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Yeah I do have experience in recognising and dealing with autistic people thanks, interaction relating to verbal/non-verbal communication issues are one part of ASD. There are three explanations that I can come up with - either these people were unpleasant people who thought they knew it all...

Does anyone know why it was moved from Long Marston today? http://flickr.com/photos/32929427@N06/18737125868

I don't think you've been to a London termini for a while then and clearly not to KX either. Maybe if you went in 1985 you might have come across beggars, pickpockets etc if you went marching up and down Pentonville Road with a sign saying please rob me. But inside the station - come on, not...

I saw a good example of spotters behaving like idiots today and treating staff like morons. So RTT said that there was a freight train due through our station, something which is unusual during the day. As I wasn't doing anything I mooched down to see what it was. I got there and there...

One reason to extend to Banbury is that one of the main causes of delays at Oxford are the terminating services (slow and fast) as someone walks through checking and then locking the doors before they move off to the carriage sidings. At least Banbury has the extra platform. Obviously the...

Apart from the Wellingborough crash which killed 7. And probably numerous other examples where stuff got stuck on barrow crossings. Actually old fashioned suitcases/trunks were are both large and heavy so I don't buy into that argument. Most barrow crossings had gone by the 1960s because...

It depends how long you are going for and how many people are going. I've used them at heathrow for example when going from the arrivals to the central bus station. My bags, partner's bags, carry ons, 4 bags = a full trolley. Saves my shoulders and back. Did trolleys often end up on the track...

Earlier on someone mentioned trolleys. It is very hard to find a trolley at a station these days (I'm assuming theft, lack of space and in case they fall on the tracks?) It's odd because at Gatwick etc, once you've got up the stairs and to the actual airport you can't move for trolleys...

Don't those doors normally open inwards? As an nb, a friend of my cousin fell from a slam door train about 30 years ago and was killed. Even now with central locking I still don't lean on the doors.

To be fair there wasn't a lot else to do in the 1950s. :) Apparently, the Midland used to have a slot on the cabside for the driver to place a tablet with their name on it so you knew the name of your driver. And you kind of get the sense reading old books that there was a 'cult of the...

Or Bucharest You can certainly make it to Sofia, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Chisinau and Kiev. (I am not sure about Moscow) I did once travel London to Bucharest changing in Paris and Vienna, which was fun.

This Washington Post article might be of interest http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2015/06/05/map-the-remarkable-distances-you-can-travel-on-a-european-train-in-less-than-a-day/?tid=sm_fb

Porthmadog for a busy/big narrow gauge station. FR/WR departures etc I suppose the point is that as most heritage lines were on rural branchlines, the likelihood of finding large stations are fairly small. Maybe some of the G & W stations?

So I went early to the station today to see if I could find the super-off peak. It took me a few minutes of playing around with the machine to find it. The front screen shows - Oxford, London, Worcester etc and the only travel card is the off peak £40+ version. I looked more closely and...

It used to be on the front screen but now it was the more expensive off peak version since the fare and restriction changes. I did hunt around but could not find the super saver version. I'll go tomorrow when I am not in a hurry and see if I can find it on the machine.

Who would I contact at FGW?

On the Cotswold line which as people may or may not know has had fare changes and changes on restrictions recently. We have a ticket office at our station and when you buy a ticket from the office you are told the restrictions and the cheapest option for a travelcard (super off peak coming...

Interesting - thanks - 31 - well enough for 3 x 8 and 1 x7 coach set should anyone so choose (I've no idea what state the 31 are in) OT and fanciful - Can we have them, 68s and DVTs on the Cotswold line?

I maybe wrong and I am sure someone will correct me but going back a few years. So it used to be 1 train every 20 mins, but there was also a slow/semi-fast that started at Guildford that called at Worplesdon. When they switched to every 15 mins but the semi-fast/slow started from Woking...

The one other thing I've never understood is why some people take railways so personally. You only need to look on here to see the number of mouth-breathers angry people who get very worked up about any number of things. Fair enough I get that people have a favourite unit, route etc etc, but...