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The Class 700 fleet introduced to the Thameslink franchise has no tables in standard class. Apparently the provision of a table is sufficiently luxurious to justify the appellation "first class". However, not all seats in standard class are airline style. A good proportion, perhaps one fifth...

If I want to arrive in Milton Keynes Central from Manchester after 07:00 on a weekday, I can't arrive until 08:46. If I want to arrive from Chester after 07:00 and don't want to change trains twice with an extended journey time, I can't arrive until after 10:00. And even if I am prepared to...

According to East Midlands Trains' description of its first class offering, there is a quiet carriage. Really? Even on a 4 car 222? If so, where? I don't recall there being one previously. I find it slightly bizarre that, a few months after disposing of the standard class quiet carriage, EMT...

Having travelled on a Class 700 for the first time today, I was less than impressed at GTR's attempt to properly demarcate the first class accommodation. (I am aware that there is a thread discussing the Class 700's in general. It is absurdly long and I consider it best to confine discussion of...

Am I alone in thinking that the new advertising hoardings fitted at Canary Wharf ruin the aesthetics of a once impressive station? I'd quite happily pay marginally increased fares (and it would only be marginal) to avoid this junk being foisted on passengers. Here are the hoardings...

Prompted by the discussion in this thead about the xx:40 Euston to Manchester consistently being delayed by waiting for the previous hour's xx:43 Euston to Scotland (Glasgow or Edinburgh) via Birmingham, I thought it worth creating a thread to discuss this. I created a thread in January 2016...

This evening the perennially unpunctual peak 18:40 Euston to Manchester VTWC service arrived in Stockport at 20:59 (instead of 20:42) and Piccadilly at 21:10 (instead of 20:53). This isn't unusual. Its punctuality has dived since calling points were added at Tamworth and Lichfield instead of...

I'm surprised at this one, considering Wrenbury is so remote. If the incident happened at the station itself the individual would probably have been the only person there. In which case I would wonder whether the CCTV is being monitored for people hanging around on the platforms well before any...

This evening, for the first time in a long, long time (possibly years), the 18:52 Edinburgh to Birmingham VTWC service has been cancelled. (The 16:52 departure is cancelled from time to time but the 18:52 ran every day even during a severe snow storm a few years ago). The 20:14 Edinburgh to...

Currently the final "fast" London Midland Trent Valley departure from Euston is the 17:46. From 12 Dec 2016, additional departures are being introduced at 19:46 and 20:46. This is welcome, although I would question the lack of 21:46 and 22:46 departures. Nonetheless, the 20:46 departure...

According to VTWC journey check, the 12:52 Holyhead to London Euston 16:39 is today "formed of 4 coaches instead of 5". Is a 4 car VTWC Voyager lying about somewhere, or is one of the carriages simply locked out of use on a 5 car Voyager?

According to this Virgin Trains press release, six month Advance ticket booking horizons are now available on all Virgin Trains West Coast routes...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-37340186 A 1.25 year jail sentence and 3 year driving qualification for the above behaviour. I don't have any views on the jail sentence, but a 3 year disqualification? One has to wonder how someone in that mental state can be qualified to drive in...

A Southampton to Waterloo season ticket costs substantially less per mile than a St Albans to St Pancras season ticket. Shocking. Next they'll be telling us that it also costs substantially less per mile than a Woking to Waterloo season ticket! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-37166033...

Are any East Coast regulars able to explain why the first class quiet coach introduced by DOR is situated in Coach K, next to the kitchen? Coach M, at the rear of the train, appears to be otherwise identical apart from not being next to the kitchen. Why wasn't a quiet coach at the very rear of...

http://www.transportfocus.org.uk/news-events-media/news/passenger-voice-july-2016-case-study/ Worst of all is the conclusion. "We were happy that Mrs H was not penalised in the end." Having held a valid ticket, how is not being penalised after pursuing a thorough complaint a "happy" outcome...

Currently on a very quiet intercity train. There are hundreds of seats available, but there are still people sitting in the vestibules, obstructing access between carriages. What is wrong with these people? Do they have a phobia of seats?

Live in London? Fancy some 'retail therapy'? Then visit Crewe! I think London Midland has lost the plot with its latest advertisements on National Rail Enquiries (attached).

Why, in this video, around the 37 minute mark, does the locomotive slow to a crawl a short distance south of Crewe station, only to speed up again quite considerably, and then slow down again when arriving at the station? And why, 15 years later, does this continue to happen? The majority of...

I was under the impression that Chiltern Railways does not offer first class accommodation, except a 'Business Zone' on a small number of trains between Birmingham and Marylebone. Would anyone therefore be able to explain why every train between Banbury and Marylebone - including those which...