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I thought of this as a diversion from the closed DOO thread - do you actually want to work? I will declare an interest as I was in the fortunate position of being able to take early retirement from a salaried job after which, for the first time since starting school, their was no-one to tell me...

Just an odd question for curiosity (although the amounts are trivial) On Friday a friend and I are visiting Hertford, travelling from Tottenham Hale. As we both have a freedom pass we have checked off peak day return fares from boundary zone 6 and see that there are two alternatives. On BR fares...

I had an unusual skip stop today (not sure if this is the appropriate thread) The 13.05 from Feltham was shown as running normally via Richmond (1 minute late). In fact it ran to CJ and Waterloo only via the Hounslow line. Screens at Feltham advised passengers for Richmond and Twickenham to...

A minor complaint, but at lunchtime today driving I was stopped at the Strawberry Hill level crossing; after waiting for about 10 minutes I gave up, along with several others, and diverted to a different route. Checking on RTT there had been a train just before I arrived, the next being due 20...

I have just seen a report on the Middlesbrough Gazette website that the 8 coach Gresley teak carriage set based at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway was vandalised overnight with windows smashed and internal fittings wrecked. www.gazettelive.co.uk

I have just heard on the radio news that all rail, tube and bus stations at London Bridge are closed due to a security alert - no doubt widespread chaos which will extend to the rest of the day.

En route to Waterloo this morning (SWT) we were stopped, only for a couple of minutes, outside Clapham Junction and a recorded announcement said this was due to a problem with the doors and no-one should use the emergency exit procedures (or words to that effect) I have heard the same...

On Sunday I took the 13.47 from Feltham to Waterloo, which was slightly delayed due to a trespass incident; we made up some time by Clapham Junction when we could proceed no further. The guard advised that this was due to a red signal caused by a freight train in the adjacent platform awaiting a...

It is a long time since I acquired the NRT, either on line or the Middleton Press version, but I have various old timetables which are useful for reference. I have just read, in the new Rail magazine, Barry Doe's review of the new NRT which seems to be a shambles. Various services not shown at...

I have read lots of debate on various threads about the issue of staff volunteering (or not) for various duties, particularly at weekends and Bank Holidays. I am unsure if the blame or responsibility (depending on your view) lies with the unions or the management. On the one hand, for the best...

A feature that I find odd in this (and some other recent threads) is that if a conductor is on duty at the station for the purpose of selling tickets, and a passenger goes to buy one, why is it also considered necessary for a 'minder' to intervene and question the transaction. Of course I know...