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They were doing this deal when I was in Belgium in July 2012.

Thames Trains used to run trains from Oxford to Gatwick via Reading (via the North Downs Line with a reversal at Redhill) during the 90's. Surely that way again makes more logical sense.

I always select "Credit Card" when paying with my debit card on a foreign ticket machine and it always works. It's probably to do with the way the transaction is handled by Visa etc.

Aldwych. :)

While most London-Reading commuters will simply use the fast trains and change at Paddington, I can see many outbound late night Crossrail trains being busier all the way to Reading especially at the weekends (ferrying people home from the West End).

There were no reserved seats on both journeys last Friday. On the outbound, our train was 8 carriages long and virtually empty only picking up passengers as we got closer to the West Midlands. On the inbound (20:18), our train was only 4 cars long and completely full up. Free WiFi and charging...

Great spot. We're off to Brum for the day next Friday. :)

Or they could Oysterize the line like they did with the c2c Grays branch in Essex.

I used a 2theloo in Utrecht last year. The most pleasant public toilets I have ever used. I was quite happy to pay the €0,50 fee (got given a voucher to use the loos again for free) and not have to smell other people's excrement. I don't get why people get narky about paying to use the loo. I...

New York Subway has some.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R62A_(New_York_City_Subway_car) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R142_(New_York_City_Subway_car)

We didn't have a problem using my Visa card when buying NS tickets from the ticket machines in Schiphol last year. I think all of them there now accept foreign cards (probably to cut staffing costs and the inevitable queues for tickets to Centraal station). Not sure about the other stations but...

It was particularly rife on one trip to Paris a few years ago. Witnessed two people go through the barriers on one ticket and saw someone pry open the exit only gates and walk through. I even had one person quickly squeeze through the ticket barrier behind me after I had passed through...

People choose the coach over the train in Oxford because it is cheaper, more frequent, serves the parts of Oxford people live in and actually goes to the centre of London. The train while quicker, is more expensive, only starts from the not so conveniently located station and only goes to...

Got it in one. Blackbird Leys to be exact. :)

As someone who grew up in Oxford, I'm always amused by people's reactions when I tell them I grew up there and they assume that I lived in Summertown, went to a posh school and then on to the university. In fact, I grew up in one of the dodgy areas, went to average schools (my upper school was...

If you walk along the entire length of the Promenade Planteé past the community gardens at the eastern end, you will come to part of this abandoned railway (there used to be a junction here). People were walking along it when we visited Paris. In fact, some sections of it no longer have any...

When we were there earlier this year, the gates were left open at Amsterdam Centraal and Rotterdam Centraal. We had paper tickets.

Yeah, I actually arrived early at work this morning. Bus to Brixton ran normally and the Victoria and Northern Lines all ran like clockwork. This was before 7am though before things took a turn for the worse and before rush hour. It'll probably be a different story going home tonight and if the...

Perhaps, FGW should rename Oxford, "Oxford Central" then. (makes Oxford sound a lot bigger now!) ;)

Herne Hill - 450m (approx 5 mins walk door to door). Railway line passes right outside our front door. :D