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I have no particular love for trains, so i'm not particularly biased. I commute from Brighton to London bridge every day. I use the train because it is the best way to make this journey. My season ticket represents good value per mile. I'm not sure why people complain about cost. The...

It is pants. Changing to platform 7 (ironically one of the busier platforms) os a joke.

Nightmare at gatwick, with trains being cancelled and people being dunped from their trains. So today is one off.... But i reckon this will become a major interchange once thameslink is complete. It wont cope.

It's a victim-less crime, like punching someone in the dark. It's not a "problem" which can be solved in rush hour, when it's impossible to walk along the train. Not sure why anyone would buy a first class season ticket!

Rubbish on the Thameslink trains to Brighton today, barely a train on time all day!

This comes up a lot. Given the rise of open plan offices I think most people are used to noisy conversations in the background while they work.

I think you are confusing the law with what is right... Quite frankly, I think that only the CPS should be able to prosecute anyone, so that the law is applied consistently and evenly across different crimes and victims.

Yes. They do. Anyone else will just ignore them. I guess that is why they now often have a pcso with them now, at least on Personally I think the approach used is reprehensible. If the police went around coercing people into signing statements admitting guilt without a solicitor present it...

Random point to random point, I found that anything under 7 miles is typically faster by bicycle than public transport in London and I'm not fit. Electric bikes run at 25 KM/H. The OP's question is a bit like asking what infrastructure change would need to be made to airports if...

It would be interesting to see the share of each mode split by journey distance. I suspect most commutes are under 5 miles, in which case I think electric bicycle would be the obvious choice.

At the very peak, rush hour trains from London Bridge are often standing all the way to Haywards Heath. It's not practical. Even in rush hour you can pop into the Tooley street tesco or More London m&s and be served almost instantly.

the seats make my bum ache... Seriously considering some sort of inflatable pillow!

Given that pretty much everyone who works in an office manages to cope with an open plan work space I'm not sure there that much point.

Indeed. If, as a passenger, you leave a gap of more than a few seconds between you and the next person then you will get the doors closing on you. I guess the issue here is that the first passenger's exit did not trigger the doors to reopen, as they would in a lift.

In my opinion doors should not begin to close until 5 seconds after the last person seen to exit. Simples. Closing whilst people are queuing to exit is asking for trouble.

Don't ban alcohol... Ban behaviours and people. Most people can get very drunk without being criminal.

Big infrastructure projects should be good for employment and skills.

I'm guessing where major stations don't have them it's due to building design more than anything else. The only thing that really annoys me about barriers is when they seem to be set up to deliberately reject valid tickets and are insufficient staffed... At Brighton they are set up to...

Although utterly soulless, Basingstoke represents good value for the distance, with lots of trains.

No. I make more mistakes when being watched. That said, legend has it that in Japan they do it to ensure driivers stick to the rules.