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My parents were in Dublin over the weekend and returned yesterday to London Euston (via Virgin). My mum booked the train tickets with Virgin direct and, as mums do, didn't seem to listen to my advice to book straight through from the start station - Broxbourne in their case. So when they...

Sorry I didn't go for such a sensationalised headline like the paper, or indeed as you'd expect from the Daily Mail etc. Link: http://www.whtimes.co.uk/news/leaked_documents_reveal_rail_safety_blunders_on_first_capital_connect_trains_1_2189183?utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=twitterfeed I...

Being bored, I was on OpenTrainTimes this morning and looking at various trains from Hatfield, only to notice that many trains in the day are (public) timetabled for times that are impossible to achieve based on the working timetable. In some cases, a train is down on the WTT to arrive 1-1m30...

Source: The Sun Nice to see Godwin's Law proven yet again!

http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/26/4150238/teen-gets-30-months-in-jail-for-laser-pointer-attack-under-faa-new-law I read the above and all I could think of is how it would be reported in the UK press, with the chances being that everyone would have been outraged - with all comments saying the...

I know we've had some threads that have talked about Twitter, and there are plenty of threads about staff that might need a bit of extra training. As someone who has himself had problems with getting certain tickets, getting a season ticket changed and later refunded, getting an excess ticket...

http://www.firebox.com/product/5441/London-Underground-Tube-Tent Not sure about this bit though... How many drivers get on and off through this door, as against the one next to the platform? :)

On Saturday, four of us wanted to go into London. Nice and simple; 4 Super Off-Peak travelcards with GroupSave. Ticket office at Potters Bar was closed, so off to the TVM. Oh, no GroupSave offering. It's 4 tickets at £10 each = £40.00 please. So, what to do? Board the train without any tickets...

Playing around with the new ticketing system on the FCC website, and I'm having great fun with trying to get a Travelcard! A rather common ticket for people travelling from Hatfield, I'd have expected. (For clarification) With a Network Railcard, there's a £13 minimum and I can't use it until...

I got on a LO train on Thursday which was two stations from Highbury & Islington. A fair few people boarded with me, and yet it was announcing Norwood Junction as the next stop. What made me decide to film was the fact that nobody on the train seemed to care. Not a one. Okay, so even I knew it...

http://www.mobiletoday.co.uk/News/22998/Vodafone_inks_deal_with_East_Midland_Trains.aspx

Not sure if this is true - but Rachel Townsend (a Granada TV correspondent) is Tweeting from a train to Euston where George Osborn is arguing with a guard over refusing to leave first class despite having a standard class ticket. https://twitter.com/rachtownsenditv/status/259304577038417920...

At Hatfield today, I noticed a TVM with a sticker stating that it might give vouchers instead of change. Given the discussions elsewhere about stations without ticketing facilities, or only taking cards, could this be a solution? Accepting cash (which is dropped to a safe and secure cash box)...

On Saturday, I overhead revenue officers talking about Hatfield and saying that the the nearby shopping centre (The Galleria) has contributed to the staffing of the gateline - to keep them in operation for longer. Now, the Galleria closes at 8pm and the gates stop at 8pm so it can only mean...

http://www.brunel-museum.org.uk/events/open-house-weekend/ Saw this linked on Facebook and thought some people might be interested.

Given how solid these trains are, I can well believe they'll outlive us all - but what are the actual plans for these trains? Does anyone actually know anything more than the various rumours, or speculation based on what someone would LIKE to see happen to them? I know that I've talked about...

On the Piccadilly Line today, the driver opted to give a series of manual 'customer service' announcements about the status of the network. He started by saying there was a good service on all Underground lines, which was then later extended to a good service on the Piccadilly line and a good...

Does anyone know where these people are coming from? I don't believe they simply search for advice and come straight here - but are in fact being recommended to come here for advice from another forum. All the posts seem to follow a similar pattern; confess to fare evading, then say they're...

Yesterday, I was lucky enough to go to a pre-Olympics event at Stratford, and chose to go via HS1 instead of a slower, but cheaper, route via Stratford. I thought to buy ahead to save time and so asked at Hatfield for two returns from St Pancras to Stratford International. I was given a...

http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/content/detail.aspx?ReleaseID=6925&NewsAreaId=2 Some nice photos on there.