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https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/08/asymptomatic-coronavirus-patients-arent-spreading-new-infections-who-says.html Yes, it is the WHO, so based on their recent performance they'll probably change their mind tomorrow. But if the risk from asymtomatic cases is negligible, that sheds new light on...

Does anyone know the reason that in the last week or so 4-car GN trains have changed stopping location - to the middle of platform 2 at Cambridge North rather than the south end? The 3-4 stop board is indeed now at the same place as the 8, and notices have just gone up informing about the...

A rather amusing article. Guess I’d better be more careful on my commute :) https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/north-station-bike-thefts-crime-17610453

Total collapse in service at Cambridge tonight due to an OLE issue south of the station. Seems something went wrong with the overhead on a GN train about 1745 and nothing has been able to get to Cambridge from the south since. Lots of reports about of commuters stranded for hours across GN and...

I’ve only just realised how poor the ‘service’ from Stevenage to Cambridge is on Saturdays. Two trains an hour, leaving five minutes apart :-( Worse, this makes for a very unreliable connection from the Leeds to Kings Cross service. I just had a six minute connection at SVG, and the LNER was...

It is almost five years since GTR took over Great Northern, and we’ve been told endlessly how they’ve embarked on massive efforts to recruit and train drivers - and yet, we’re still seeing driver shortages on an almost daily basis resulting in cancelled trains. For example, yesterday they were...

Each weeknight this week (except Friday) the last train north from Cambridge to Kings Lynn appears to be missing - the usual service leaving Cambridge at 2338 is the last one rather than the 0008. On the engineering part of GN's website it mentions engineering work between Hitchin and Meldreth...

I seem to remember in the mid-90s Peterborough station having a mosaic of the BR double-arrow logo to the left of the main entrance. However, I can't find any photos of it, and while I thought I had a photo of it myself, I can't find that either. Did this actually exist or am I imagining it...

I think I must have been rather unlucky this last week - either that or the railway system really isn’t doing very well, which doesn’t bode well for the future. On five of the last seven days I’ve had multiple cancellations, delays and/or speed restrictions due to windy weather. It seems we’re...

I was about to post a thread on here asking why the Kent Rover doesn't have any railcard discounts - as far as I'm aware it didn't have in the past, eg. when I last did one (in autumn 2011, I think). Railrover.org says still not, as does last year's annual booklet from Today's Railways. But...

A hypothetical situation, but one that I'll probably be encountering soon: I have a annual season ticket from Ely to Cambridge. I get off at Cambridge North, which doesn't have a ticket office. I want to get a daily PlusBus (perhaps I've just decided I want one, because the weather is...

A quick question : does Delay Repay apply to a whole journey undertaken on multiple tickets if one is a season? Real-life example : I have a Ely-Cambridge Gold Card and a Cambridge to London GA only Travelcard. Am currently travelling back from London. By the time I get to Cambridge it will...

I note that the price of a monthly PlusBus for Cambridge has risen 5.2% in May, which compounds a 5.5% rise in January. Costing 11% more than 6 months ago seems more than a little excessive :( Has this been the case in other areas, or is Cambridge getting the thin edge of the wedge here?

I was just blocked from travelling from Waterloo to Wandsworth Town on a Cambridge to London super off peak travelcard (GA only). The gates on 21-22 wouldn’t accept my ticket, and the barrier staff (all 3 of them) were insistent that I couldn’t travel between 4 and 7pm as I had a ‘super off...

I had a moan on here last week about GTR (and NRE) not listing last Sunday's bus replacements between Letchworth and Stevenage in their list of planned engineering work - the only related mention was misleading and listed the wrong times. In addition there was no mention on posters at stations...

I’m confused as to whether trains will be running between Cambridge and Kings Cross tomorrow (Sunday). GNs engineering work page tells me there is an amended service to Peterborough until 1030, and a closure between Hertford North and Stevenage. NRs engineering work page says the same...

Hi, Just renewed my Gold Card and it is on the regular Gold Card stock but is printed in the ‘new’ style - which looks a right mess for a ticket I’ve just paid over a grand for, as the pre-printed bits are all in the wrong place, some of the printing is close to illegible as it is over the...

What was going on tonight with the 'trespass incident' near Welwyn? I got caught up in this when trying to leave Kings Cross around 2130, but looking at RTT am rather surprised that it appeared to start around 1830 and continued until end of service, over 6 hours, which seems a remarkably long...

Every Saturday and Sunday for months now a handful (or more) of GN trains are being cancelled due to driver shortages. Tonight the last 'fast' to Cambridge fell victim. They held the preceding 'all'-shacks (presumably as the one an hour before was also cancelled due to no driver) which at...