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I think there were copycats sprung up after he was convicted, apparently in other countries as far afield as New York. The fact that numerous vandals could turn their hand to it shows that there is no skill or artistic integrity to his actions. Up on Tulse Hil, there was a boarded up house...

Your language is very emotive "pouring beer down your neck at 11am". I am not in any race. To be honest, 11am would be too early for beer but I'd definitely take whisky in my porridge, champagne breakfast or a baileys coffee at 11 or earlier. As a first effort, they need to tackle the...

I think we all agree that consumption of alcohol on this service is not necessarily anti-social or threatening. I have travelled many times on long distance train journeys and having a drink is a part of that for me, often local beers in Germany, Slovenia. If I were going through North...

Yeah, but that lad had serious issues beyond the graffiti. Unfortunately the railway bore the brunt of it but he needed serious help. Looking at the number of times he scrawled it, you could tell there was something not right.

Thanks Soil. We live in Tulse Hill so it is easy enough for us to get to Clapham Junction so South West Trains tends to win from that perspective although I have no issue going to Paddington if the price is right. It is always nice to travel by HST. I had thought that there would always be...

I'm looking to do a trip down to the South West from London in the middle of August to go to the Beautiful Days festival, specifically 17th August - Tulse Hill (or West Norwood or even Clapham Junction) - Exeter, then check in to hotel, then Exeter to Feniton for the festival. On Sunday we'll...

The backstreet itself is fairly busy though. There are the Colombian cafés, a taxi company, mechanics. I think it is unfortunate that the building works seem to have ground to a halt which means half the road is covered in hoardings so the road is a bit darker than normal. I wouldn't want anyone...

I have seen the BTP, while on the Elephant ticket check, arresting someone for possession of drugs so presumably other crimes are detected at the same time. I don't find Elephant to be so dangerous as stated above. I take the train to and from there daily and have never seen trouble or felt...

Does Lisburn get a stop? When I last used Enterprise, Newry and Portadown were the intermediate stops. Drogheda has a right angle bend off the bridge so the train has to slow to a crawl anyway. Not sure if removing the stop at Drogheda will speed things up much.

I'd estimate once per week at Elephant with approx 20 bodies there between FCC and BTP. I've seen people challenged on board FCC trains to Sutton who have told the RPI to clear off and then get off at Loughborough Junction or Herne Hill. The RPIs just accept it.

My father in law was travelling from Streatham Hill to Gatwick and thought that "London Terminals" referred to airports with the name London in them and duly bought such a ticket. He met a decent guard in between Clapham Junction and Gatwick who just charged him the excess and explained his error.

We're coming from London. I find our car to be quite uneconomical and reckon it could be cost neutral to do it via train because the hire car would have a more modern engine than ours and use less fuel. I suppose it all depends on where we intend to travel to once we get to France. We're...

I am considering going to France for the week in July and might get this ticket to get to Calais, hire a car there and drive to our destination instead of undergoing the cost of driving to Dover and the cost of the ferry. Works well in my mind's eye on the way there. Is there any good return...

Agreed. The railway is representative of society as a whole and has its gay people and other minorities. There was the Merseyrail chap, the VT driver and the VT TM.

It's a pity the EU money tree has dried up as I'd imagine that the cross border idea would gain some good funding. European Cohesion Fund or some such. Would it be feasible to lay tracks from Enniskillen to Sligo without tunnelling?

One item I would have liked to have seen more of but which is quite off-topic to the show was the Network Rail road / rail Land Rover which the lad in the highlands appeared to arrive in. He seemed to be a credit to NR.

Yeah, being so drunk that you soil yourself on a train or being physically confrontational with a Beamter would not go down to well in Germany. It's the treatment of those well meaning who have fallen foul of a rule they are unsure of, or even those with tickets being restrained by ticket...

What about stations with artwork in them? The mosaics at Tottenham Court Road are always a delight to see and I have seen a Paris Métro station, possibly at the Louvre, with display cases and artwork inside and another decorated in brass like a Jules Verne submarine.

I believe that DB owned TOCs treat their customers in a way that German customers would not tolerate on the German network.

Thanks for clarifying that! As well as giving out the wrong information, I probably would have fallen foul of it myself at some point.