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Just got my third replacement season ticket today (magstrip failed even though I know never to keep my tickets anywhere near a mobile phone or anything else magnetic) and look what I got. Am I going to be rich? :D (And how does someone who sells tickets regularly manage to do something...

Am I going to be proven right that this winter isn't going to be very good for FCC? Why do I say this, when overall they run a pretty good service? Because of the perception from the public. Not people like you and me who know a little more about what goes on. I'm talking about the GN...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-11655182 It seems to have stopped at, or before, Foxton around 1654/1655. Any idea how long people waited before they busted open a door? An overground, outdoor, train on a day where it wasn't exactly hot - so nobody would have been...

This morning, while standing at Finsbury Park, a Hull Trains 180 came through at 0952 (making this the 0948 service from KGX) with the 'do not move' sign attached to the London-end cab. Now it was on the right hand side if looking at the train from the London/platform end (the 'east' side)...

As some of you know, I had to change my train ticket combination, which meant dropping my Oyster travelcard from Z1-6 to Z1-3. I did this at Old Street underground station, and was charged five pounds, and told I'd get a refund for the remainder of the year from Oyster later on. As I've...

On my way home to Hatfield tonight, from Cheshunt, I waited at the A10/M25 (Enfield) roundabout to let through a new Underground carriage (13038?) but I couldn't make out if it was a Victoria Line train or the new S-Stock! My guess is the former, and perhaps it was being taken to Tottenham...

On the recent FCC meet the directors forum (although I do wonder if any directors actually contribute anymore) I wrote this, following the comments from the nice RPI that is now harassing me at any given opportunity. Question Number:20 From: Mr Jonathan Morris I have a question that has...

I may be jumping the gun a little, but yesterday I noticed a number of services on the GN route being cancelled due to a shortage of staff. It also made some Tweets on Twitter, which may have been for GN or TL sides - suggesting cancellations I don't know about. Today, there's a couple too...

What happened with FCC tonight? They managed to have two (or three) identical services listed but going from different platforms tonight! And when I got on the 2047 from King's Cross to Welwyn Garden City, it had ridiculous timings that saw it arriving early at stations and having to wait...

I'm not using King's Cross as much as before, but the other day I went to get the 1857 KGC to WGC, which generally departs (in all of my previous experience) from platform 11, or possibly 9 or 10. It also seems to be booked to sometimes go from platform 7. However, I've noticed more and more...

http://traintimes.org.uk/map/tube/ Hasn't TfL made access to its data free now? I wish ATOC would do the same for rail information, as the same could be done for the whole UK rail network! Now, I'm not sure this is of any real use to anyone (the Daily Mail will probably get hold of this...

This weekend, me and the wife went to Brighton - went down on FCC and came back on Southern (on account of the fact there was the weekend blockade AND the Northern Line wasn't stopping at King's Cross I believe). Left Friday evening at 6pm, to get train from Farringdon to Brighton. I'd paid...

A few times now, I've put it down to a driver forgetting the length of his/her train, but this morning I went to speak to the driver after me, and 50-60 other people, had to run down platform 1 at Hatfield to board the 0924 FCC service to King's Cross - a Class 321 (4-car) that stopped at the...

What is the official policy for buggies on trains? This morning, I got on a 313 to Moorgate at Finsbury Park, where people struggled to alight and board because of a huge buggy blocking the doorway. After people had alighted, the owner of the buggy moved it back into the aisle (she was...

Here's an odd one. My parents recently went to Birmingham from Euston, but hadn't bought the ticket from home to Euston. They bought their ticket(s) from a TVM at Broxbourne, using their senior railcard. The ticket was marked to London Terminals and they paid £5 instead of around £8...

April 3rd: http://www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk/Main.php?iCmsPageId=538 Security In order to improve station security and to cut down on fare evasion we will be introducing ticket barriers at additional stations on the First Capital Connect network, including Finsbury Park, West Hampstead...

Okay, we all know how these emails go... but I am absolutely fuming after the treatment from an FCC RPI at Welwyn Garden City tonight. As has been discussed on here before, there is no way to get a ticket extension from Old Street (I have a season to Hatfield) and every now and then I go to...

Having recently gone to Chichester (see separate thread), I stupidly asked for tickets at either end, given that I have a Z1-6 annual travelcard for the middle part. The seller did just that, but as I was coming back a different way because of engineering work, I couldn't get a boundary 6...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8561367.stm (Video) I wonder if the cameras will be able to spot people with cameras! Seems like a pretty good idea though, if it allows the camera operators to be alerted to things that need some further investigation/attention - as against just sitting...

I, along with three others, will be going to Chichester on Friday afternoon (between morning and evening peak times, most likely around 1.30-2pm) and returning Sunday afternoon (2-3pm onwards). The departing station is St Albans. On this occasion, we would like to travel first class (and...