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    2017 fares

    anyone know if the non-season 2017 fares are visible anywhere? cheers
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    change of TOC & TOC specific ticket

    hi, I have a "Greater Anglia trains only" annual season from Cambridge to London Liverpool Street. sometimes I change at Cheshunt and visit some friends on the Southbury loop; this section is about to be taken over by London Overground. I'm wondering if the change to LO invalidates...
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    TOC specific -> Any Permitted excess

    here's my situation: I go from Whittlesford Parkway (slightly down the line from Cambridge) to Liverpool Street on the West Anglia mainline each day, and have a season ticket. Every so often I go to Cambridge, and I buy the ticket for Whittlesford->Cambridge for something like £2 a go and go...
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    OHLE return wire coils?

    Any idea what these are? they're littered on the return wires of the West Anglia mainline! there's also these baubles near them: and that thing to the left looks like a dreamcatcher
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    Kennett/Newmarket to Liverpool Street via Ipswich

    I have a season for Kennett -> London Terminals, which states "ROUTE: VIA CAMBRIDGE" (not allowed to go via Ipswich). On NRE there's an season which is a bit pricier, which is "ROUTE: ANY PERMITTED" (allowed via Ipswich). My previous season, Newmarket -> London Terminals stated "ROUTE: ANY...
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    London Liverpool St [LST] class 379 diagrams?

    Given a choice I prefer to be on a 379 in the evenings rather than a 317! The last (fast) train in the evening from LST that's a 379 seems to be the 1837, is this correct? Thanks
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    19:45 King's Cross -> King's Lynn

    I was on this train, 2nd coach from back; in the tunnel before Potters Bar there was a huge crash/bang noise (which sounded like it was under the train), which continued for about 10 seconds inside the tunnel, and then another 20 odd seconds outside the tunnel (with the overhead lines twanging...
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    white signs on platform walls

    I've wondered what these are for a while, they appear on the wall of the edge of platforms: the colour of the "slider" seems to vary between green and red across the network!
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    replacement vs changeover

    Hi all, I purchased an annual gold card back in October for Newmarket to London Terminals from Cambridge station (operated by Greater Anglia), when I purchased it the ticket came out the clerk's printer without a photocard number, and he then wrote my photocard number in the gap with a biro...

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