Recent content by kingston_toon

Yep... though I'm bracing my niece for a wait at Lockerbie and Carlisle, as the 13:33 and 13:38 ex-Glasgow were both held around the former for quite some time.

The WCML is really struggling at the north end today. My 17 year old niece is on her way to London, originally booked on the 15:57 ex-GLC but I advised her to get the slightly delayed 14:34 as the trains to form both the 15:38 and 15:57 were getting progressively later coming up through the Lake...

Thank you! Managed a ride in from Kingston Park to Central before my LNER back to London. That really will be my final bash.

Hi, can anyone confirm whether the Metrocars are still out on T108? Hoping to catch them on their next run ex-Airport if so!

A big thank you to the original poster of this info. I had a great ride up to Kleve on the 1408 last Friday, with a fair few enthusiasts on board and absolutely loads taking photos en-route, many from chairs / ladders in the middle of fields! I'm sure we passed a second hauled set as well...

I'm flying out to DUS tomorrow hoping to take the 218-operated service up to Kleve on Friday. Has anyone actually bashed this yet? Photos online seem limited. Does it actually run?

The 2010 from Chessington South appears not to have left yet. We're waiting for it at Wimbledon after going to the pub...

Thank you! Been refreshing RTT all day and came into the office in the hope something would work tonight. I know no-one can say for sure but is the 2245 ex-Guildford quite possibly going to be the last passenger 455 working?

Great stuff, thank you.

Hi all, are there any metrocars out today please?

Thanks for the replies everyone. I like to think I'm pretty up to speed with ticketing anomalies but compulsory reservations didn't actually cross my mind on this occasion (though fairly obvious now I think about it with the WCML closure). Huge queueing system in place at STP but not too busy...

Hi all, we're making another semi-regular trip from St Pancras to Luton Each booking site I regularly use claims the off-peak single and return is only valid on Thameslink - every EMR shows only the anytime single and return. I assume this is an error in the underlying data and we can still...

A big thank you to those posting updates here. Tonight, I was able to bash 5710+5873 on the 1903 Waterloo to Surbiton, 5870 on the 1957 Surbiton - Earlsfield and finally 5737+5721 on the 2033 Earlsfield - Waterloo. Well worth going into the office today! That's it for me, unless any sneak into...

5702 + 5732 appeared on the 17:43 Waterloo to Shepperton via Richmond this evening (this was showing as uncovered earlier in the day). So as I was in the office nearby, I nipped out for a little run to Putney. I'll aim to do something similar each week until the end, whenever that may be...

Hi everyone, Just a quick message to say thanks to all who responded, and provide some info for those who wish to follow in our footsteps. So despite not being morning people, the four of us agreed we wanted to do the loop, and I popped up to Sofia Central station and bus station the previous...