Recent content by Terryk

Most of the services are packed but if you go slightly earlier or slightly later and get one of the through trains to Henley on Thames you stand a better chance. They go around quarter past 5 and 6. They tend to get caught up behind slower services but it's not so bad if you have a seat.

I frequently travel on FGW to and from the West of England. Compared to other TOCs I find the on board ticket checks very thorough. I usually travel First Class either on an Open or Advance and barrier checks will never weed out those who try to travel in first with a standard ticket. The TMs...

Thanks very much. Useful to know.

Been looking at this and the wording seems to suggest you can collect your ticket from *any* TVM with your payment card and reference number rather than having to specify a particular location. Does anyone know if that's true?

The consequences were not so obvious for Mainwaring. Arthur Lowe had a clause in his contract that he could avoid a scene if he didn't like it. He therefore didn't get a soaking. He also refused to appear in any scenes which involved losing his trousers. Hence Jones had the grenade down his...

Even allowing for a possible change of TOC I expect there will be one for the lines out of Paddington once the remodelling of Reading is finished.

It was filmed at Wargrave. Several websites confirm this.