Recent content by m_m

This is ridiculous. Making everyone's life more difficult in the pursuit of profit, then trying to dress it up as crime reduction and the protection of taxpayer's money. It's a pain when the bridge is shut. It takes ages to change from the Matlock train to other platforms, there's overcrowding...

In my younger years I spent a long time going out and was rarely home. This led my dad to declare that I only come home for the "3 s's" - a shower, a s*** and a shave. I laugh every time I hear the announcement.

brill, thanks everyone - think I'll get the train there and wing it as to getting back into brum - then train back the next day from brum to long eaton ! 1750697557 Thanks - and that includes break of journey overnight?

Hi All, I am travelling from Long Eaton to Aston Villa FC a week on Saturday for a gig - I'm guessing it's going to be very busy getting out of brum to the venue, so I'm thinking of walking back up the line to perry barr to get back in to brum. We are travelling the saturday and coming back...

Not a bum! Whatever will we do? ;) I don't think one passenger's preference to not see a bum outweighs say, the need for someone to travel full stop. But however you look at it, the problem with our railway is capacity. On some routes (cross country and emr) trains are way too short. On...

The compulsory seat thing just doesn't work imo. Was lucky enough to be in Venice not so long ago and thousands of people were stuck due to weather causing transport problems. No regional services running. Our high speed train was cancelled. Asked if we can get on the next one. No. We need to...

Hi, Just wondering if anyone can shed any light on this. Yesterday at St Pancras, 2132 to Sheffield. All ticket gates shut for a few minutes prior to boarding. Then platform announced, gates activated, everyone has to scan tickets to get through. Then, at the start of the platform, a second...

What online options are there for buying a ticket that isn't linked to a train? It would be really stupid to have to choose a specific train online and on station ticket machines...

Brilliant, thanks all!

Hi All, I just want to check something - for 2 people with a two together railcard on a weekday - I think we can get the 09:41 train to St Pancras for £140 (destination is actually london international). I think this is an open return, so I can use it a few days later when I return from Paris...

I think the Derby Bridge is also a right of way, but barrier at each end? Or maybe I just assumed this. At the very least they seem to let thousands of football fans through and quite a lot of college students.

Thinking about it - could they not do similar to what is at Exeter Central? The main building is at one end and that is the main exit. Right at the other end of the platforms there is a small entrance/exit with ticket gates. There's no staff there, but I think they are managed remotely - if you...

Taking an entire bridge out of action (which is what they are doing if you can't access platforms from it) seems ridiculous to me. I regularly travel to Nottingham and I get that some trains are very busy and/or stop frequently, so are difficult for a member of staff to get through checking...

What did you switch to?

Hi all! Irritatingly, the national rail app has been 'updated' and now when using the journey planner it makes you 'pick' an outward journey before it shows returns. I find this to be a pain as quite often, my outward train is influenced by when the returns are! So, is there an app out there...