Recent content by aavm

I'm fond of classic era railway posters. So, to celerbrate the roll out of new SWR trains, I thought I'd try and make one.

This is a fantastic reply :) Playing around, I found (on the National Rail website), that this fare is valid via Clapham Junction (as in Brighton-CLJ-Wool) which kind of makes sense, which makes it even cheaper This is kind of the right answer. I do remember that price as being to high for a...

https://www.walkingclub.org.uk/walk/wareham-to-lulworth-cove/index.html Updating this walk's web page after too long a gap. If you're in the area, it's a great walk, in an area of spectacular coastal walks.. In 2009, a London to Wool (between Southampton and Weymouth) day return was "~ £45...

Please could someone post a summary of progress (how many deployed, how reliable, compared to what they replaced, etc). Many Thanks.

@Undaunted thanks, seems the easy answer is, as usual, a little bit to easy. I also have memories of coming out of the tube at Waterloo to be met by a sea of people... and the surge when a train was announced....

Thank you. This explains why disruption now causes a melt down. Back in the day when I was a commuter in to Waterloo, disruption only seemed to last a few hours before the service recovered, now it's disruption till end of service. Formed the basis of a letter to my MP. I'm tired of having...

Holland had a 49 euro monthly off peak pass during the summer. It's subscription style, but you can cancel. Peak is a couple of hours morning and evening on weekdays. Looks pretty good value. If only we had something similar.... (Edited to change weekly to monthly)

this! And @johnr57 should get his first 500K bonus for suggesting it.

Kruunuvuori Bridge, a newly opened very long walk/tram cable stayed bridge in Helsinki, Finland, to an island. And in the same vein, Southend on sea pier (long enough for a tourist train) 1776758682 @Gathursty Do you mean Douglas Valley Rail Viaduct? That one looks closed now

3 more disused viaducts (*) to walk over. Firth Viaduct in Midlothian Grace Dieu Viaduct in Leicestershire near Coalville Midland Counties Railway Viaduct near Rugby (*) some used bridges have footpaths :) (an addendum to)...

Stowfield railway viaduct across the river Wye in the forest of dean, now a footpath, is to remain closed for now. Due to cost, options involve replacing with a modern bridge rather than repairing it. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c05de12400lo

A lot of elderly people are socially isolated and lonely. I'd like to see free off peak rail travel for all, not just Londoners. As people have already said, it's little marginal cost. Over 60s is a nice perk, but once given, it's politically expensive to remove. Free off peak rail travel...

A "heat map" of (number of passengers) along each rail line would be interesting. You might not be able to derive it from this data though. It might show some commuter lines being much busier than higher profile main lines.

The core problem is not enough housing. We need more homes, literally millions of them, but no Government has the will to allow this. Until then, only the poor on benefits and the rich can afford to have children