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Given the timing, Northern staff were probably staying in London overnight. GTR have got day jobs to be doing in London-based offices. I'm 30 mins into it now. Disappointing quality of questions - it's hardly forensic. Northern guy seems pretty credible - apologies to customers and tried to...

Hampton by Hilton is next to Luton Airport Parkway.

I'm not sure he's even the product of issues. He's an attention seeker. And it's disturbing that anyone takes him seriously. Conventional wisdom is that anyone using multiple names is probably up to no good. Beyond that, he ran tanning salons, has entirely unjustifiable views, and had a colin...

Go-Ahead is the majority owner of Govia that ultimately operates GTR and Southeastern.

Rightly or wrongly, it's the norm for honours to be given to those holding CEO-type roles across the public and large corporate end of the private sector. A lot of honours are also given out to the wider population. They operate via nomination. Have you ever nominated a platform assistant? You...

Everyone can try...and it would be highly unusual to pass the appropriate checks for one, but not two. (Being entirely unbanked is a different challenge) And it's not just relevant for transport. (and I didn't suggest they were doing anything wrong, just how they could further reduce the risk...

There is real harm - this article http://www.hertsad.co.uk/news/mums-unite-in-protest-at-shameful-state-of-thameslink-service-1-4816333 was from 18 months ago, guess how much worse it has got... - Extra childcare costs - Kids waiting at school gates - Kids activities missed - Reduced time with...

You should have multiple banks and card brands. The majority of transport issues are avoided because transactions aren't online - but overnight scenarios like you suggest can happen. Even during maintainance periods, cards should still work because banks use 'stand-in' processing. For...

I think the facts speak for themselves. It was a poor service before the timetable change, and now service is varying between non-existent and dreadful. The two tables below are (1st) morning 8am to midday from Leagrave to City Thameslink and (2nd) 8pm to midnight from Blackfriars to Leagrave...

I've submitted FOI requests to NR and ORR to see what they might release about the Board...

Industry Readiness Board was a recommendation by Chris Gibb It was set up in January 2017 with Chris Gibb as Chair. But if he was on the network rail board at the same time, I can’t see how he would be an independent chair - there is an inherent conflict) The Gibb report recommends a...

Farringdon isn't a 'London Terminal' for ticketing purposes, and is primarily an underground station (tho GTR I suspect operate the south building now?). Not sure what further change may come with Crossrail. No one really called Blackfriars, London Blackfriars. And the underground component of...

Another example of poor information sharing/disdain for staff.... One of the current significant frustrations is that the evening/late all stations from London to Bedford are now no longer all stations - they don't call at Leagrave, Flitwick or Harlington. And that means there can be huge gaps...

having multiple abortions might not be a sign of irresponsibility but a sign of being highly fertile and non celibate. it’s a layered approach. Certain traditional approaches make this worse rather than matter. Free ‘in the moment’ contraception should be available. Emergency contraception...

was the blockade actually difficult though? No running through the core, simple bays for trains to terminate into, significantly less risk of knock on effects etc. 1) It probably rather unfair, but St Albans have rush hour options given proximity to Hatfield etc. but that service is a mess too...

I've had a 100% success rate so far. 5 so far and 1 is still pending (and was arguably more complicated). It's complex work trying to identify the details to claim for those but all trains are subject to such eractic timing.

(Just quoting this post to illustrate - the point applies to others too) My impression is that a relatively small minority need or want a turn up and go service through the core. The emphasis is on the extremities - for commuters and leisure services. So 5 min in the core is pointless if the...

The biggest impact, which few have picked up on, from the article are the references to his business being next door, and two or three other parts of his family living in essentially the same road. In struck me that the article was about getting more money than it was about fundamentally...

Targeted FOI requests can be a very effective tool at extracting information. Railway enthusiasts are tax payers and fare payers as well.

I've not been a BT customer for over 15 years and am delighted not to have to deal with them in any way. There was a brief attempt to use Sky for TV services (rather than broadband initially) - that ended badly. It took four visits for them to decide they wouldn't install... I've always found...