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Yes, I was doing just what you were doing, but in the opposite direction! I wonder if any Havering-based enthusiasts used to make their way over to Harrow? When I was flush I used to do the odd Golden Rover too, catch the Green Line from Stanmore Broadway and do large circuits of...

It was from age 12 for me, and I always went alone. This was the 1970s.

I grew up in Wealdstone, near Harrow. I travelled all the way to such exotic places as New Addington and Dartford and back in a day by bus. A regular trip was to take the 186 to Edgware, a long ride on the 221 to Wood Green, an even longer ride on the 123 to Gants Hill and finish off with the 66...

Having the Dartford routes under the control of London's transport body (LTPB, LTE, TfL) is one of those ideas that resurfaces regularly.

The 724 was the "northern equivalent" of the 725, although it ran further out and linked towns to the North of London rather than the outer suburbs as the 725 did. The 724 commenced in June 1966 and in its original form ran from Romford to High Wycombe. The 727 Express commenced in 1967 and...

Crossrail, High Speed 1 and High Speed 2 are (or will be) essential components of the 21st Century railway network that you appear to crave. I grant you there are considerable improvements that could also be made to the existing network, either to allow it to take full advantage of the extra...

Reading's bus station is not really relevant here. It did not close because of the Station redevelopment, but because the out-of-town services that used it had declined to the point where it made more economic sense to close it and sell the land for redevelopment. The local town services mostly...

Reading Buses has purchased BU52 GAS, a former Scania/ADL Enviro300 gas bus demonstrator; and DD16 GAS, a former Scania/ADL Enviro400 MMC gas bus demonstrator. These are numbered 435 and 700 respectively. 435 has high-backed green leather seating and carries Reading Buses generic livery.

Had the 1923 Grouping not taken place, I expect that the new London Transport Passenger Board in 1933 would have got its hands on a lot of London area suburban services. The effects of excluding these services from the Transport Act 1933 can still be seen very clearly today.

That's partly why I suggested Ashford as an extension of TGV Nord. At present the Ashford service is poor, which unless I am mistaken is because of the time it takes a Eurostar to negotiate the awkward track layout to call at the station, which makes scheduling stops there difficult. A TGV...

I don't know if this is the right place to make a suggestion, but I would like to take the Ashford International calls out of Eurostar altogether and instead run Ashford International - Lille Europe - Paris Nord TGVs effectively as part of TGV Nord. Border control would take place at Ashford...

There's a place for everything: I can enjoy karaoke, live music and jam sessions. As well as jukebox, background music and no music at all. Just go with what you prefer at the time.

Paris Austerlitz to Barcelona França when the overnight Elipsos Trenhotel was still running.

At the moment, that is just the Slough area operations, Courtney doesn't have a big presence there and it makes sense to fold those routes into the Thames Valley operation. I expect Reading Transport Limited will want to tread more carefully in Bracknell, where Courtney Buses is an established...

My money is on the Reading Remodelling Project and associated Station rebuild. Within budget, completed early and did what it said it would - reduced the delays caused by conflicting movements in the Reading Station and West Junctions areas. Not to mention a new state-of-the-art Traincare Depot...

In the UK rail connections to ferry ports may be poor, but there are several examples where coach services (mainly National Express) operate directly to the door - Dover Eastern Docks, Portsmouth Continental Ferry Terminal have direct links from London Victoria, and Cairnryan has direct links to...

In Devon, the following towns all have a population of over 10,000 and no rail station: Tiverton (21,000) Brixham (17,000) Bideford (17,000) Sidmouth (14,000) Tavistock (12,000) Northam (12,000) Ilfracombe (12,000) Kingsteignton (10,000) although contiguous with Newton Abbot It's just as well...

Brexit (if it happens) makes no difference. The UK has never been party to the Schengen Agreement so all passengers travelling between the UK and the Schengen Zone are required to undergo Border Control anyway.

The X31 also had a third variant to Toddington, but this was replaced by Busway route E in 2013. Before the Busway opened the X31 was the fastest route between Luton and Dunstable as it used Hatters Way to avoid the traffic congestion in Bury Park.

Filers Travel's 303 service between Barnstaple and Woolacombe follows three different routings as well as having a couple of other minor variations: http://www.cartogold.co.uk/Devon/timetables/303_Woolacombe-Barnstaple.pdf Also their 31 service between Ilfracombe and Woolacombe operates both...