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As it turned out, I arrived at the Thamslink platforms at 1620 and was inside the departure lounge at 1635. I must have been lucky as we then had to stand for an hour and a quarter waiting for boarding And left on time at 1804

Replying here rather than starting a new thread. On Friday I’m arriving at Waterloo at 1550, due to tfl strikes thinking of walking to Blackfriars and using thameslink to get to St Pancras Hoping to arrive at St Pancras at around 1630 for the 1804 Amsterdam. For those that have used StP...

Great news to hear. I was worried about capacity as things ease on Monday.

Why all the poles on the platform at Sandown?

Interesting set of photos. At Sandown on the up platform it looks like they haven’t raised the platform for its full length. I wonder if this will be completed or are they only doing enough to fit a train

Agreed the new Belgrade is awful. I actually like Kobanya Kispest though, it’s real.

Last year I tried to travel on a WeGo bus from Niagara Falls to the railway station. Driver couldn’t issue tickets or accept payment. I later found out you had to buy from an outlet only. Luckily, it was the last bus of the day so the driver let us on for free.

So last week I was travelling on this ticket http://www.brfares.com/#faredetail?orig=WTW&dest=CRW&rte=602&tkt=SVR on the return leg from Crawley I broke my journey at Gatwick Airport and intended to resume it several days later. On arrival at Gatwick the barriers rejected the ticket so I showed...

Thanks for your replies. So If I go outbound via Barnham and back via Clapham then the cheapest would be to buy a route Barnham return then ask for a change of route excess on the way back. Would I just buy this excess from the ticket office at Gatwick? Will they issue it without fuss?

Hi, I need to travel from Southampton to Gatwick outbound on Saturday 19th October and back on Sunday 3rd November. I was thinking of taking the cheaper route via Barnham both ways but noticed its bus replacement on Sunday 3rd so considering returning via Clapham. However SWR is on a reduced...

I can’t believe that corridor connections haven’t been identified as an issue with the new proposals. As a regular user, it is easy to see that the usage figures are low because so many fares are not collected. The guard is stuck in one carriage between stops which makes it so difficult. I think...

They do swap the units during the day. The other day I was at Ryde St John’s and boarded a southbound service that started from the bay platform, rare track. Passengers from the pier head had to transfer sets. You might get lucky! This was about 3pm

On my 2015 Interrail we travellled from Amsterdam all the way to the Slovenian border without a passport check. We travelled via Belgium, Lux, France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria and then into Slovenia. After this, lengthy checks were made between Slovenia and Croatia, Croatia and Hungary...

Thanks, they look the business but weren’t too loud

Monday Last day in Hungary before heading home but as we still had a day validity on our interrail we wanted to make the most of it. We started by taking a trollybus to Keleti station for a quick McD breakfast before heading on driverless metro line 4 out to Kelenfold station. A very bizare...