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Recent content by greyman42

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    Old Street via King's cross using London Terminals ticket

    I don't think the barriers at Kings Cross swallow tickets.
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    Saturdays and Sundays should be inside the working week for drivers at all TOCs (not just some as at present)

    Saturdays and Sundays are as busy as any weekday on the ECML.
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    UK switching to electric vehicles discussion

    I am completely out of touch with this sort of finance so what happens at the end of the 24 month period?
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    Extinct engine audio

    Years ago I came across a LP called Power of The Deltics. It was recordings of Deltics taken at various locations on the ECML.
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    What's the furthest away your train has been diverted ad hoc?

    Re the ECML it is not that uncommon for trains to be diverted from Doncaster to Peterborough via Lincoln during disruption.
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    How long will the Class 158 & 159 soldier on for?

    Well if it's 10 years then it's worth doing.
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    Taxis well off their usual patch

    You see plenty of cabs from the West Yorkshire area in York as there is a good tourist trade.
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    11-15 Oyster card misuse

    People talk rubbish on TikTok.
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    Notice of Intention to Prosecute – Thameslink (repeated short-faring) – advice needed

    How were you getting through the barriers at Farringdon/St. Pancras?
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    Most boring journeys between 2 Stations (Tunnels don’t count!!)

    Is that the one that looks a bit like a bomb shelter?
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    Beer Gardens Overlooking Railway Lines

    The Station Inn is more overlooked by the railway than overlooking the railway.
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    Increasingly sad state of London Underground trains - graffiti and disrepair

    There is nothing reasonable about graffiti, managed or otherwise.
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    Fuel Price Scaremongering

    You only have to look back to Covid to see the rubbish the media spout nowadays.
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    Should Covent Garden underground station be closed?

    I use Covent Garden and don't find that i have to wait any significant time for the lifts, i actually find them efficient.
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    Stations in London with the most fast trains passing through

    Challenged?
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