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Very annoying how badly affected the Cardiff-Birminghams seem to be hit by this issue, often 3 - 4 consecutive services will be cancelled leaving a very big gap in service. Often leaves Worcestershire Parkway with no north or south service at all when they're all cancelled - although I notice...

Lewisham station was awfully and unpleasantly overcrowded back in 2015 when I lived there and commuted daily, and that was pre any big towers. I dread to think how bad it is now. I always felt like they kind of f***ed it when they let all the bits of land around the station - which would have...

Cheltenham Spa is a bit of a mess which would actually be relatively easy to solve. You've got two through platforms on the mainline, which also need to act as terminators for the London - Cheltenhams and the Cardiff - Cheltenhams. One siding north of the station isn't really sufficient imo...

Previously a regular user of voyagers Birmingham - Bristol/Manchester/Leeds. I also like them and have never understood the hatred. Warm soft lighting (unlike the 800s) which is kind on the eyes and doesn’t trigger my migraines; comfortable seats; acceptable noise / vibration levels; and...

Bristol Temple Meads - Worcester Foregate Street hasn't gone from 0.5 to 1 tph; there are still some 2 hour gaps, and some services which only run as far as Worcester Shrub Hill (which then ruins some connections from Foregate Street) Departures from Temple Meads: 06:xx MISSING TRAIN 07:xx...

I have optimistically booked to travel from Worcestershire Parkway to Paddington on Saturday 10th June and very excited to avoid the now-too-familiar detour via Birmingham or Swindon. Very much hoping I haven't tempted fate and this does open on time as expected!

Bromsgrove - Droitwich has got to be up there. Two sizeable settlements on the edge of a very large city which only currently have an hourly service. Extending the cross city line to Droitwich and increasing the frequency from 1tph to 3tph would make journeys between places in the area more...

I do find it quite stark comparing the Elizabeth Line (EL) to Thameslink (TL), they are indeed essentially the same thing (RER) but the EL is far more well-known, well-used, and simply useful for journeys for Londoners than TL, which is arguably designed for non-Londoners in Hertfordshire, Kent...

is there any sort of single document/list which lists the main changes occurring nationwide, categorized by TOC? If not, might someone who knows them well create one?

There's been quite a lot of research into how environments affect perception and behaviour; it's significant, far more than the average person realises. I think the Thameslink Class 700 interiors are some of the worst on the network and encourage bad-behaviour due to their design. All the...

I used this for the first time last week. It's an improvement on the bus, but loads of issues made a very un-smooth journey. 1) Ticket barriers are chaotic. There are way too few of them, it seems like a massive waste of space to have such a large station building but then only have such a...

Chiltern have now confirmed there will be no trains at all on Friday, and no trains north of Banbury on Saturday. :{ Time to buy a car me thinks! ASLEF and the RMT must be on commission for the automobile/road building industry.

Hi all, During previous strike action, from what I recall Chiltern ran no services north of Banbury whatsoever (please do correct me if my memory is incorrect). With the forthcoming strikes not including Network Rail, is it likely that the service will not be quite as dire and something will...

Was the plan not to route the Birmingham - Herefords via Camp Hill and have them make the stops? Something about there not being enough capacity at New Street for any additional services? I wasn't aware that this had changed.

CityMapper and Apple Maps are excellent yes; Google Maps however is often very wrong. It doesn't show bus diversions ever, so shows ghost departures at closed stops, and frequently shows bus / tube / trains which simply do not exist, including some bizarre incorrect info like '120+ minute delays...

Does seem a bit mad to not have direct trains between what is arguably South London's primary rail hub and South London's primary seaside destination purely due to timetabling decisions. It's worth bearing in mind that whilst for some of us a simple change isn't problematic; there are many...

I was hoping the hideous orange and purple livery would grow on me but, here we are years later and it still makes me gag. What on earth were the design team thinking :'(

Interesting. I see that if I put in Clapham Junction to Victoria underground on the TfL fare finder, it is indeed the cheaper £1.80 (it must assume I route myself via West Brompton for this route). I was already aware of the sky-high premium by changing from NR to Tube at Waterloo/Victoria...

I have an oyster card with a 26-30 railcard linked to it (thus giving me 1/3 off off-peak fares). I have recently noticed that for some Zone 1-2 journeys I am charged £1.80, for others, £1.95. For example, when I travel: Clapham Junction to Victoria (using a direct rail service) I am charged...

I'm hearing horror stories about the RRB queues, and with the roadworks at Oxford station about to commence the journey time is going to get even longer. If this is going to go on for 2+ months then a better temporary solution is going to be needed for Hereford & Worcester-bound passengers. Why...