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There are a lot more ticket gates at stations than there were 5 years ago, and they tend to be in use for more hours of the day now. This means that the number of journeys that season ticket holders do is being tracked more precisely. Waterloo is a good example of this. This is hard to adjust...

In fairness trains waiting outside Waterloo in the morning for a platform, or trundling along between Vauxhall and Waterloo is a very common occurrence. I would argue one of those two is an almost daily occurrence on the train I catch. It doesn't seem to happen to the inner suburban services...

This video (from 2:19 onwards) shows what the converted 458/5 looks like for anyone who has not yet seen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tE2SYZlaNQ I have to say from the outside it looks very good in SWT blue livery.

Make sure you claim your 20p per mile for cycling business miles either from your employer or on your tax return, that should cover the Pepsi Max nicely. :lol: The fact that HMRC allow you to claim 45p per mile is a good indication the true cost is much higher in almost all cases (I'm sure...

Looking at the last video it seems to only have five coaches. I note that the press run for the Tees-Tyne Pullman Service in 1985 also only had five coaches. Is it the case that both trains couldn't actually do the time records they set with seven coaches or is there another reason?

As a starting point a hex head flange bolt (often just called a flange bolt for short). Not sure about the square end though - you won't get something like that from B&Q or screwfix but you will get a standard flange bolt. You could just file the end of a flange bolt square if it is not inside...

Information about the trains not stopping was definitely being communicated to passengers on the information screen on the platform, which means they were probably announcing it once in a while too. How many people actually read the screens is a different matter though! Not communicating it...

The only announcement they don't seem to have is one reminding people to listen to the announcements!

The problem that FGW have is reputations and opinions tend to stick around a long time - rightly or wrongly. I used to travel between Goring and Paddington and if I'm honest the service was poor. In the morning there was the train that was non-stop between Tilehurst and Paddington (though I...

According to their 2012 accounts Stagecoach Group will pay £138.3m for the year ending 30 April 2013 and £100.9m in the year ending 30 April 2014 for trains and rolling stock (though they don't split out by rail operation/country). As a comparison for track, stations and depots they pay NR...

One of biggest problems is someone will most likely come along and pinch all the cable if they know you switch it off. Other problems are the logistics of turning things on and off safely, the life of the equipment is reduced and you can never be 100% sure it will all turn on again without...

Great, thanks for all the info so far! A good point about Tornado!

Perhaps someone out there can help. I've been wondering for a while, what is the most "recently" manufactured UK train class in private preservation? Are there any classes that were built in the 1980s or 1990s in preservation today yet? I'm guessing there are none from the 2000s, but perhaps...

You would need to take into account all the paths it could take that do or don't cross the moon’s orbit and then factor in time for when the moon may be there (if it even is). Just for hitting the moon you have something crazy like: Probability of asteroid crossing the path of the moon's...

Another picture here, agan not looking good: http://www.the-siding.co.uk/extras/pages/APTpcar.htm

What is the exact definition of over overcrowding in this case; it is number of passengers trying to getting on/off at rush hour, or number of passengers trying to buy tickets, or some combination of lots of other things too?

I've noticed the same here. The local council have spent huge amounts of money putting in lots of cycle lanes in the past two years, but they are hardly used at all. Where there are cyclists they just seem to carry on using the roads. Though in fairness a lot of the cycle lanes around here...

Correct!

Sorry not Bere Alston either.

Not Eridge either.