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According to the recorded commentary on the Cambridge bus tour, when the railway came to Cambridge the university authorities were so concerned thart undergrads would be distracted by easy access to the bright lights and fleshpots of London that they instructed proctors to patrol the station and...

I got a same day response to my query from Phillipomo on this forum, but SWR aren't doing so well. I've had to explain the issue three times by phone and email and I still haven't had a meaningful reply. They've just asked me for feedback so I gave them some. <(

I wonder if the story will appear in the Leeds Uni alumni mag? I shall scan my next copy.

We were doing a weekend 1st upgrade. The train manager was having problems with his machine, the final straw being when his printer jammed. He fixed it but the prospect of restarting the transaction from scratch was too much for him. "I can't be bothered" he said, and walked off. Result!

Thanks, it does. Thinking about it, the reason for my confusion / irritation at Barnes was that I had learned to ignore the destination displayed on the front of the old trains, but to be suddenly presented with one of the new 'platform hoovers' with a screen on the side displaying a different...

Having used this line for many years, my impression - backed up by no data - is that the destinations displayed on the trains are often wrong. By which I mean that it'll say London Waterloo when it's actually going the opposite direction. As it's a loop of course that's where it'll end up, but...

The originally misread this as "The south bays are used on an evening for stabbing." o_O

Having just paid a visit to London Bridge, I can report I really like it. I can imagine arranging to meet someone underneath it at such-and-such a time. Tempted by the £15 red on black socks from the Design Museum shop too.

"The incident saw the Transport for Wales Manchester to Cardiff train reach speeds of 80mph (129 km/h)" Quite! It gave me a mental image of a train careering out of control with the driver desperately pulling on at a non-functioning brake handle.

Thanks for that! I had assumed they all would and on checking some don't.

The agent in the Paddington ticket office kept them. I bought them from the GWR website and collected them from the machine at Ealing Broadway. The agent originally suggested that it was a stopping service so the seats were unreservable, but we double checked the timings and it was definitely...

Thank you for the replies and guidance. I had an interesting experience with the seat reservations. I'd booked them online but when I collected them from the TVM it spat out two blank coupons and a third saying 'VOID'. I had to make a trip to Paddington, the nearest staffed station, to sort it...

Two of us are are making a return trip from Paddington to Bath Spa tomorrow. i've just bought paper off-peak day returns spltting at Didcot for £88.60 including our railcard discount. When the tickets are checked, is it best to present only the tickets for the appropriate portion of the journey...

Ooh I do like that idea, but you're right about the boat having departed.

Clapham Junction to Battersea Junction because it's in Battersea, not Clapham.

From the Diamond Geezer blog: Mon 25: Just after leaving Ipswich the train driver suddenly announced "If you look out of the window on the left you should be able to see a polar bear", and he was right. https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2025-09-06T00:30:00%2B01:00

A very informative thread, thank you!

Philip Larkin famously spotted someone running up to bowl when taking the train from Hull to London in the 1950s. Unfortunately, he wasn't specific about the location.

@johncrossley - that was my understanding of the original intent as well. @Darandio - don't go there. @yorkie - thank you for the revision. It was the original wording that was flawed, not my understanding.

Indeed. Somone who criticises others for being cold hearted and writes "your existence is not appealing to many of us" needs to take a log, hard look at himself.