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Stratford desperately needs something to take the pressure off the subways. Perhaps a bridge over the west end of the platforms linking them all? This could be used for interchange only, leaving the subways solely for passengers actually entering and exiting the station although I'm not sure how...

Germany wins again for me in the shape of the ET403 'Donald Duck' units. Futuristic looking (even now!), fast and luxurious. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DB_Class_403 Only three sets were ever built and unfortunately they were all withdrawn before I was able to travel on them. One is...

The DB Metropolitan stock is pretty impressive. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_(train)) They are still in service as regular IC stock. The declassified former first class vehicles in the sets must offer the most luxurious second class travel available anywhere with their 2+1...

I like the Japanese approach where the gates are normally open. If you don't insert a valid ticket or touch a smartcard they will close as you approach. That way, in the normal course of use, the gates stay open making the flow of passengers faster and reducing wear on the mechanism. Of...

Nice to see the obligatory "given how much we pay for our tickets" style passenger quote in the BBC article. As if a roof fitting staying up has anything to do with the price of tickets!

How do you mean? Railcard discounts aren't determined by your reason for travelling and I don't see how they ever could be. If you are referring to time restrictions then railcards have always really been intended as off-peak/leisure travel products to fill otherwise quiet trains. That said...

All those trains are shown in 'connecting service' light type for the Amersham to Baker Street section. They are Metropolitan Line LU services that connect with Chiltern trains at Amersham.

There is a Greater Anglia (possibly now branded as TFL Rail but it should sell what you need) ticket machine on platform eight and two more in the LU ticket office on the Westfield side of the station. There used to be one adjacent to the Jubilee Line platforms as well but I think that is now...

As an open access operator I'm pretty sure HT get absolutely no support from the taxpayer. In fact, as they pay track access charges to Network Rail, it could be argued that they actually pay into the publicly owned element of the railway. As for running the extra train, perhaps there wasn't...

For that journey the two returns you originally planned would be the cheapest option.

Are you saying you would buy two return tickets, one from B to A and another from B to C? In that case the train would need to stop at B. It depends on the exact journey but it is possible that a B to A single then an A to C return OR a C to A return then a C to B single, as described by...

Indeed, I caught one that turned up unexpectedly on a service from Stuttgart while on a German Interail week last year. It totally threw out my plan as it was going in the opposite direction to my intentions but I had to grab the opportunity. Ps. Is "effeminately" a typo? I know they are curvy...

Another vote for the German class 103 electrics! Massively powerful, especially when compared with our own class 91 which was designed nearly twenty years later or even their own successor the class 101. Unique looking as well (in a good way) and certainly unlike anything else in Germany...

ICE 1 = Longer train (2+12 cars) with a power car at both ends and a distinctive raised roof on the buffet car. ICE 2 = Shorter (1+7 cars but often run in pairs) with a power car at one end and a driving trailer (with passenger accommodation) at the other. If you saw it at Cologne it was very...

I know I shouldn't feed the troll but I'll bite anyway... Would washing their hands before handling food NOT BE AN option? After all THE PEOPLE WHO currently handle the food must ALSO PUT THEIR hands in some unmentionable places from time to time. To get back to some semblance of sensible...

The two machines adjacent to the platform 9-11 gateline at King's Cross still offer boundary tickets on the first page that comes up after you select 'Tickets from another station'. Those are the machines that always did when the other FCC/GTR machines didn't though. The others may have been...

While topping up my Oyster at New Cross Gate this afternoon I noticed the London Overground ticket machines now offer some Rovers and Rangers, including the All Line Rover. See the attachments, there was a second page of available tickets (not sure why, there is plenty of blank space on the...

Seems pretty clear what it is. I would hope they would have seen one before and/or been briefed on the use of different stocks, it's hardly an obscure ticket. I've never had a problem but I've only ever used them on trains. Off topic but... I did have a problem with a West Midlands Day Ranger...

I've bought them from the Virgin TVM's at New Street where they have printed on standard stock.

Indeed, half the country are now disappointed as the result wasn't what they wanted and the other half will be disappointed over the next two years when absolutely nothing changes (certainly not for the better anyway). He wanted to be the next Winston Churchill, I suspect he will end up being...