London to Stansted (via Cambridge)
Hi all, This coming Sunday I need to get from London to Stansted, however due to EW it is a bus transfer. Now I don't fancy getting a bus and I see I could travel Kings Cross - Cambridge (change) -...
View ArticleHow much would it cost
To electrify the entire National Rail Network, introduce cab signalling (whether conventional ETCS Level 2/3 or ETRMS-LC) on all lines and TASS on all appropriate routes? I want an "extreme investment"...
View ArticleNational rail through tickets from London
Can you buy national rail though tickets from a tfl operated station? Say from Barbican to Rayne's Park. What about with a railcard discount? Would it have to be from a manned ticket office rather than...
View Articlebop it VS video games
Which of these are good for the reaction test at a train driver assessment? I know bop it has cropped up hundreds of times, but how about console based games? Like Call of duty for example? Its a fast...
View ArticlePerth overnight
I've just returned home via Perth and was amazed by the number of 158 and 170 units being stabled there - I counted 9 in all, and saw another two heading across the bridge into the station from Dundee....
View ArticleGrand Central's grand 1st Class service
I'm travelling on the 10.01 York to Sunderland service, and have now been on it for just over an hour. In that time, the trolley stewardess has been through THREE times and has offered tea/coffee,...
View ArticleWest Coast ITT Published
It's now on the DfT web site: http://www.dft.gov.uk/publications/r...y-west-coast/# Having skim-read it, it's all very disappointing and unambitious. No change to the service plan - current baseline...
View ArticleA safety critical medical
Quote: Please note this position is safety critical and the successful applicant will require a safety critical medical. What's involved in a medical of this nature compared with a standard one?
View ArticleInterview with first great western anyone?
Has anyone done interview with FGW?What should I expect plssssssssssssssssss:D
View Article47799 at Warcop
Just before Christmas last year 47799 arrived at Warcop, having been bought by a private individual for preservation. I was fortunate enough to be on hand with my camera. 47799 arrives at Warcop
View ArticleManchester Metrolink Tickets
I am not sure if this is best on here or the Light Rail forum. However I am getting into Manchester Piccadilly next Thursday and am looking for a tram ticket that lets me do all the lines, any...
View Articleplease help me
please can someone help, i have got a bachmann class 37 and the snow plough has broken off and part is stuck inside the nem pocket, i have tried pliers to pull it out but it didnt work. i did think...
View ArticleMore from Malaysia
Here's another selection from Malaysia. I took a trip on the new ETS service from Kuala Lumpur to Ipoh yesterday and was quite impressed. The new high-speed EMU service and the trains working it are a...
View ArticleLower East Coast online discount
For some years, East Coast has advertised a 10% discount on its lower tiers of Advance tickets, and has actually operated a discount of 11%. This discount appears to have been lowered. For example, a...
View ArticleWhy do people leave their head at home?
I was at MKC one evening last week, standing at platform 4. ATOS Anne had just announced that a train would be passing through, blah blah blah. Stood facing the up direction, I spotted a Pendo...
View ArticleFGW Reading
Hi, Does anyone know what type of traction or routes that drivers out of FGW Reading depot have please? Any info would be very much appretiated! TIA
View ArticleNightmare train journey!
I'm making a journey to London today. Origin - Leicester Leicester - Rugby Rugby - London Trying to avoid using the direct route for the meantime. I bought a ticket from my origin to Rugby and arrived...
View ArticleFirst Capital Connect Open Returns
Why on earth have FCC removed open-returns (maybe just for YP?) between London and Bedford? I'm fuming. Last year, it cost me c.£12 day return but about £19.80 open return - which was great. Now, I...
View ArticleSome Old Workings
Good Afternoon Folks, Some old workings which I've photographed in the last years of Fotopic are available to view: 20901 + 20905 pass Elford (Tamworth) with 37412, 37672 and 37029 working 6Z37 Barrow...
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