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How many station platforms still contain examples of disused Victorian drinking fountains? I'll make a start: Rugby (4 - that's the number of drinking fountains not the platform number), Dumfries (2), Doncaster, Minehead, Berwick, Crewe, Carlisle, Manchester Piccadilly; and there used to be one...

If it helps anyone, as I discovered yesterday, the "flash" new ticket machines along the wall of the (relatively) new ticket office at Paddington DO allow Z1-Zn, up to Z6 in the "other station" selection. Very useful. Thank-you GWR.

Thank-you for the explanation. "But I guess the railway schedules were never designed for the convenience of the paying customers?" I rest my case M'Lud.

Can anyone please explain why the weekday 16:09 from Paddington which arrives at Maidenhead at 16:42: http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/C20214/2017/07/05/advanced has to run back empty to Paddington as the 16:46: http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/C29662/2017/07/05/advanced I can...

I think this is the correct thread for an issue I'm bound to encounter one day: Most weekends I use my 60+ Oyster card in conjunction with a "Z6B to destination" ticket for journeys from London to various destinations in the south-east. My nearest station (in zone 3) hasn't got a ticket-office...

Thanks. Yes, Thameslink from East Croydon may be better. Cheers.

On a related topic. Can someone please confirm, or otherwise, that the combination of a London Councils Freedom Pass and a "Z6B to Brighton" ticket is valid on the Gatwick Express services from Victoria to Brighton on a Saturday? I'd normally get a Southern service from CLJ to BTN but the...

It's good to know that the "pathetic excuses" department of GWR are well ahead of the game. Delays at Slough, Maidenhead and Reading today :evil: were blamed on "problems with the overhead lines" and the electrification project isn't anywhere near complete yet.

In the end I was late by about 30 mins. Thanks for the advice, I'll continue to avoid Waterloo in the future with a Not via London ticket.

This is another (long) post on what the "Not via London" route means. Yesterday (Saturday) I got an off-peak day return from Barnes to New Milton, intending to change from the South-West trains Richmond lines, to the South-West trains Wimbledon/Southampton lines, at Clapham Junction (and...

Thanks to you both. Yes, I've come to the conclusion that speaking to a human-being at a ticket office is going to be more productive than banging my head against a web-site. And yes, they are Advanced fare tickets with reserved seats etc. so it will be be a £10 admin charge for EACH part of the...

I'm trying to change the date of a return journey from Paddington to Hereford. I've booked the outbound and return journeys separately. The current outbound journey requires 1 change i.e. PAD to Newport; then Newport to Hereford. However, if I try to change the date of the journey then every...