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I think the "announcements are too loud" thing gets done a lot here. I am amazed at a "silent announcements are annoying" one as well! The BSL screens at Waterloo - I find them to be not at all annoying. The crowds of people barging past at Waterloo - very annoying. The screaming kid that...

To extend that, it is a form of accessibility that does not cost much to implement but avoids excluding the deaf community. As stated, Makaton is very different from BSL, which is completely different to ASL (More than British English and American English being different in places, BSL and ASL...

Ok, looking at this this may be a different thing than I was thinking of. Also, aren't all drones remote controlled? The stuff I saw was more "locally remote controlled" if that's the right term

I saw those at a show a couple of years ago. Had quite a long chat with the BTP officer that was looking after the stand. They had some footage playing from a drone. Seems a very good, and safer, way to investigate reports in an area and search larger sections

I think that we've had discussions here where people almost expect the driver's inside leg measurement

The age old debate... "Hello, this is Dave, your driver speaking. We are currently held at AB123 which is showing a danger aspect. This is because Bob, driving 2F13 consisting of 377123 and 377321, reported a quite rough ride between a point 1 mile and 4 chains and 1 mile 7 chains past Great...

I had a job 10 years ago, BTP already on scene at the incident site which was a short walk from a platform. We were holding back until NR staff came to give us the ok to proceed. We were then given a list of places we could be, and a list of places we must not be. The delay in access as a...

I was asking about a hypothetical with Fred Bloggs, rather than any specific case that is ongoing. Putting leasing to one side, if Fred Bloggs does own the land then again don't they have liability obligations? So instead of disputing the land ownership it is in the private citizen's interest...

Is there some law about who can own a piece of railway track that the public has access to? Ie can Fred Bloggs legally own active track mileage without being registered with ORR/DfT/Santa? Or, if it is assumed that the land belongs to one party that can then lease the land to a rail operator...

Went to take the screenshots of my card, and it did it again!

Hmm... Interesting, I just checked mine again. The first journey had a funny icon on it, went in to it and saw it was showing as an incomplete journey so assumed to be Ealing Broadway to St Paul's. Stranger and stranger - I did tap out at Liverpool Street. Edit: And I refreshed after it said...

Yeah, I was able to get in when I went to get the error message. I'm showing a 3 minute gap at TCR. It certainly felt longer!

Yes, but before getting her to sign up for that, I wanted to check my history so that I could see if I was missing anything, and to be able to describe the way through the system. And the site wasn't saying anything about my account, just that the site was unavailable. Maybe it was a...

I didn't time how long we were stuck on that concourse for, but it might not be beyond the realms of reason... So my wife got charged £3 for being a few seconds slower than me to go through a crowd. Amazing.

I had a recent trip to London. The journey was Ealing Broadway to Liverpool Street (direct Elizabeth Line) St Paul's to Ealing Broadway, via TCR. The signed route taking us up, through a gate, through a huge queue into another gate and back down. (Grr) My card shows £6.60 for the day. My wife...

Which type of swan? Why was it there in the first place? Debate over RSPB or RSPCA. Contact numbers for local swan rescue. Countless Hot Fuzz references. Comments about the royals eating swan. More demands for the type and age of swan.

A late running train in front of it.

Ah yes, that's what it was at Guildford as well. Rather than a totally non-passenger service.

I've been at Guildford and heard an announcement to stand clear of platform 1, as the approaching train is not scheduled to stop at this station. I understand the spirit of that message is more "leave that train alone, it isn't for passenger use", but the wording sounds more like it is not...

The driving policy at my day job, which covers use of private vehicle for travelling to client sites or the office, does not want use of mobile phones at all and also discourages the distraction of talking to any passenger in the car. I think that that is a policy that is entirely disregarded...