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Also in Coach 1 of the 1800 this evening. Acceleration was good but just as we reached top speed had to start braking for the next stop. Better when the stations spread out further north, but as you say didn't recover much time if any.

Currently sitting on the 1821 Kings Cross to Cambridge just south of Finsbury Park. Driver says the train ahead in platform 7 is waiting for a driver. I think that train is the 1824 to Peterborough. Not sure where the driver is coming from but I sure hope he’s not on my train!

Would this also mean that they have to keep the barriers closed at WGC? It's a scrum in the evenings trying to get off the platform so they usually just open them up and my Key card doesn't register when they do this (not sure if it's because the barrier is open or if there are so many people...

UNO buses already accept contactless payment, so it may be a small step for them to accept Oyster. Not sure about Arriva's plans though.

It's clear to us that there will be more space and higher capacity, but to actually say longer? - I would think that your average commuter would expect more cars when you say something like that.

I saw the poster announcing the 717s at Potters Bar. It says that the new trains are "longer". Is that actually true? They are all 6-car, but I would have thought that the majority of peak hour commuters already catch 6-car 313s. Is the poster a tiny bit misleading?

Problems this morning down to the taxi booking system apparently - http://www.whtimes.co.uk/motoring/great-northern-and-thameslink-railway-chaos-today-down-to-train-drivers-not-getting-taxis-1-5579275

I’m on this too from WGC. Only about 6 people got on and a few got off. 12 cars and lots of seats.

I've caught the 7.24 WGC-Moorgate everyday this week and other than Monday it has been fairly lightly loaded. I was quite surprised. I think people are still choosing to get the "fast" services.

They are not announcing any Moorgate trains at WGC

Apparent passenger action at Hitchin on the Peterborough service: https://twitter.com/BBCTomEdwards/status/999697767466455041

The Journey Planner says the 1806 is running.

I switched from the current 0742 WGC-King's Cross to the 0730 Moorgate a year ago because I was fed up with struggling to get on the Moorgate service when changing at Finsbury Park. If there is no benefit for Moorgate passengers in getting the faster service and switching then I think you will...

Real Time Trains shows that all Cambridge slows and WGC-Kings Cross services are slated to be 700s. Will this actually be the case?

Also borne out by the replies to this Great Northern tweet - https://twitter.com/GNRailUK/status/994496119710380032 It's interesting that there hasn't been a similar outcry in the Welwyn Hatfield local paper - perhaps passengers there are not losing as much as Hitchin.

I would have thought that getting regular timings on a Sunday would be quite straightforward. Maybe I am wrong.

The fast trains from WGC are full but the semi fasts and slows are not and passengers will increasingly use these services, which will mean less chance of getting a seat, compared to the current services, for those boarding south of Potters Bar.

Will there be any scope to reinstate the Oakleigh Park and New Southgate peak frequency to 6tph when the 717s are introduced?

It looks like the incoming services (to WGC) terminate and then head into the sidings for 10 minutes before reappearing for the return journey.

The WGC-KGX services are now in the planner. No first class fares available.