Recent content by amarshe

It is an oddity; I and family travel thameslink London Bridge to Cambridge several times a year - for various accessibility reasons it’s easier than transferring to the tube to King’s Cross. Usually we use the 1st class compartment at the rear but only last week we took standard - after 1.5...

Last day of the festival is Sunday, so fingers crossed ok for northbound. The Lancaster Edinburgh train has plenty of reservable seats too which is a good omen. We will be at Euston super early. Thanks again! Hopefully the Preston supporters will be quiet given it’s their return journey the day...

Thanks all, for the first leg is says No seat reservation Take any available seat On any train your ticket's valid for, in the right class of travel. Actually realised this train is Euston-Lancaster then Lancaster - Edinburgh not Preston as I originally thought!

Small family emergency means I need to travel with my 13yo from London to Edinburgh on Sunday 30 August. Return via lner the following week all good and booked with one perks and good seats. But avanti is eus-Edb via Preston, and offers seat reservations from the Preston-Edb leg (and I can...

And that is why IMHO this forum is quite nice - folk can float a theory and (for the most part) get non-vitriolous feedback. Reason being why I for the most part avoid social media... Back to the thread it's normal for humans to interpret connection when there is none - e.g. its just...

It was petty of me, but citing https://tfl.gov.uk/fares/touch-pink-card-reader-when-changing-trains#on-this-page-2 TfL gave me my 60p refund. Yes the single fare finder says to touch the pink reader, but how many people check that Any I knows now to tap the pink readers regardless.

Ah thanks all. So it’s just safer to do what I was doing before yesterday and always tap the pink reader. I hadn’t even considered going via Farringdon and thameslink to London Bridge.

I often travel Moorgate to Forest Hill, using the Elizabeth line to Whitechapel, changing there for the Windrush line down to Forest Hill. Yesterday I read this page https://tfl.gov.uk/fares/touch-pink-card-reader-when-changing-trains#on-this-page-2 and didn’t use the pink reader, as it...

Thank you. I have wondered for many years why that was - the platforms are in good condition with seating and PIS etc. and hence a mystery

Twixmas. Totally forgotten it’s a Saturday!

And today, 27 December, Southern are running 5 car trains on the Sydenham corridor which are standing room only to London Bridge - full of leisure travellers off shopping and visiting family.

Yes, the morning peak services regularly take 20 minutes or so - it's only 80p more than the Overground/Jubilee option though and at in my experience near 100% chance of getting a seat. 1766000988 ^^This. I guess it's money saving in track charges etc. but normally the Overground is running...

Well we now have 4 tph between 0730 and 0915 from Forest Hill into London Bridge, and 1700 to 1810 from LBG southbound give or take a few minutes. More importantly it would be nice to have 8 or 10 car Southrn trains at the weekend which can be rammed, as Southern run them as 4/5 cars. An...

Horrendous. I was there just two weeks ago and used that tram many times. At the top there are two tracks which merge into one later after about fifty metres (the whole length is around 250m). There is a security guard who looks after the top tram when it closes between about 2100 to...

Agree, it's got a nice 1960s optimistic vibe (cognisant of the vandalistic demolishion of its predecessor). I'm not a peak hour user so see its limitations.