Recent content by Jeremy B

Had a chuckle reading some of these travellers and staff memories on blatant fare evasion. My good lady wife and me were returning from London recently on LNER when the ticket lady caught 2 young Asian student girls who were sat in front of us with Grand Central Only tickets. Ten minutes of her...

I had my first trip in one the other day. Impressed......absolutely not. I'm struggling here to understand whats generating such hysteria about them. My only question here is that auto announcer, it seems to run much slower. Is it the same woman as on a 444 slowed down to keep up with whats...

Been on the things 3 times & had my ticket checked twice. Last time was between Slough & Paddington with The Train Manager still checking as we rolled in. He caught two scammers in my coach as well as giving my Senior card a good checking out. Most impressed.

Thanks for shaking up these old brain cells here. I do remember a few journeys on a 0005 from Kings X that I used a few times which seemed to stop everywhere for 5-10 minutes at least but had only 2 seating coaches & some sleepers on it plus the obligatory newspaper traffic.All now far removed...

Just been having an interesting talk with a friend about trains in the 1970s when Selby was part of the ECML route. Try as I might I cannot find any online timetables giving details of journey times & frequency of service between Selby & York & Selby to Doncaster from those days. Can anyone help...

Just been looking at at these telegraphic codes that the railways used to use & some forum members too it would seem. When did these stop being used in day to day messages? - the listings on the website are from a 1980s BR publication. Looking at the full listing available at railwaycodes.org.uk...

Well I had the experience of a 313 both ways between Brighton & Portsmouth yesterday & what a rattling rough journey that was, at least a 142 in the north has comfier seats but there seems little to choose between them :(

My grandson has just been telling me about a full blown argument between a passenger & the guard on his train yesterday. The passenger was travelling hours early on an advance ticket but refused to pay in a heated argument for a new ticket when the guard was checking tickets, the guard walked...

Call me part of the older "past it" generation here but what's with the Twitter obsession & complaints. I was out with my grandson last night on the train & he was tap tap tap on his phone throughout the journey updating all & sundry on his Twitter account as well as sending some tweet to VTEC...

What is this fascination for cheese in these menus. It seems every time we travel 1st the sandwiches always seem to be cheese with this, that & everything. Mrs B has a right strop on about about given its on the menu for our journey later today !

Have just read all 6 pages & am bewildered at some of the responses given its one train on a Friday for one months trial. Mrs B & myself actually travelled on it from Dundee to Newcastle some months ago being reserved into the quiet coach. A large group of sober young females were standing next...

Thinking back to my many overnight journeys in old Mk1 compartment stock I have to say there was something warm, cosy & inviting about steam heat that seems to be missing in todays air condintioned travel........rose tinted glasses perhaps

Excellent post which sums it up really. Mrs B & myself had the misfortune to return on a Saturday night East Coast service from Edinburgh which seemed to be full of loud drunk people. Despite moving seats twice into different coaches we were unable to escape these pests. The ticket man was...

However given your propensity towards the maximum amount of food & alcohol per journey for the minimum ticket price then I doubt flying would be of benefit to you

Meanwhile back in the real world............