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I'm definitely not younger, but read and enjoyed all 3 books. A bit juvenile in places, and I definitely agree that the last book was not in the same mould and mostly just for closure, but I read all 3 back-to-back and looked forward to picking up the book each time, which is always a good sign...

You are incorrect in your assumption that your ticket was valid. There are more knowledgable folk here than I am, but I believe they could prosecute for either a railway byelaw offence of not having a valid ticket which would be simple for them as it is a strict liability offence and you did not...

You did not have a valid ticket for your journey from Radlett to St Albans, or from St Albans back south. If you had paid the £20 penalty fare it would now be over, but as you refused to pay that fare it will now be up to FCC to decide if they wish to prosecute or take any alternative action.

The barriers won't open at Southwark with a London Terminals ticket, only for Travelcards. Of course, if they ask nicely it is always possible for the staff to open them, but not guaranteed!

So, the company with the largest marketing department wins franchises regardless of what they have actually done. Albeit, not so far from what has happened on West Coast.

Full Separation would see Edgware-Kennington/Battersea and High Barnet/MHE-Morden via Bank. This requires a rebuild at Camden Town of course, but that would be necessary as part of NLU2 anyway. Currently scheduled for around 2022, so hardly imminent.

It is the proposal in the TSGN and ICEC DfT franchise consultations. Whilst it was worded as a proposal, it was definitely the thinking from DfT, whether that has changed after the reviews is moot though, it was from the DfT not "rumours from people outside the railway".

So 4 trains per hour through for one group, which means 4 less for another group. Parochial campaigning and who shouts loudest wins at its best.

Interesting stuff - I wonder what percentage of prosecutions are for non payment of a penalty fare as opposed to the original fare?

CEPs were the nicest of the EMUs to drive for me, and as a passenger too. Not too keen on the VEPs but the CIGs were nice.

My understanding is that where the ticket is bought (for ticketing appeals) or where the incident occured (for all other complaints) determines which body is responsible. But as ALR says, the two bodies work closely and forward to each other any appeal that has come to the wrong body.

As well as the answers already given, the main one was (as with Clapham Junction) the additional passenger demand would have made Vauxhall station, and the Victoria Line between Vauxhall and Green Park, dangerously over capacity and was therefore not considered acceptable by TfL.

Not yet, just an e-mail confirming it

As a result of this, London Travelwatch has consulted with ATOC and ensured that there will be a permitted route via Clapham Junction for South Bermondsey/Queens Road Peckham to Victoria tickets - with electronic routeing guide permissions being updated accordingly.

Absolutely, the vast majority of "health and safety" stories actually have nothing to do with legislation whatsoever, it is just the same as the made-up "EU bans straight bananas" type nonsense that preceded it. The occasions where health and safety is cited as the reason for doing/not doing...

Given FCC were the TOC involved in the Kentish Town incident, made much worse by passengers de-training after no information being received during a breakdown, it would be very bad of them to risk that again. Maybe they need to read the RAIB report again.

Electrical supply failure at Hildenborough is the cause of Southeastern running some via Redhill

Being built entirely with private financing, part developer cash and part levy on the new businesses. The VNEB area is exempt from the Crossrail levy mostly as it will find the NLE. It will be built pointing towards Clapham Junction, the main reason(s) it isn't going there at first are a) the...

With the laws of the country as they are, it is the correct decision. That said, it should not be a legal requirement to have fencing - it should be the personal responsibility of the boy not to knowingly trespass illegally. Many countries do not have fencing as a legal requirement, it is up...

Fairly sure the South London Line has been open for a very long time, and the service known as South London Line will cease rather than open in December!