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I was on a West Midlands Metro tram not long after the Croydon derailment and was stood behind the cab, could clearly see the driver with his mobile phone held to his ear whilst the tram was in motion. That got reported straight to the operator. In hindsight I should probably have vocally...

I saw the 11:41 TPE from Doncaster leave well over 100 behind. 6 car too. So I'm not surprised in the slightest!

I had this in a bar in Tourcoing, France. The barman gave me the card reader and told me the price, which matched. I tapped a Monzo card and gave it back. It then offered the option to pay in Euro or GBP, and I clicked Euro and gave the machine back a second time. The barman looked rather...

"Can't be bothered"-itis. If this is going to become a regular thing, there's no excuse for not having it as a proper emergency timetable. Part of me would even question why they can't run the first few services, deliberately "strand" a couple of units in Liverpool and run shuttles to Oxford...

Deep pockets required for that usually! Admittedly if you've got luggage they can be competitive at short notice, but still. No doubt if Easyjet increase their fares, Loganair will do too.

Some of us have to do that on a daily basis if you don't mind! :D

Would an airline operate (or even be allowed to) a flight with no toilets? I know Michael O'Leary went on about charging for toilets a few years ago, and I'm pretty sure he was told he couldn't do it. It was almost certainly just free PR. But still. I'm thinking the likes of the BA domestic...

They're currently running the 19:19 London-Preston with no working toilets at all. From reading elsewhere, the Southbound service also had no working facilities from at least Preston onwards. Totally unacceptable that an Intercity train was allowed to leave London in such a state. The two times...

Some TOCs are better at it than others! Routes like Sheffield-Manchester-Liverpool are a prime example of where teamwork needs to work well. And in my experience, does. Three TOCs invovled, who all either have had, or do have issues with reliability and capacity. They are all equally likely to...

Someone might not be "supposed to" do something, but you can be damn sure in an emergency, the human WILL do the quickest thing possible to stop the emergency situation! The rule book states something along the lines of "arms raised in the air, a red light displayed steadily or any light waved...

All depends on your needs! A lot of the traffic probably is tourist. And I seem to remember reading here a few years back that 70% of passengers are first time users. I can well believe that from my experience. But, say, £250 for a berth from London to Inverness. Does that really compare too...

I am on the whole strongly against seat reservations. Get on, sit down. Simple as that. Why should a group of 4 not be able to sit at a table from, say, Birmingham to Edinburgh because someone's reserved one of the seats from Carlisle onwards. Let passenger assist reserve priority seats, but...

Hull Trains are offering free travel between Doncaster and Hull this Saturday, to support travel to Hull Pride...

I'd have thought regarding the National Express ticket, you'd be able to claim a refund from them given the length of the delay and you took an alternative (ie. a train).

The clientele! :D In all seriousness, cancelling every single train unless there's a very good reason is a disgrace. And by that I mean "X has happened so the line is physically blocked." If it's to do with unit availability, would turning back at Hucknall save a unit? I don't know the route...

Not with no WiFi/5G it wouldn't.

I know plenty of people and rail staff who've reported things to BTP and had no response beyond a text. So good to hear this had a happy ending.

I suspect the response to that will be "I'm not a porter!". Though that said. If they're not busy, obviously disabled passengers requiring assistance to physically board and alight trains are what they're there for, they may well be willing to lend a hand. If you don't ask, you don't get...

I can't think of any rovers that are valid for 1st class except the All Line Rover. Aside from, arguably, a London Travelcard. Though the Spirit of Scotland is basically a Scottish ALR, and people will be travelling up and between the Highlands and the Central Belt with them, so there probably...

Off topic, but I'm coming home via the Le Havre-Portsmouth route on Saturday and there's no cabins left. So it must be getting plenty of use, even though they intend to close it?