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One of the things which GBR needs to do introduce is a proper consolidated App, one with way more functionality than either the National Rail one or the current operator ones. Having just spent some time in France, while the train services were a mixed bag, the SNCF App is superb. Yes you can...

The Fisa Lean is a nice seat, but the cantilever support on them is really annoying, as it completely blocks the legroom in the window seat, and unlike more traditional supports, you can't arrange your legs to go around them. West Midlands Class 196 Greater Anglia Class 745 or 755 (I can't...

Just got an email from Eurostar, saying that my train (the 9116 09:01 to Brussels on the 17th March) has been cancelled due to Eurostar trainset maintenance. Do Eurostar have a problem with their fleet, leaving them short of stock?

Just got this email from TfL Is this a new approach, doing extended midweek nighttime work, rather than weekend closures? In the last couple of years, the number of weekend closures of the Northern Line through the core seems way less than it used to be.

Twice in recent weeks I've used this service, the 10:36 stopping service from Paddington to Exeter, and both times it's been a rammed 5 car unit. Is there a reason why this service only has 5 cars, as it seems very heavily loaded? You can tell it's busy by the way that non only is virtually...

Just got an email from Southeastern. Instead of the usual ones, promoting the places you can visit on the Southeastern network, this one is promoting Northern Escapes - "Enjoy a Northern Escape by train" - destinations that can be reached on LNER, via the short walk between St Pancras and...

I collected some advance Avanti tickets at Euston yesterday, and was surprised that after entering the Collection Reference code it gave me the tickets without requiring the credit card I used to purchase them to be swiped. If this something new, or just an error?

They might blame the market uncertainty, but that hasn't stopped Wrights and BYD selling loads of electric vehicles. The reality is that nobody is buying their products https://cbwmagazine.com/switch-off-possible-as-bus-maker-consults-on-closure/

Back in the Rail Sale in January I bought various tickets, including advance tickets from STP to Dover via Southeastern HS1. I then collected these at the same time a while ago (traditional card tickets), and have been using them. The Dover tickets are the final ones of this batch, for some...

Moderator note - split from: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/mml-electrification-progress-updates.110445/ Surely the issue here isn't the fragmented railway, but rather stop start funding from the government (both parties)? From the outside, the MML electrification programme seems to have...

Tonight's Panorama is a one hour programme about HS2 (BBC1 8pm), and why it was so expensive. The webpage gives an indication about its content. Too much to quote, but the starting point is https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98486dzxnzo

Arriving at Oval station today for the cricket, we were told we didn't have to touch out (to speed passenger flows) as the system would automatically add this in when we touched back in again in the evening. I've never heard of this before, and will be interested to see my Oyster account when...

A bit of a curio today. I was off to Baldock today from St Pancras, and while I had my eye on the 10:31 to Cambridge, I had noticed that the 10:01 had been significantly delayed. Waiting at STP, the National Rail App on my phoned showed the 10:01 arriving around 10:31 (with the 10:31 a few...

Going to Moorgate on Wednesday on a southbound Northern Line train, I was surprised that it had the old onboard station announcement for Moorgate, and not the re-recorded one which also includes the Elizabeth Line and is recognisably by a different person.

Moderator note - split from: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/nuneham-viaduct-shut-didcot-oxford.246310/ I imagine he's referring to the Oxford LTN (Low Traffic Neighbourhood) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65243274

When did it become normal for seat reservations to be included on the same ticket as the journey, rather than as a separately printed ticket? I'm happy to have it all on one ticket, but the downside is that writing can be really small. I'm not sure the attached photo does justice to the tiny...

If it usual to have 2 consecutive in service trains waiting on the same platform at Kings Cross? I certainly wasn't expecting it this morning, when I saw a Grand Central train waiting on my platform instead of the expected 700! The 700 of course was in front of it, but what surprised me as well...

https://www.mylondon.news/news/north-london-news/designer-behind-london-underground-seat-23603823 An interesting article about her on the LT Museum page https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/stories/design/enid-marx-pioneer-pattern

One thing that always irritates me about the Metroline (in London) ADL E200s (08-10 reg) is their incredibly noisy and localised heaters. Scattered about the passenger area, so that if you're next to one you roast, but don't feel much if you're sitting elsewhere. And noisy enough to give you a...

Yes I'm a spoilt Londoner, but I was still shocked travelling from Blackpool to Liverpool on Sunday morning (11:32) that only an hourly service operates on the Wigan to Liverpool (via St Helens Central) corridor on Sunday. With Liverpool playing at 4:30pm that day, the 6 car 331 was completely...