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"Almost entirely useless"? Not to me, it isn't! I went to Beaconsfield last weekend - West Ealing to Greenford; Greenford to South Ruislip; South Ruislip to Beaconsfield. Much better than shlepping all the way into Marylebone and back out again.

(customary mention of Northern Ireland)

One would imagine that DfT would talk to Transport Scotland.

No, just the one for the TOC that is relinquishing ownership. The receiver of the flow merely informs.

If a TOC wants to cease being the Lead Operator of a flow, it requires the Secretary of State's consent under para 7.1 of Chapter 8.2.5 of the Rail Contract.

I have often seen people without tickets just brazenly push their way through the wide gate, and that is with staff present. If you had done that but holding a valid ticket, the only thing you would have done wrong would have been a Bye-law offence [9(2): Where the entrance to or exit from any...

West Ealing has platforms 3, 4 and 5 but no 1 and 2, which were on the main line but removed years ago. In the same vein, Acton Main Line has no platform 1.

Re Weymouth Quay: there was no closure proposal under the old legislation. By the time the relevant bits of the 1993 Act came into force (1/4/94), it had slipped through the cracks: as there had not been any regular, scheduled services for more than 5 years, the new closure provisions did not...

Pre-Elizabeth Line, I would often go in by Central (to St Paul's) or District (to Mansion House) from Ealing Broadway at round about 07:10-07:25 and come home from Barbican via GWR/Heathrow Connect from Paddington. Unless there was obvious disruption, there were always seats available in the...

I regularly get the 07:22 from West Ealing to Farringdon. Since through-running started, I have always managed to get at seat except on one morning a couple of weeks ago. My main gripe is the positioning of the exits at the extreme ends of the very long platforms, making passengers for...

Nothing has changed since 2005 (well, very little).

"Super Off-Peak, London and South East to England (East of Newton Abbot)"

In contrast, with a 60+ Oyster card, TfL explicitly tell you that you may use it as soon as you receive it and that you do not need to wait until your birthday.

The tone of the driver's announcements suggested that it was not expected. If it is a scheduled pause, why not simply tell us?

Decidedly not whelmed by the experience this morning, after a 4-minute stand just outside the portal at Paddington for no apparent reason.

Not a train anecdote, but I was once on a full, long-distance coach (London-Newcastle) when a chap passed me a note - it said that he was a Buddhist Monk and was uncomfortable sitting next to a woman (or was strictly not allowed?), so would I mind swapping seats. I checked with the woman beside...

As they say "anywhere in the UK", do they also mean Northern Ireland? (My guess is that they don't.)

The great Cyril Bird (aka Fougasse) did a cartoon about this in the 40s or 50s.

The highest cap since the current system came into effect was 6% in both 2009 and 2012. In 2009, Southeastern and Northern had RPI+3%, making 8%. Remember that there was still 5% "flex" on individual fares, so the very highest an individual Southestern or Northern regulated fare could increase...

Do the T&Cs actually say "license"? If so, that is pretty poor. It's Scotland, not America.