Recent content by secretlondon

They are all in competition for clicks. They need to be first with the story, the truth is secondary. The BBC is/was saying it was a train to Cambridge, for example.

Whitby

We get the bus. I have to when I travel to lots of places that don't have lifts.

Underworld - Dark Train (from the Trainspotting soundtrack)

Thank you for some great detail on the behind the scenes data cleansing!

It stopped me travelling as I thought I was subsidising locals.

I waited for the London train at Leeds this week. Originally the board said it was on time. It then added a few minutes late every so often. However I knew it was much later than this using RTT as the incoming train was delayed for 30 minutes. It could have never set off before it had arrived!

Yes the cost per mile is fine, better than the £20 for the KWVR. It just felt like they were screwing the tourists. I would only be using it once.

I’ve stayed in Whitby and in Scarborough and not been to see the NYMR as the pricing upset me. It feels that I as a visitor is paying the same price for a single trip as a local is paying for a full year, and hence I’m being exploited to give locals cheap travel. £46 (but you can use it all...

Vauxhall trains generally go from predictable platforms. However a couple of weeks ago my Surbiton train was changed to the closed platforms, which was fun (no they weren’t unlocked)

Thameslink Govia: Rail services in South East hit by signal failure https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-68400084 The article has been updated. It originally said there were no Thameslink and Southern trains running at all. It now says there was a power cut affecting the ROC at Three...

Vauxhall’s one is by the stairs to platform 3 and 4. I don’t know if it has a free option.

There is/was a paid cold water machine at Vauxhall station

Well yes but it feels like a step backwards. I used contactless like most people and now, as a mature student, I’m entitled to a 18-25 railcard. I have to remember to use Oyster on the tube (off peak only afaik) to get a discount. They’ve really pushed us towards using contactless rather than...

I wonder if you clicked on a misleading advert. It looks like Just Park is a broker of parking spaces.