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It appears that every time I book standard advance tickets on the Norwich-Liverpool Street route, I am given a seat in Coach C. Yet, I often see reservations in some of the other standard class coaches on the route. Is it just a default setting on the reservation system, or is there a way to...

This morning I bought a standard off-peak return between Ipswich and "London Terminals", valid on October 4th. I was just wondering, is it possible to leave the train and exit at Stratford station using this ticket (as I'm doing a big day going round on the transport system, and would ideally...

I remember riding up and down the line on a family holiday a few years ago, and whilst the section between St John's Road and the Pier Head is double track, only one track and platform is used at the Esplanade and Pier Head stations. Is there any plan to bring these back into use, or do...

By the looks of things on Twitter, a fire has broken out in part of Camden Market, the Stables part from what I've seen. Hope they get it under control quickly, the market is a brilliant place to go if you've got some money and some free time. :(

I just want to clarify, is this OK, as I'm on a register for a Lowestoft polling station (as that's where my parents live), but I also registered in Ipswich back in November (as I currently reside in uni halls there). I now have two different voting cards for next week's European election, and I...

Yesterday, I believe I beat my previous record for number of train operating companies travelled on in one day. For reference, it goes as such (mixed in with numerous tube journeys, DLR, bus routes and a Tramlink journey as well) Greater Anglia - Ipswich to Liverpool Street Chiltern -...

I caught the Greater Anglia short MK3 set on the 08:50 Lowestoft-Norwich service this morning, with 47818 and 47841 top and tailing. Is there any reason why a DVT (I believe it was 82132) is included in this set, rather than an extra MK3 coach (yes, I know they're short of coaches), or not at all?

I've been wondering, what will a no vote for Scottish independence in September mean for the SNP and Alex Salmond? Will they try again for independence in about a decade's time (assuming they stay in power at Holyrood)? Will Salmond resign if the No vote is victorious?

Just came across this campaign on Twitter. http://banbossy.com/ http://www.nme.com/news/beyonce/76033 I support gender equality and consider myself to be on the side of feminism, but I think this is a stupid campaign and yet another reason why feminists and feminism gets such a bad reputation...

Whilst getting off a Southern 455 at Victoria on Saturday morning, I noted 377601 sitting at the platform opposite waiting to leave for Caterham. Whilst I didn't get on it, I could see the seating and good word, did it look uncomfortable. Very, very thin seats. So, it got me wondering, which...

How long realistically do we see Freightliner using 86s on its intermodal services? With the class almost 50 years of age, and only about 14 or so left in traffic, I imagine they're well into their twilight years, even if they're still reliable locos.

I've been thinking about my time at school (I only left two years ago, yet it feels a geological time period ago), and definitely one thing that irked me during high school were teachers who'd give an entire class a detention if a few people were messing around. That always struck me as unfair...

Has anyone else on these forums used the Journey Planner and ended up getting unusual and illogical routes suggested? It's just that it seems to be on the increase, at least in my experience. Cases(s) in point: I wanted to see how long a typical journey on the 178 bus between Lewisham and...

I note that most, if not all of the track leading to and in this has been lifted recently, including the level crossings at Ranelagh Road and Stoke Bridge. The old bridge just after Ranelagh Road is still extant, however. How long has it been since the branch was closed, and what are the...

TFL are currently reporting on their website that the Circle and H&C lines are "partially suspended while we deal with the derailment of an empty train at Farringdon depot". Are there sidings at Farringdon?

Apologies if this query has appeared numerous times before, but I'm wondering why the Northern City Line doesn't run at weekends? Is it because there is little demand for travel directly into the City at weekends, or is there extra capacity at Kings Cross which means there's little point in...

So yes, I have planned out another one of my madcap London trips for tomorrow. The difference here: I'm aiming to get the first train of the day from Ipswich to Liverpool Street, and when I'm in London itself, I am trying to catch a service by every TOC in the capital (so c2c, Greater Anglia...

Time for a thread on this country's best motorsport series methinks. Unlike the insomnia-cursed F1 season, this year's BTCC season has been a belter. They were racing at Silverstone this weekend, and I can honestly say there was more action in the first race of the day than there was in the...

I have been researching fares between Ipswich and London, as part of my plans to make a monthly trip to the Big Smoke when I'm at university, money permitting, and it appears that the all-stations stopping trains run by Greater Anglia are far more expensive to travel on than the Norwich-London...

This is the day that I plan to travel around in London (money permitting, as I'm a new student :p), and from what I can understand from the TFL website, it appears both central London branches of the Northern line are out of action that weekend through engineering works. Is this actually the...