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For Mondays to Fridays services, you can look at the FCC PDF timetables on their website - if there is a 'star' at the top of the column it is a 377 service, because they have disabled toilet facilities. So far as I can tell, FCC treat the 319/2s (ex Brighton Express), which have disabled...

The 700s apparently will have a 'dynamic' first class - one that can be converted between first and standard class by the operator as demand ebbs and flows. For FCC a challenge is that there is a lot more demand from first class travellers between Brighton and central London compared to Bedford...

the way forward has been announced by the DfT: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/rail-franchising-future-programme "Franchising decisions include: • The competition for the Essex Thameside franchise will be resumed with a revised invitation to tender for a 15-year franchise issued to...

That's what happened to me when I turned up at York station to get a Grand Central train to Kings Cross with an Advance ticket - I asked at Customer Services when I saw my train had been cancelled and I was told I could take the East Coast train that left before, or after - so I was back in...

Agreed - I got one yesterday as well. 3 People return, with a cost a lot less than the normal peak return for a single person.

Graylo, the £2 fare is for a child that accompanies an adult - up to 4 can travel. According to National Rail, the cheapest option, including zone 1 is a Group Save 4 (£36) + 2 Extra Children (£1 each with Group Save). Effectively, you pay for two adults (one of whom is an adult), get free...

If you are renewing a monthly or more, you can buy up to 7 days in advance: (also http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/ticket_types/season_tickets.html) If you want a new ticket to start 2 January, then it does look like noon on the 1st if the TOC sticks to the precise wording. I would...

It is an eight carriage 377; as others have said, a lot of people get of at St Pancras so getting a seat won't be a problem. Stay near the stairs on the Platform, as more get off that part of the train.

Yes, it definitely is work for the Guided Busway. According to the BBC it is £11m over budget ()http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-18364078. Originally due for completion this year, however, I can't find an opening date on either the Council site or the Busway site. Hope it...

Thats what I remember from when there were 317s on the Thameslink route - it was just another door for passenger use - the 'driver' door was the one inside the train.

On class 319s (FCC Thameslink), it is a visit to the depot to turn it on (or off), in a great bit of design the heating circuits are underneath the carriages. So the heating is turned on in late Autumn and off in the Spring. And to add to it all, the main thermostat is on the outside, so on...

My experience is that they usually do make an announcement. Unfortunately all too often it is "I'm waiting to hear from the signaller what is going on ...". Their announcing has got a lot better and more consistent over the last couple of years. Of course, there are always some exceptions.

Elstree and West Hamptead are both gated - Elstree for quite some time, and West Hampstead from around the time the new ticket office opened.

In fact today is the last day of no weekend through trains as there is a through service tomorrow and the "official" start of through trains is next Saturday. Mondays to Fridays go through overnight from 21 May.

London Blackfriars to City Thameslink is 0 mi 14 chains per Railmiles, although from the south end of the platforms at Blackfriars to the north end at City Thameslink looks 0.5 miles + (or 40 chains plus)

.. can a ticket be replaced?.. See http://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/download/2129.4/rbt-season-ticket-user-guide/ (page 8) which shows the procedure that the booking office should follow. FCC have also confirmed to me that they expect their ticket offices to do these reissues. Although...

I get a warning occasionally from Rapport (security software with Internet banking), and if I close the tab and revisit, the message doesn't repeat. The adverts are for mainstream companies [not that this is a guarantee ..]

I too have something in writing from FCC somewhere telling me that when it is advertised as standard class, first class doesn't apply and all seats are standard. FCC have recently re-classified first as standard on a number of short-formed trains - announced as such on both journeycheck and...

There is one at City Thameslink - Ludgate Hill entrance (nearest one to St Pauls)

Harpenden station is now back in use (as per the FCC web site at 20:38)