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How are the screens linked up on the 317/1s (using the screens fitted by Wagn in 2005/6) because they're doing some very odd things - besides the reading announcements backwards when not set up/reset properly (the common problem). Tonight, the 1606 KGX to Cambridge service, 317340, had...

A few weeks ago, I was on a FCC 313 where the lighting didn't come back on after the AC/DC switch at Drayton Park (leaving emergency lighting only). It was only because the dispatcher at Highbury & Islington noticed that the driver sorted it out and apologised. I'd barely noticed at first as...

Any idea why there was an XC liveried HST on the fast line towards London King's Cross at Potters Bar at 18:10 tonight? Had plenty of people on board, so it wasn't running empty.

Is the GN route trying to compete with TL by giving misinformation that makes it appear like you're running a shoddy service? In months gone by, there have been some odd things in the morning.. including trains that don't exist. It's not even that they're added in like some sort of emergency...

http://www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk/Main.php?sEvent=MajorIncident So what do people think? Fair or unfair? (Should I add a poll? :D ) Applies only to FCC on the TL route it seems, so no cover if you were on the SET run service to Kent or GN side. Obviously GN users weren't affected...

I think this is worthy of a new thread, if it's true! I'm hearing that the drivers have accepted the new pay deal and won't now strike. As a result, FCC is now saying the normal, proper, TL timetable will commence from Monday. Does this mean drivers will now return to working overtime and...

Until the outcome of the BA crisis is known, I am going to have to investigate an alternative way to get to Stockholm next week for Christmas (and back). We have BA flights to Arlanda on the 23rd (out) and 29th (return) and there's a good chance we'll not be flying. A refund is no good, and...

Japanese hotels near stations are trying to attract train spotters with rooms marketed as having a "rail view". http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8397897.stm

I tried to enquire this morning on the cost of renewing a season ticket, which includes plusbus, but was told that no ticket now exists. I am presuming the ticket seller didn't know exactly what he was doing - as my ticket is Hatfield + Bus to Hadley Wood (annual). Current price is £1260 -...

I was rather confused to see a FCC TL 319 sitting at platform 1 at Victoria last night, why was that? More interesting was the fact it had Victoria on the blind! Are they stored there during the evening/weekend shutdown through the central core?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8380108.stm National Express will have its East Anglia rail franchise terminated three years early, the government has said. The Department for Transport said National Express would lose the franchise on 31 March 2011. It could have been extended...

I was wondering (for some time) why on the Northern City (FCC GN) line into Moorgate, considering the 313s have been using it exclusively for God knows how long, the platforms aren't raised? There's a pretty major step down from the train, and while the stations may be owned and run by London...

In the last week or so, they've changed the signs at Moorgate for the FCC GN trains. Like Old Street (and presumably the other stations along that section), it used to say 'Trains to Welwyn'. Now at Moorgate all the signs say 'Trains to Stevenage'. Both are confusing! Now, clearly some...

As some of you might know, FCC (or Network Rail) has removed mirrors from many stations, resulting in the usual 3/4/6/8 stops being taken down and one single S being placed at the far end of the platform. Hatfield platform 3 has this (2 has cameras and screens) and Potters Bar platform 1 -...

This morning was a perfect camera moment, but sadly one that I missed. 365 coming through on the fast line at Hatfield towards London with a driver standing up and half pressed against the side door/window. Now, imagine how you might have to partially stand and lean to still be able to...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/8192562.stm Sympathy? I'm struggling to find any.

The other day I saw the Network Rail pictures of the new King's Cross station and see that they're definitely going ahead with the 'Platform Y' idea.. showing a sign 'Platforms 1-8 & Y', which just seems stupid! Does this make 'Y' something super special, and will the announcer say 'Platform...

As a Gold Card user, I always make sure I get the partner card for £1 for my wife. No doubt as part of the recent increases, the card will be £100 next time I ask for one! My question is; is there a specific 'Partner Card' or is it simply what I end up getting, which is a Network Railcard. I...

I boarded what I think was FCC 377 507 yesterday with a colleague who was trying out the service for the first time as an alternative way to get to Gillingham. We sat by the disabled toilet and while we were at Farringdon (nice long dwell time as it changed power and 'rebooted') to head...

I think I might have upset two plain clothed RPIs this morning! I boarded my train to sit in the declassified FC section. Noticed man in there being given a PF for a fare that was just under £40. He seemed to be accepting it, no fuss. I presumed he'd boarded with no ticket. Then, having...