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Passing through Pitsea station, I noticed an east-facing bay platform on the north side of the station. Track was in place but rusted. I couldn't see if it was connected to the normal running lines. Can anyone tell me: (1) When was this last used? (2) When was it last in regular use? (3) What...

Thanks, Hadders, again for your continuing advice. I think that is the way we will go then.

Okay, so the consensus seems to be that to do the original plan I outlined we're best off buying one-day travelcards from Benfleet. This will cover: the journey up to London and back the DLR any tube journey we end up taking And it will give us a discount on: the cable car and the...

Thanks all for the advice. Can someone explain how a travelcard is different from a paper travelcard? And what is the Heritage 15? As for numbers and ages, it will be two adults and two children aged 10 and 8. I'm also wondering if we can get a better deal by buying advance tickets...

Thank you, Hadders, for that advice. I hadn't thought of adding HS1 in there as well, though I've read that it's quite pricey. We would most likely be starting from Benfleet. But if we decided to go on the line into Liverpool St, we would start from Rayleigh.

We live overseas, but are back in the UK visiting my parents in Essex and while here would like to do a London trip. I would like to include a few different transport modes in this (hopefully without the wife noticing and while keeping the kids amused) and have the following in mind: -...