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    New ITV idents featuring Hertford East station

    Just rolled out on ITV2, 3, 4.. (and with the return of ITV1).
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    Stratford to Tottenham Hale line speed

    Any reason why trains crawl up the Northbound track at about 15mph? The timetables state the journey to be about 13 minutes to Tottenham Hale. Going south, it's 14 minutes, but it appears to be much faster than 15mph, possibly as high as 40?
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    Curious questions - Caledonian Sleeper

    I travelled on the Caledonian Sleeper back down from Glasgow the other night. Just a few questions, as I'd never been on it before.. 1) The train stopped at Carstairs. According to Wikipedia, this is where it couples with an Edinburgh-originated train. I expected this to be at the front of...
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    Annual Gold Card - 34% off South East rail tickets

    I've been able to purchase off-peak tickets with the Gold Card discount for same day travel. If ever I try to apply this railcard for Advance tickets on eastcoast.co.uk, (for example), no money is knocked off. Nowhere in http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/season_tickets/goldcard.html...
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    Cambridge "via Stevenage"?!

    Firstly, thanks to Galvanize for answering my question about Foxton in another thread. On a similar subject, whenever I'm on a train from King's Cross to Cambridge, I've noticed the in-train announcements saying something along the lines of "This is the xx:xx FCC service to Cambridge, via...
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    Destination board at King's Cross - Foxton?!

    Just a question out of curiosity.. Why do the destination boards at King's Cross state "Foxton" for all trains going to Cambridge? The trains themselves show Cambridge. Is there a logical reason, or is it more of a fluff-up somewhere?

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