Recent content by Jona26

My uncle has become addicted to Viagra. No one is taking it harder than my aunt!

I arrived at Victoria platform 13 today at 12:12 from Gatwick (my local station so not a tourist and I consider myself comparatively "fare savvy") on a "Southern service operated by Gatwick Express". The 13/14 gateline did not have Tensa barriers in place but the contactless pads are papered...

I'm sure there must be a reason for stations to be done before tunnels but as there is still the Virgin Media offering at most non open air stations for most customers (sorry Vodafone people!) it would seem to make more sense from a passenger point of view to do it the other way round, i.e...

As I recall the Surbiton terminator ran ECS to Hampton Court but I don't know if the guard decanted at Surbiton. If not, any reason why it couldn't/didn't run in service for the last leg?

And staying in that neck of the woods are there still early/late Wrexham General to Central services?

The London Victoria to Gatwick Airport terminators when GatEx was running.

Stourbridge Junction - Town :D Edit: beaten to it!

That's what I had thought. Unfortunately I wasn't able to check if the barriers were coded to reject as I was travelling on Oyster. Having said that it will be interesting to see if I'll Oyster charges me peak or off-peak rates for my journeys today!

This was the message displayed on the departure screens for platforms 15 - 19 at London Victoria today, Easter Monday, at 4.05pm. Surely this is wrong? Possibly due to a programming error not recognising today as a Bank Holiday? That aside, is there a blanket ban at Victoria for evening...

That explains why I never saw it - before I was even thought of :D:D

Also as most of the line from Hampton Court Junction until approx halfway from Thames Ditton to Hampton Court is on a high embankment it somewhat narrows down the location to a single possible crossing - Speer Road Summer Road I think. I was raised in Thames Ditton from the early 1970s and...

Thank you - well explained to a non-expert.

Sort of related...I've been on trains before (Central I think) where either brakes have automatically been applied or traction current lost (I'm not sure which) due to door interlock being momentarily lost as passengers have been leaning against the doors. I know the cause as the train op...

At least some of the BBC series Railway Walks with Julia Bradbury are on YouTube even though they aren't on the iPlayer at the moment.

Class 501 units that worked the Watford DC and North London lines had window bars fitted due to limited clearance through the Hampstead tunnels.