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This morning I was due for a meeting in Fleet Street, so took a FCC train from St Pancras to City Thameslink. It was a 319 (won't say what time for the sake of the driver) and as it crawled up to Farringdon and stopped, the doors opened to let people off and on. About 5-10 seconds in, the...

Given FCC must remember Huntingdon, even if the 365 doors were modified as a result, this morning the driver of a service (I won't mention) happily closed the doors while a mum was boarding with a buggy. Not a great start for a day out in London, and something that could quite rightly make them...

It's common knowledge that if you get 'caught' using an off-peak ticket in the evening peak, you'll be excessed the difference in fare and cannot be given a penalty fare. On that basis, why does the man at Potters Bar (manual announcements, NOT Atos Anne) repeatedly announce the 0931 to KGX...

Some TOCs seem quite proactive when it comes to laying on extra trains and strengthen services when there are big events, but it seems that besides FCC putting on the odd football special for Arsenal games (and then failing to advertise them), they don't seem that keen. Take yesterday. Okay...

I got on an earlier train today, a FCC 321 (402) and sat in first (declassified). However, I wonder how anyone could ever enforce First Class on this individual train when it is operational. Okay, so the outside vinyls say 'first class' but step inside and there's NOTHING besides the FCC...

I will elaborate on the details later, but to cut a long story short - I met my friendly RPI this morning (not seen him in months) who tried to do me for sitting in first class on the 0839 from Hatfield (0902 HAT) to KGX. He confirmed he was right by consulting the timetable from December-May...

I saw someone getting a PF for having taken a fast train from Hatfield to Finsbury Park, with the intention of taking a slow train back to New Southgate. Is that a valid route? FCC RPIs didn't check, they just said it wasn't and gave him the PF. He paid it without complaint. Also, I've...

I know people must get annoyed when members of the public think they know it all, but I'm concerned about a certain member of dispatch staff who never looks between the CD and RA. This is the same person I mentioned in another thread a few weeks ago. I've observed him multiple times not...

An odd sight tonight (1751) at Finsbury Park as a WSMR loco with DVT came through the up goods line, towards King's Cross, without any carriages! Now that's a very short train I thought to myself! Any idea what it was up to?

This morning, I - and other passengers - were all most amused when the train driver used the PA at Hatfield to tell some idiot not to hold the doors open. He went on to say that the holding the doors open would break the train and then he'd have to take it out of service. As it was a 365, I...

I always try to give credit where credit is due, so don't know why I hadn't written this sooner (happened about two weeks ago). I mislaid my BlackBerry and didn't have a clue where it had gone after 'noticing' by mid-afternoon that it wasn't on my desk! Did I lose it on the way in, leave...

...'rescued' by revenue staff before he could escape no doubt....! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-12820220

With the other threads about the effectiveness of gatelines and onboard checks, me and the wife went Hatfield to Canterbury today and here's what happened. Hatfield to King's Cross; I arrive at King's Cross and, having two tickets (Season plus my new ticket which was cheaper to buy from...

I'm thinking of going to Canterbury on Saturday for a day out, and going via HS1. I have a Z1-6 card, but know I can't get an extension on HS1 so must still pay from St Pancras. Any idea why a off-peak day return from London Terminals to Canterbury Stations (it will be Canterbury West)...

Just out of interest, is there a direct ticket you can get to Heathrow T123 via Heathrow Connect? In this case, from Welwyn Garden City? But it could be from anywhere. I asked this morning for my wife, and was told there was no ticket (well, there was - but it would be expensive and mean...

I've been off for a bit (first in Spain then sick!) so when I got to Finsbury Park this morning I was quite surprised to see what they'd done with the empty shell on platforms 1/2 to give some more room ahead of the gates going in. The empty shell.. has remained an empty shell, with all the...

I got a press release this morning (not sure why) about TickeyMunky.com - which seems to concentrate solely on season tickets. They're claiming to offer a finance package for annual season tickets, but as yet there's no idea on what the fee would be. However, given that most TOCs no longer...

http://www.thelocal.se/31190/20110101/ The station is currently being rebuilt, but goodness knows how this could have happened! There aren't enough X2000's as it is, and this one now looks quite a mess. The train was empty and being reversed. I am sure the driver, when released from...

My season ticket runs out on the 3rd January, so when I went to renew today I was told I had to take it from the 1st to get the current rates. I'm sure you could pay before Jan 2nd and have up to a week to start the ticket, but ultimately I agreed as it doesn't really matter. However, I asked...

The other day, I noticed what looks like a huge 'container' dumped on platform 1 at Hatfield. It seems FCC has leased out a bit of the covered part of the platform to a company trading as 'Chuggs', no doubt to put the existing shop (on the other side of the gateline) out of business. Now, I...