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Three hypothetical situations: (I've never done this / and I'm not planning on doing it): A passenger boards a train without a ticket in a penalty fare area going to a destination that is not in one. E.g. Crofton Park to Hastings, and they get caught at Shortlands: can the passenger demand...

As you come south out of Charing Cross station, just before you get into Waterloo East on the left hand side of the tracks in the direction if travel is an object that look like an old air raid siren. It's mounted quite visibly on part of the balustrade iron girder bridge Anyone know what it...

Is this permissible? London to Edinburgh overnighting in York on the Outward on a Super Off Peak Return. Thinking of leaving on an evening train after the last Edinburgh service has left Kings Cross. I.e. 2000, 2100, 2200, etc. And continuing on the next morning? Returning as normal without...

Is it just me or has the 'check availability for bargain berths link' now gone from the Scotrail page... I've been looking for ages and can't find it. http://www.scotrail.co.uk/content/fares-and-tickets#caledonian-sleeper,caledonian-sleeper-bargain-berths Apologies if I'm just being dumb...

Girlfriend's coming down from Wales for Easter, and we'd like to go off and do a bit of exploring, maybe around the Kent/Sussex/Surrey areas combined with a bit of to-ing and fro-ing from London. I'm just trying to work out the best way of doing it from her perspective, utilising any rovers that...

I apologise if this has been answered in previous posts - I did do a search, but didn't find the answer* The other day - I made an innocent mistake - travelling from Paddington to Maidenhead wrongly thinking I could 'touch out' at Maidenhead. When I got to Maidenhead - luckily the barriers...

Don't know if it's of any value, In fact I only have very limited information. But it's come to my attention through a contact who wants to remain anonymous that a dilapidated goods van is going to be burnt next weekend as part of the firework festivities. The chassis is fine but the timbers...

Was just wondering if someone more familiar with this line than I could shed some light on what the journey in is like on this route on the following services: 0741 (slow) 0749 (slow) 0800 (fast) 0804 (fast) How busy are these trains? How likely is it to get a seat joining at...

Does anyone know what's going on on the Catford loop at the moment? thanks

The other day I attempted to buy a ticket from a south London station without barriers. The one and only ticket machine was on the blink and my train was due in minutes. My journey was to be SOUTH MERTON to SEVENOAKS changing at ELEPHANT & CASTLE. It was a case of 'get on board without a...

Delayed 1654arr ex Aberdeen - in there now. Has this happened before? A diesel in the electrics only platform?

Slightly hypothetical question: Do you need a reservation to board the Caledonian Sleeper? If 1st Class berths were sold out Standard Class berths were all occupied And seated Sleeper place all sold out What would they do if you boarded with a valid ticket? Would you just have to...

Trying to help a friend out here.... He's attempting to go from London Terminals to Loughborough, and then to York the next day, returning direct to London a couple of days after that. He's wanting travel out on a Friday evening, around 6.30pm from St Pancras to Loughborough, breaking the...

A few years ago I remember seeing some bales(?) of aluminium(?) (big donut shaped metal things going through a station on some flat bed wagons - they had obviously just come out of a metal works somewhere and I distinctly remember feeling the heat coming off them (even though they weren't...

You hear a lot of bad stories about rail staff out there, but there are also some very good ones it would seem: My sister was on the 0857 Spondon to Tamworth XC service earlier today. And this guard made a number of valid observations - and yet on each occasion made the right decision in...

90024 heading through Tamworth low level on down slow at 1703 light engine - was it heading for an exam at Crewe? What's replacing it on the CS tonight?

1755 two double-headed DRS 37s with Nuclear Wagons heading through Catford, London-bound earlier today. No barrier vehicle on the rear. Can't recall how many nukes there were but probably three or four. Was this an empties run back to Sellafield or did it contain the juice? And in either case...

Not so long ago, (I'm talking 10-15years ago) at major hubs where lots of diesels would run (York, Man Pic, New St, etc) the tracks would always be drenched in thick oil and tar... I'm talking about a depth where you could see the footprints of the trackworkers preserved in, and it used to have...

My sister is due to be heading out this Thursday coming 22nd September, needs to be in Derby by about 1930-2030. In an ideal world she'd get FCC to St Pancras International and then a fast Sheffield service to Derby with EMT. But I can't see any cheap tickets on the EMT website so it looks like...

South Eastern Electrostars on diversion through Catford - seen heading south at 1644. Didn't catch the destination but it's unusual to see these units on this line - I presume it was a diversion. Anyone know the reason why?