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RealTime Trains is showing this as 1W99 2040 Cardiff--Holyhead, running tonight only.

And there seems to be some doubt in practice (regardless of the rules) about whether or not reservations are valid if the electronic displays aren't working. I recently travelled on a packed IET with no reservations showing; a woman came up to the seat I'd taken and told me it was her reserved...

A while ago I was travelling long-distance to a family get-together, on a Sunday (so fewer trains running). Boarded the train (it started from that station), got a seat, stowed the large and heavy package I was taking to the get-together. Then they announced that the train had been cancelled and...

More information and a photo on this thread: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/charter-derailment.173072/

It's the best innovation for passenger comfort in a long time, in my opinion. Far superior to the Voyagers' scrolling information, where you can find yourself standing at each seat for several seconds waiting to find out which part of the journey the seat is actually reserved for. On the IET...

Sometimes she's joined by a male voice so that they share the warnings about leaving luggage, minding the gap etc. Her tendency to sound over-excited made me wonder if anything untoward was happening when the messages were being recorded... or maybe I've just got a dirty mind.

I recently boarded an Edinburgh-bound Pendolino at New Street and thought someone was having a laugh with the onboard announcements - they'd been sucking helium, by the sound of it. Or was letting Pinky and Perky have a go (for those of us old enough to remember them). Luckily the guard took...

Anyone know the name of the woman doing the onboard announcements on the IETs? It bugs me how she pronounces Weston-super-Mehhhh. And she is almost breathless with excitement at the mention of Swindon!

When Brunel was planning the Bristol station he was prevented by the City Fathers from building it within the city walls, so he chose the closest spot he could. It's in the Temple area of Bristol, which was established by the Knights Templars way back (go visit Temple Church with its leaning...

acs3141, please don't feel bad. You have a valid point in drawing attention to the difficulties that such situations create for all of us, whether staff or the travelling public. When there's chaos, lack of information, unclear information (including inaudible announcements), it can be deeply...

Although he was sensitive to the environment - when he was informed that the building of Clifton Suspension Bridge would disturb a rare plant (autumn squill, I think), he had it carefully dug up and moved to a safer place. Actually, come to think of it, isn't that what exactly what we're...

That's fantastic 2T57, thank you so much. I see that's only your second message as a member: what an extraordinarily productive member you're turning out to be!

The silver lining to all those closures is the thriving preservation scene we have today, where thousands of people can enjoy the 'heritage experience' on lines such as the West Somerset, Severn Valley, Avon Valley, etc. Canals, too, as witness the huge amount of work done on the Kennet & Avon.

I remember Bristol Temple Meads being made 'open' (i.e. barrierless) in the 1980s - we didn't understand how this would prevent ticket fraud and people travelling without tickets. The intention was to have increased ticket checks on trains. Needless to say, the barriers came back. There's some...

That's the hope, but in the early days it wasn't the plan: http://stophs2.org/tag/kensal-green-cemetery Fingers crossed.

Any history buffs among you know when 'Temple Meads' actually became part of the station name? I'm looking through as many sources as I can find, and certainly in the early days it was just 'the Bristol station at Temple Meads', i.e. the station in that part of Bristol. GWR documents through the...

The route is shown as passing under Kensal Green Cemetery: https://www.hs2.org.uk/where/route-map/#15/51.5266/-0.2272 I seem to recall conflicting views as to whether graves will need to be disturbed. If they threaten to dig up the Brunel family (it's not just Isambard, but many other family...

I didn't use the word 'evidence', that was your word. The point I was making is the same as yours - that some people moan, and putting their views on TripAdvisor will create a bad impression for those who use TripAdvisor for guidance.

Hello and welcome, Willie Bee! I used to have friends in Cullercoats, would you believe. And I had the horrid experience of going to visit them on the Metro, and the doors didn't open at the station ... never had that before or since. Hope you have better luck!

Has GWR looked at TripAdvisor lately? Under the heading "GWR's new trains", we have the following breakdown of comments: Excellent: 79 Very good: 50 Average: 37 Poor: 63 Terrible: 229