefit it is there...

I couldn't help but post this article from the Daily Mash about railway ticketing! :lol: The full article is here:http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/business/mafia-in-awe-of-uk-train-companies-2014082789914

Yesterday I was attempting to board the frontmost carriage of a Chiltern Silver train at Birmingham Moor Street which was running about 8 mins late (which may be relevant). As people were still boarding there seemed to be a bottleneck inside the train which meant the queue to get on the train...

I was boarding a train today at my local station in the Midlands and whilst I had a valid pass, a person that boarded the train at the same station was stood near me on the train. When asked for his ticket he began to tell the guard that he couldn't buy a ticket at the station because the ticket...

Travelling from Wolverhampton yesterday to Birmingham I was surprised to see a London Midland service running direct to Coventry via BHM and calling at local stations. Am I going mad or is this a recently introduced service? I think it's the former but hope it's the latter! :lol: