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i don't know as i am on a train heading towards gloucester. there weren't many people near it so i suspect it had only just arrived

Mods feel free to move if this is in the wrong place. As it says in the title this engine (or whatever) is sitting at Reading station and I know some of you will want to pop along and take photos, videos, bits of coal etc

Train manager says a Second world war bomb has been found at Newport. Anyone know what is going on?

i won't be doing that. but, given i teach Masters students and professionals, part-time i don't think i will have too many problems. given that the work is similar from year to year i can probably do some it before i arrive. i might even offer to give a free lecture on how to secure your moodle...

I popped over the border into Wales this morning, did various online tests, had a 15 minute interview and filled in an application for a full time course. I paid my £20 and will start in September. I asked about the 16-25 railcard and the Course Leader will sign it and my photos first day of...

I do not use smartphones or tablets. And I prefer to pay cash. I have now got the return excessed, but not at Paddington. When I did my first zero excess it was 10+ years ago, at Paddington. I arrived, went to the ticket office and they issued it. They said it wasn't a problem and told me...

my neighbour has done(=started) three suitable courses at a cost of £10-£20 each.

Most of the time I buy online, but if you have read my earlier posts, I may get a call at, or after 11pm and need to leave at 4am to get the train. I mostly work as a computer forensics and security consultant and do not use a smartphone, or tablet, for obvious reasons. It looks like I...

It seemed to be quite simple at Paddington and didn't take the couple of members of staff who did it much time. I haven't seen them recently and do not wish to identify them. As you say GWR may have instructed them to not sell any. It saves on the training. One of the clerks said he'd be able...

No, I buy it from the machine, one of which is usually working, which I have always presumed I should do. I asked a guard if I could buy from him instead and he said I should really buy from the machine if it is working. Will a guard sell me one even though the extra cost is £0.00p? ---...

No I can't. I sometimes get a call at 11pm (or later) at night, which means I need to be up at 4am, so I go to bed. I drive her to Newport and she drives back. How am I supposed to buy a ticket? What did people used to do when buying a ticket for an early train in a situation like this...

yes, that is the point! A few years ago I had five tickets that needed excessing in a matter of two months. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- What I could do i suppose is take a photo of the Abergavenny TVM, with the handwritten note saying it has a problem with some cards, and...

I travel into London twice a week, sometimes three times. If i know enough time in advance I buy online. If I take a car to Newport that is fine. BUT occasionally I know a few hours before travelling and I don't have access to a car and get driven by my wife. The last time I got an excess...

Newport ticket office is not open at 5.30am. The guards on the 5.30am train seem to be good at checking tickets and selling(?) new tickets, but tell me of the excess 'it's best done at Paddington ticket office'. Newport ticket office will do it, if I can manage to change trains there during...

I went into the Paddington ticket office (12.35) to get my return half of a Newport - Paddington excessed to Abergavenny and they wouldn't/couldn't do me an excess. It seems anyone who did it previously couldn't/shouldn't have. I went to two different people who said they would sell me a...