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I travel on the Megabus network a few times a year, when doing this I don't print off the whole email sent to me, I just note down the first six digits of the reservation number (e.g. 26-xxxx) on say my paper notepad and offer it to the bus driver. No problems (I know what time the bus is, know...

On Sunday afternoon, I was at Paddington and noted the next HC was from platform 3. These platforms are barriered but do not have Oyster capability, I bet there was quite a few incomplete journeys arising from such a departure, as I am sure these platforms do not even have stand alone...

Recently I travelled to apparently the UK's least used rail station. I arrived at Darlo from King's Cross on the class 91 on an advance, so needed to buy the local ticket at Darlington itself. Having not finding Teesside Airport on the ticket machine, I went to the ticket clerk. I knew I...

The number of people who get caught out by the current 2333 Liverpool Street- Chingford train is always fun. For those that do not know it is the only down Chingford train of the day that runs "fast"- first stop is Walthamstow. Fine with me as that is where I wish to go. However it is...

Don't know if anyone is aware of the following from c2c (apologies if so): http://www.c2c-online.co.uk/days-out-and-offers/offers/cheap-train-tickets

For a more accurate timetable of London bus times I would suggest www.londonbusroutes.net/routes.htm then click on the route number you want.

Though the first Stagecoach X5 bus doesn't get into Oxford until 1005 (0610 from Cambridge). Buses run every half hour. The X5 bus can be booked via the Megabus site from just £1 (though like advances on trains you are limited to the time of the bus that you book onto)

Can anyone help me with the code for London Zone 3 so I make a query in BR fares. I wanted to know the ticket price for a 7 day season (7DS) from Leyton Midland to Southend Central (via Barking), but can't for the life of me remember the location code for me to do this! I have the 7DS...

Do you know if the trains used the loop or the crossover closest to the country end of the platform?

On Saturday I boarded the 2143 (actual dep. 2152) Ipswich- Liverpool Street "Skoda". Due to signalling faults the train was further delayed approaching Manningtree. Anyway, the main reason for this post is that I sure this service passed through Witham on platform 1, can anyone confirm...

The bay at Gospel oak can easily fit two two coach units in it. I remember in the latter days of Silverlink one 150 would be stabled at Gospel Oak in between the peaks, with the in service trains pulling in front of it.

Be aware that you cannot interchange between the District and Northern/Bakerloo lines at Embankment due to refurbishment works. It would be easier therefore (and faster) to interchange at West Ham then take the JLE to Waterloo.

I have been asked by a friend to look for tickets between A and B, having looked for several fares (including Oyster and splits) I have come to the conclusion that the through ticket is the best option. As his start station is Enfield Lock (ENF) and the HST departs from Paddington (PAD), my...

Best coach to be in for a Paddington H&C exit is the fourth coach (most likely an S stock, 5th coach for C stocks as they are shorter coaches).

Ealing Broadway is programmed into the announcements but I guess it needs to be manually selected (again on the YouTube video it does announce Ealing Broadway) though I don't know why the train cannot display Ealing Broadway on the front. This is the YouTube video being referred to...

**Please note I have gained permission from the forum staff team to post this thread** Many of you on this website are aware of the "Tube Challenge" whereby people attempt to travel to all 270 London Underground stations in the fastest time (and hopefully for a Guinness World record entry)...

On the recent engineering works, where the Piccadilly was routed along the slow lines (between Hammersmith and Acton Town) calling at all stations, I was surprised the 73 stock had these stations programmed into it e.g. "This is Ravenscourt Park, this is a Piccadilly line train to Uxbridge." I...

A friend of mine has recently become a bus driver at a London bus company, thus has received a TfL staff Oyster. I know these are not generally valid on National Rail services but am I correct in that these types of passes ARE valid on NR routes that parallel LU routes such as Upminster-...

Thanks, have now found the two coaches in question in my P5 Coaches 2013 book. I think the confusion occured as I thought these were bog standard mk2s rather than Pullman coaches, so was looking in the wrong section!

Going through my notes in my paper notepad I am having difficulty identifying two coaches in a West Coast Railways charter rake I saw a couple of months ago at Shrewsbury. All that these two coaches had on them was the names "Emerald" and "Amethyst" thus upon going through the Platform 5...