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Thanks Gents ! This looks like a rousing endorsement. It's very good news that after early teething troubles GC are doing well and are receiving such overwhelming praise. Good luck to them and WSMR ; the bigger TOCs should take note as to why the former have such good customer satisfaction...

Hi folks, I'm going up to the North East to spend Christmas with friends and am seriously considering trying the Grand Central option from London Kings Cross. I would just like to know what loadings, comfort levels and general train reliability like these days ? As there are only a handful of...

Is the following route valid for the non Zone1 fare on Oyster : South Ruislip (LU) - Shepherd's Bush (LO) - Willesden Junc (LO) - Highbury & Islington (LU) - Tottenham Hale (NR) - Clapton . The journey involves changing from Tottenham Hale (LU) to Tottenham Hale (NR) and I was wondering...

Will be able to use our Oyster cards on this one ? How about the route , is it going via Acton Wells - Willesden sidings - West London Jn and down through Mitre Bridge ?

Interesting ! So what route would it take to get from Chiltern Line to Southend ? Via Greenford, Acton , NLL , Stratford ?

I saw the new livery on the carriages yesterday and was mighty impressed. Looks very smooth , sleek and professional and gives one a sense of luxury. I hope the recent shenanigans with the parent companies do not result in the dumbing down of the route. Good quality food, a comfortable...

Just saw the Chiltern-liveried DVT tailing the 18.32 Marylebone - Wrexham. Will the 82 at some point head the set into/out of London ? I would like to take some photos of the creature in action. Cheers, Z

A lot of the soil on the Olympic site was reported to have been contaminated and contained high levels of radioactivity. http://www.gamesmonitor.org.uk/node/845 I am not sure if the cleaning actually takes place at Powerday as well as at the site or if the soil laden trucks are stabled at...

Would you be able to do a Middlesbrough - Glasgow via Manchester on one ticket i.e. £25 or would you have to buy two separate tickets ? Z

There is a daily spoil train which goes to the landfill at Calvert via the Chiltern Line. I think it carries a lot of the "cleaned soil" from Powerday which originates from the Olympic works around Hackney and Stratford. The train is usually headed by an EWS class 60 / 59. Route : Stratford...

:) Perhaps the algorithm in place for the Greenford-Snaresbrook journey states that the lower fare will only be charge IF touching in at Shepherd's Bush LO AND touching the pink validator at Stratford. This would mean that Greenford - Stratford straight through on the Central line and touching...

So as from 6th Sept we now have control of what fare we pay for alternative routes for a particular journey. This is particularly useful if you want to go from A to B but need to avoid entering a zone which would result in you being charged a higher fare. Journey in question : Greenford -...

Saw it racing through High Wycombe at a fair rate of knots on the way to Quainton Rd - lots of hellfire and clag !!!

Just went through High Wycombe at this very moment. I did not catch the leading engine but the tail was the 37.

I must say that for commuting into London or for leisure activities I personally am quite satisfied with Chiltern's performance stats. In comparison with other Home Counties' TOCs we are quite fortunate. I can still recall smoky 70s and 80s when we used to travel by the DMUs ! Perhaps the longer...

Hello all, Last week I asked for confirmation of the MBR - BHM via MAN route. Over the weekend I was told that parts of the Manchester to Sheffield stretch were absolutely beautiful and would be worth journeying through. So, on return, instead of catching the MAN-BHM XC I got on the TPE from...

We were coming into Birmingham New Street yesterday evening at 19.10 on the slightly delayed XC Edinburgh ( dep 14.08 ) - Plymouth service when I noticed a XC HST pulling out. I was just wondering are XC starting to use HSTs again ? It was painted in all the XC livery so I assume that they have...

Thanks Yorkie. I've got into the habit of always double checking my train travel and ticket types with you more learned folk. I always try to avoid travel before 0930 as my meagre finances could not stretch to accommodate fares such as the scandalous £133 anytime return .

My computer which housed the NFM has crashed so I was wondering if a kind soul could help me. What is the ticket code and hence the travel restrictions on a Birmingham New Street to Middlesbrough, via Darlington, Off Peak Return ? I need to stop off in Manchester on the return leg and break my...

Thanks very much John. I had been trying to find an official online source but was having very little luck. The National Rail site only gives very simplified details on the conditions of carriage wrt the OPR and makes no mention of the length of time or the number of times one can break a...