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I think cynicism about long-distance rail services is (justifiably) higher than London rail services. The Lizzie Line is affordable. It's seen as being something everybody can use. The assumption is that HS2 will be expensive, and, if you want any degree of flexibility, it will become...

You could argue Retford Low Level is like this - though I doubt it'd be considered separate stations these days, it is a similar setup. The pre-fab concrete of the Low Level platforms is in start contrast to the main station!

Would the loophole's loophole be to book the ticket from Saxilby/Market Rasen?

I've a vague memory that they show "London Liv Street" and "Lime St Liverpool" in GA-land to avoid confusion at stations like Ely, which has services to both.

In the realms of utter fantasy here, but was an HS1 station at Rainham ever considered? (It would certainly help in this instance, but the downsides are obvious...)

They will (eventually) give compensation. The relevant page is here: https://www.eurostar.com/uk-en/travel-info/service-information/claiming-compensation

This has happened to me on a flight. It was a lovely moment. (And lovely flight, as it turned out...)

Definitely this (though Peterborough rather than Cambridge in my case). Direct trains to where I work, direct trains to Gatwick, single change (with lifts!) for Heathrow, and occasional trips to ExCeL, single change at Redhill for the North Downs Line to see family. I don't love the 700s, but...

This is something I'm very sensitive to, as the "wrong" lighting is quite painful for me, and also a migraine trigger. "Wrong" can mean many factors, or combination of factors, around brightness, colour and flicker. Too bright, too dark, too blue, too slow a flicker, and it sets me off (for...

Thanks. The ticket in question was this one - not too fussed about pursuing, it, just wanted to check I wasn't arguing the toss incorrectly! The only delay to the travel was me not realising that XC had gone down to two-hourly...

So, had to visit a place on the outskirts of Bishop's Stortford a while ago - took my folding bike on the train via Cambridge. On the way back, the trains were looking a bit of a mess (not badly), so I thought I'd ride over to Stansted and catch the train up to Cambridge from there. It's quite...

I call it Brenda.

Maybe it was speeding?

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No, you're quite right, I've checked and I'd misremembered. I first visited Ljubljana mid-90s (also a fascinating time for that part of Europe) and stayed at a campsite on the outskirts of town. In fact, it was a heavy rail service I'd used to get there, but the image of the station - no...

Oh, quite a few, I think. UK: Blackpool, Nottingham, Sheffield, Birmingham, Croydon, Manchester, Edinburgh, Beamish Ireland: Dublin France: Paris, Strasbourg, Bordeaux, Mulhouse, Lille/Roubaix/Tourcoing, Nice Belgium: Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent Netherlands: Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam...

The razor blade behind stickers/posters rumour has been going around as long as I've been alive. Not saying it doesn't happen (and that precautions shouldn't be taken), but it's an easy rumour to start on either side - either to scare people into not removing material, or to discredit an opponent.

In my current house, I can hear trains a mile and a half away, across town. It's a quiet place, and dependent on the wind direction. In my old house, a hundred metres from the railway line, there was an odd acoustic effect where, in the right weather conditions, the trains sounded like they...

Perhaps the resident in question doesn't like the trains now coming to a full stop. Or perhaps there's other issues in his life causing him stress, like issue with his colon.

IIRC it's presented as "Lime Street Liverpool" at Ely (and Norwich, for that matter) for this exact reason.