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Hello all I'm about to book a journey between Ipswich and Stratford London, as part of a rather insane trip I'm doing next week (I'll post a preview in the Trip Planning forum shortly :P). From experience, I know doing a split ticket tends to be more flexible for my needs (so booking...

This morning, I finally saw a Greater Anglia 170 with new seat covers. 170271 is the "lucky" precipitant. The covers themselves seem to be yet another variant of the grey/black covers that are going into the MK3s, 317s and 360s Sadly, despite the smarter interior, the unit still carries the old...

This year, I've attempted to watch all 601 episodes of one of the most iconic children's TV shows, Grange Hill, given I never watched it until the BBC axed it in 2008. I've made it through 25 series and 481 episodes, and my god there is some great material during those years. I'd say the best...

Two of my favourite routes in London are the 4 and the 17, which run between Archway and Waterloo/London Bridge respectively. However, these tend to run on relatively low frequencies for bus routes entering Central London. You'll be lucky to get a bus every 10 minutes on these routes. Which...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34306333 This could and should be a vote winner, what with 66% of voters across all parties wanting this.

I was at Snetterton race circuit yesterday watching the British Touring Car Championship, and whilst waiting for my lift home in the late afternoon, I pondered about Eccles Road station, which is only a mile or so away from the circuit. It's normally closed on Sundays, but I wondered if it would...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-33719515 Very sad news indeed. The bloke was TV gold when he was on The Apprentice. 27 is no age at all. :(

I've always wanted to attempt a trip concentrating on London's night bus network, but the thought of being on buses and on the street all night has been a deterrent, even to a seasoned Londoner like me. Until, that is, the announcement of the Night Tube, which suddenly makes such a trip viable...

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It would seem so, as at Halifax Junction, the line leading off from the GEML has become noticeably overgrown in recent months, and today there appeared to be some debris blocking said line as my 360 passed by the junction. A cursory search on Realtime Trains suggests there's no booked services...

I begin my third year of my English degree in September, which of course means the dreaded dissertation begins. We've already been told to consider ideas over the summer months. My idea, which I've already floated to coursemates and one lecturer, is to do a deep poetic analysis of a selection of...

I remember getting this book out at the local library several years ago, but it seems to have been fairly rare, with a small print run, as the cheapest copy I could find anywhere was for £15 on Amazon, which I've bought (it arrived today). It's long since disappeared from the Suffolk Libraries...

I have a day trip booked to Birmingham on May 9th, and as I'm travelling from a station well outside the PTE area, I've been able to purchase a Birmingham PlusBus ticket with my outbound journey. The PlusBus website mentions that said ticket is valid on Midland Metro, but it doesn't say how far...

Given that the first candidate from either party has declared that they're running for President, in the shape of Ted Cruz, I felt it was time to open a thread, even though we have another 20 or so months until the election itself. It's going to be interesting seeing if America chooses a...

I understand that these units are 750v DC only, in contrast to the remainder of the fleet. Now, this made sense when the East London Line was a contained line of sorts before the extension to Highbury and the takeover of the South London Line. Now that all of the lines are linked and it is...

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/27/arts/television/leonard-nimoy-spock-of-star-trek-dies-at-83.html RIP Mr Spock. :(

Did anyone else watch this show tonight? I thought Clegg came across really quite well. Great bravery to allow himself to be torn apart for an hour. It's almost made me want to vote for the Lib Dems in May, until I remember the tuition fees fiasco. And that makes me sad. :( That being said, I...

There was an incident at Kelvedon this morning, about 10:15. Loads of cancellations and delays on the GEML as a result, still being affected up to about 16:00 this afternoon, at the least.

Does anyone remember watching this on Friday evenings on BBC2 around the turn of the century? I've been rewatching the first two series recently on YouTube, and it's fantastic seeing how awful some of the early robots were, in comparison to the later series. Series 2 is still great to watch...

No, don't worry, this isn't a thread about corpses. :lol: I've noticed, on my numerous journeys along the Wherry Lines, that there appears to be a grounded wagon body just south of the Reedham swing bridge. Here is its location It certainly seems to have been in its current location for...