Recent content by Unixman

09:54 to Kew Bridge. Both RTT and the train manager on the train from Reading said 3. Unannounced change to 1

You are right. Just that I was in pain and fed up.

Dear SWR if you are going to change departure platform then (1) announce it and ( 2) give everyone the chance to get to the new platform, including, and this bit is important, disabled passengers like myself. Thus just happened to me at Virginia Water and I missed the connection.

The Times is reporting that sadly there has been a fatality.

Without knowing the content of the call I am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. The report made it clear that there had been a family emergency the day before and I suspect that the call might have had something to do with that. A tired man, working an unexpected shift, mind possibly...

The Times is reporting that Joseph Malloy, a former senior executive with HSBC, has been sentenced to ten months in jail, suspended for 18 months, along with a requirement to undertake 80 hours of approved work. He was ordered not to travel on Southeastern Railway for 12 months and to pay the...

A complete cab run of the 05:40 Flying Scotsman from Edinburgh to Kings Cross taken on the 25th Sept 2025. First class production by LNER on a par with Ben Elias and Don Coffey.

400 errors: your problem. 500 errors: their problem :)

Telegraph is naming the driver involved. I won't post the name here though.

And the potential for further serious injury as people attempt to get down from the train to the track level, in the dark, with a potential crush of people behind. The consequences for the able bodied, let alone disabled or elderly, just don't bear thinking about.

Came back on the horribly delayed 19:10 (no fault of Avanti - trespassers on line) from Euston a couple of days ago and there was a ticket audit team on board. Not Avanti staff but some other company ( I didn't take the details). Any ideas who they were and what is the difference between a...

Slight cheat but Gobowen has a GWR style sign:

Worcester Shrub Hill is currently closed due to damage to the station building,

Trains being diverted down the Camp Hill Line ( obv diesel only!)

As an IT person who deals in major infrastructure I don't think it was unfair. Why wasn't the system switched over BEFORE the work was carried out?