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For those interested, the 1936 documentary “Night Mail”, looking at the operation of Royal Mails train delivery service in the 1930’s, is being shown on Talking Pictures TV Christmas Eve at 1:40pm, and again on Christmas Day at 7:30pm.

Am I right in thinking you have no right to be carried on the next national rail service if you miss a train at Newcastle due to delays on the metro? I’ve been to the match and just got on a metro at stadium of light but it’s suspended between Brockley Whins and Heworth due to signalling issues...

A woman broke the record for the longest ever journey on the underground by spending 48 hours in the system. Apparently she was given a special pass to avoid incomplete journey penalties for not tapping out...

October 29th, I’m planning parkrun at Bushy Park, then travel to Luton for football and return to Croydon after the match. I’m thinking contactless from either Teddington or Kingston to Luton Airport Parkway, and Parkway to Croydon, and probably walk/jog from Parkway to the ground and back. Or...

How will services be impacted by both ASLEF AND the RMT striking on the 15th? Need to get from Croydon to Islington Assembley Hall and back for a gig on the 15th, then need to get to Heathrow for a mid morning flight on the 16th….guess I can get X26 to Heathrow Friday morning but not sure what...

I hold advance singles on the 19:16 LNER Leeds to Kings Cross, splitting at Stevenage. Due to being delayed by Northern on my journey to Leeds I will now miss this train. The last two trains are at 19:45 and 20:15, however neither calls at Stevenage. Presumably though I should be allowed to use...

Can't see this one posted: https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/stagecoach-blunder-cuts-ticket-prices-6856622?fbclid=IwAR1i0x-MbMj-gJhNgTnbAA-GrstfszKlJu1qEmU78DXLz2GcYrsLbnGylyY

Are there any rules regarding taking non-folding bicycles onto a bus, specifically TFL buses? Saw an incident earlier today, a guy put a bike in the wheelchair/buggy space. Driver said it wasn’t allowed and told him to leave. Guy refused, driver refused to move the bus, it turned into a standoff...

I have a super offpeak return between East Croydon and Eastleigh (route not via London). I’m currently at Eastleigh and going home tomorrow. I’m aware of the engineering work and that there’s a bus replacement between Eastleigh and Basingstoke. However there’s a direct train from Southampton...

My debit card is due to expire at the end of March. Yesterday I made some bus journeys before finding the replacement card in the mail. I have linked the new card to my TFL account. This morning I’ve had an email saying my card has been declined for yesterdays travel. Since I haven’t yet made...

Does anyone else watch Dial 999 on Talking Pictures TV? The latest episode concerned a plot to steal a shipment of diamonds from the Glasgow-London mail train.

I have a standard off peak day return between Manchester Piccadilly and Horwich parkway, and an advance single on the 18:15 Avanti from Piccadilly to Euston. The 17:13 Northern from Horwich to Piccadilly after the match was cancelled. I’m now on the 17:45 from Horwich but will now miss the...

Born on 2 January 1903, the current verified oldest person in the world, Japanese woman Kane Tanaka, has today become only the third person in modern history verified as having reached the age of 119. She had already been verified as the third oldest ever person in September 2020, behind only...

Have got the necessary time off work so I’m planning to spend Christmas at my mothers, travelling out Christmas Eve and back on Monday 27th. Whenever I go to visit I usually get the Brighton-Southampton (not via London) return to save a few bob and go East Croydon-Clapham Junction-Eastleigh. I...

Using contactless. If I sign into my TFL account my journey and payment histories are viewable as normal, ie my journeys to work this week plus my night out last night, and they’ve been charged to my account as normal. If I go into the Oyster app they’re not showing up, it just says “we have no...

As I left Wembley stadium after watching the England womens football, they were announcing that Wembley Central station was closed. Looked at Southern, NREnquiries and Real-time Trains websites but couldn’t find any info, anyone know what was going on?

Six part series starting Monday 8pm on the Yesterday channel, looking at abandoned stations. Is this new or a repeat, I can’t remember seeing it listed before.

Got on the (Tfl) bus home after work last night and saw a large bulldog sitting ON the seat next to its owner, on the lower deck. I remember the Tfl rules on dogs on buses went roughly as follows: Dogs travel free. They are carried at the discretion of the driver or conductor but are not...

From todays Daily Mail, Martin Samuel column: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-mail/20200114/283394833773889 I'll admit I've complained about engineering work affecting my journey home from a match before, but I've learnt my lesson. You can't blame the train companies or Network Rail here.

Not sure if this is best suited under buses or fares advice but I'll put it here for now. London schoolboy in uniform on way home finds he's lost his zip/oyster card. Speaks to the bus driver who allows him to board. Inspectors board the bus. He tells them the situation. His mother then...