Recent content by Abpj17

Yesterday every* train to Hitchin out of KX was cancelled - I was looking for an alternative route as I live in Luton. In the end, I opted to get a train from Euston out to Milton Keynes to stay with a relative. *I couldn't see one running - one or two may have snuck through but it didn't look...

Typically an open off-peak return with a railcard (I've got network, my mum has senior). Origin is Leagrave (or Luton when we've experimented), destination is Chichester. Route is Thameslink then Southern e.g. via Gatwick, Three Bridges (not Victoria). The ticket from Leagrave says valid any...

We travel regularly from Leagrave to Chichester but are puzzled by some of the ticket collection options. Through a bit of trial and error, if we get a ticket from Luton to Chichester, we can do this as a mobile ticket. For reasons we don't understand (and welcome views), if we get from...

It's blurry. I have a broad professional network as a knowledge base. There is certainly spokes out across key semi-fast lines. Plenty of commuters from Bedford, Milton Keynes, Cambridge, Brighton etc. There are also a core of longer distance commuters - more than you imagine. That's gone down...

Bear with me.... The Hampton by Hilton is next to Luton Airport Parkway - You'd need to ask for a room on the right side, but many are - I was really lucky and saw a steam train go past - this is very unusual there! - There are four lines - two run EMR, two run Thameslink (fast and slow trains)...

Given a geeky interest in etymology had to look that one up - even if in jest! (And current mortgage completes at 55...) Anyways, according to records, it's the debt that dies not the debtor (or if failure to pay, the land/property mortgage is dead to the debtor due to it having been seized)

Yeah - but they rarely matter, with a few collected exceptions such as - Camden because two northern line branches; ditto Euston - Moorgate as the third terminating platform is used as well

The new Thameslink trains are pretty good. Or at least the declassified first class with comfortable (not ironing board) seats, and tables, and sockets and air con. Definitely a blessing after years of much much worse.

As others, Croydon is pretty well connected - moving further in won't help much. And tube from zone 2 can be same speed/as slow as train from further out. The radical change comes from a flat in zone 1 which is walking distance from office. But of course those flats tend to cost a small fortune...

It's easier to leave it alone. English is an organic and widely used language with a wealth of regional variations - and has been so for centuries. This contributes to it's flexibility and high-take up. And would render any attempt to tame and standardise it fairly pointless in the long term -...

Mmm - I think tangled up with Jubilee - which reflects how long it's been since I was last in London due to Covid, despite having been on both lines hundreds of times. It's a nicely done map :) I like this kind of thing! Picking out some of the interesting history/language ones which might...

But a lot of people don't drive or can't afford a car. Or don't have the mobility to cope with the changes described. And that population tend to be comfortable with the extra time when traded off against access needs and costs.

I can't see it either - and I'd really like to! Like, how have you handled Waterloo?

Gare due Nord is ok. It has shops and life. The eurostar terminal isn't dreadful. I've spent many hours there - including delays. My main route from Western France to London was from Angers to London, either via Lille or Paris. The metro interchange in Paris is dreadful tho - I'd usually get a...

It's been refer to in MSM somewhere. The active cases in London were already very low by then (unclear how many travelled in from a long distance tho) and many were masked. If they had travelled in - which is clearer that some of the troublemakers did - then those cases wouldn't be reported in...