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I travel on the GEML most days and yes, from experience, it has. There's a particular nasty side to side kink going through Marks Tey on the Up Main, I watched a chap nearly end up in someone's lap a few weeks ago*. I now subconsciously brace going through there to avoid whiplash! *I did...

Don't know the reason behind this but not good. Just as an observation, I've just got back from a holiday in Scotland and a fair amount of travelling using Scotrail (8 journeys), most on the Highland Mainline and although punctuality was good generally I wasn't overly impressed with much else...

I deal with the DfT and civil Servants every day. What will have to change for those who do transfer to GBR is that they will have to start making decisions and taking responsibility for their decisions which is something the vast majority of them have not done up to now, and accepting the...

Can't really understand why New Street is on there? I've only recently 'discovered' Moor Street which is much better imo!

Remember that the RMT seem to be pushing for contracted staff such as cleaners etc to be directly employed by the railway so if catering was increased they would presumably want the same- permanent roles rather than contract/ casual. It will be interesting to see Red Heidi's response to this...

Well with BR coming back and with everyone getting nostalgic about how brilliant BR were why not? Back to the 1970s I say! Not sure if the Afrika Korps peaked caps will go down too well nowadays though.

Record for my home station last summer for assists in one day (not at liberty to divulge the name) but it's a small/medium sized city that serves a number of holiday resorts was..... 111

Absolutely correct this should never have happened but... The passenger assist system is under strain- until sufficient resource (staff) are provided then it is going to happen. I was staggered when I found out the number of assists my TOC did last year. I regularly hear of trains at my home...

From what I've seen and heard so far it looks like the DfT will have more control rather than less!

Hmmmmm, There is upsellng and then there is upselling If it's happening at the same ticket office then maybe a communication to GWR might be worth it. There's a big difference between trying to get a customer to buy a croissant with their coffee to selling them something that will cost them...

I must admit I'm quite surprised as I would have thought he would a shoe-in for the top job at GBR but then again, he'll have a good pension to sit back on so why bother! I only met him twice, once at a charity event at Liverpool Street and when he was the keynote speaker at an industry...

Yeah, same for me... getting 'sync failed: mailbox unavailable. the server response was 'Invalid domain or domain is disabled' ??????

That's good news, hopefully it will get sorted!

Yeah, I also use 'trainspotter' which is OKish but not as good imo. I also use the Web based train logger but that's not really usable when out and about. Seems a bit strange as there were a new lot of databases added only a couple of weeks ago. I'll still keep using it for the time being...

Thanks, 'glad' it's not just me! Hopefully it will be sorted out.

Apologies if this is on the wrong board. Does anyone use the spotlog app? Mine is currently showing 'unable to connect to server' on both my devices so I'm wondering if it's my account or a more widespread problem. Trying to contact the developer gives 'page not found' using the links.

I can see the benefits of TOTO for metro services and limited stop services like Stansted express but what about long distance services- I can't see how this would work as you could end up with a massive fee if you weren't up to speed on ticket prices?

Can we have similar displays outside Parliament and Government Offices giving performance details for MPs and Civil Servants please?

My thoughts entirely!

Living in Huntingdon in the 70s Peterborough, Cambridge, and March were regular locations for a day trip on Saturdays and School Holidays. I don't recall seeing many 45s- the odd one stabled at March every now and then, but not often and again, I can't recall ever seeing one on a passenger...