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Is the door to first class a manually operated swing door? I know the rest of the train won't need automatic doors because of the wide inter-carriage gangways but it feels like a bit of a step backward. Pleased to hear it will be on the tube map. I think it needs to be in a colour. The black...

Do we know if the Thameslink core will receive coloured parallel lines on the tube map like Crossrail, DLR and Overground? If it really is to become a north-south version of Crossrail in Londoners' eyes then it should do. As has been mentioned above the core will have tube-like frequencies...

Last year London Reconnections looked at TfL's reasons for wanting to cashless and how it could benefit from placing payments in the hands of the banking systems not its own Oyster systems. http://www.londonreconnections.com/2013/ending-cash-fares-buses-daniels-dream-electric-beeps/

Abu Dhabi had smoking rooms (pods). As a non-smoker I can't say it looked an enjoyable experience!

That's good to know. I had bad memories of the not-so-old corrupted screens at Paddington and Waterloo. As I said technology has advanced somewhat in that short space of time.

A word of warning: if your stopover is inside the airport do not buy any liquids such as aftershave, perfume or alcohol in the UK. Australian rules say you can only buy them at the transit airport where they will be delivered to you on the plane. I recently flew via Abu Dhabi. Remember I never...

The passenger information screens remind me of the flat screens that popped up at Railtrack/Network Rail stations around 2000. They seemed so futuristic... until they were distorted by the sun's glare and suffered screen issues. The dot matrix replacements were far better. I know you only have...

Hasn't Branson previously admitted he wished he'd waited until the West Cosst line was upgraded and the Pendolinos in service before launching the Virgin Trains brand, such was the negative perception before then with stock and speed restrictions? I can't imagine Virgin winning a franchise where...

Not sure about the about the full black cab window surround, I think it makes the 365 look older. Reminds me of units you see in Melbourne. I think the original Networker style with the yellow extending to the roof and just the windows frames in black would suit it better and draw your eye sway...

Why were these taken off Stansted Express in the first place. I seem to recall much fanfare when they were refurbished with new headlights, blue and orange exteriors and improved interiors. As noted above, quite different than the budget version that followed.

Wasn't that one of the differences between the Southeastern and WAGN 365s - those south of the river had white roofs like their 465/466 cousins while those north of the river had black roofs. When the SE 365s headed north I seem to remember they gained black roofs, new-look front cabs and...

Think I prefer the seats with the grab rails as seen here (not my pics) http://railpicturelibrary.zenfolio.com/blog/2013/10/first-look-at-321-demonstrator

To be fair I always found the tail under the 'g' in Greater Anglia a little like a kid discovering a ruler in junior school. Or should I say in the days before kids used computers in junior school.

I'm not a GA commuter but has Abelio improved things to the point where the parent company feels confident their brand (and Dutch railways logo) isn't tainted? Perhaps they also feel becoming more engrained in the public conscienceless will help raise awareness when it comes to re-bidding and...

I think there's a culture of arrogance from the management at Southeastern that doesn't exist at the neighbouring franchise. They don't think it's necessary to inform passengers of issues that might affect them. Weekend carriages are halved without consultation. They regular switch off the...

The number of short formed services and cancellations as a result of train failures is getting beyond the joke. They're now missing out stations because it's not safe to stop. You were lucky to receive an explanation, most of the time the Twitter service refuses to disclose the cause when asked...

In the 1990s I was stood at Kent House station waiting for a train to Victoria when a Eurostar heading to Waterloo International was stopped in the loop platform. A door opened and staff got out to allow an ambulance crew access. If I recall the passenger was taken away on a stretcher. Eurostars...

While Morgate won't necessarily become a destination at weekends the line will certainly be well used. Old Street is busy thanks to its proximty to Shoreditch and a growing number of bars in the area. Meanwhile Essex Road has become an overspill of Islington high street thanks to its...

I clearly remember the railway mags writing about the GatEx order. It wa accompanied by an artist's impression which is available towards the end of this page on the Railway Centre. http://www.therailwaycentre.com/Recognition%20Pictures%20Loco/Artists_emu.html Not only did the final product...

Does anyone know why Southeastern is cancelling so many trains lately due to train failures and stock shortages? The company has never been great at maintaining Networkers - with connecting doors that only work by waving the magic eye, ripped seats, broken panels etc - but the current rate of...