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On Friday I travelled on the GA network and there were 168 cancellations due to signalling problems on the rural routes , the cancellations on the Norwich to Sheringham route have been ongoing for a couple of weeks , on Friday was at Ely only one service operated (Norwich to Cambridge) one of...

Hi travelling in East Anglia today and noticed the ranger tickets up by 25% , from £19 to £24, I know it’s a non regulated fare , seems a bit steep though , as they are supposedly trying to encourage more off peak travel . Not sure of the rationale for such an increase , when most fares went up...

Hi does anybody know what time the signalling problems got fixed at Norwich last night 29/12/2018 a major signal failure meant hours of waiting. As both the Ger Line and The western link shut down . I heard one of the staff say its the longest outage they have known though perhaps that was not...

I would like to thank GA staff at Cambridge at 21:00 last night travelling with a disability. The station manger on duty looked after me making adjustments so I could travel, well done GA.

Today due to not fault of their own thunderstorms and a driver falling ill at Brandon (hope its not a bad illness and they recover very soon. The 5.35 left Norwich for Cambridge 20 mins late. It got the Thetford and had to reverse back to Norwich. Thats all fine cannot be helped. I then...

Funny journey back from Cambridge tonight ,the 8.04 train Cambridge North to LST except it left from Cambridge platform 3 and not Cambridge North ,36 mins late ,due to cut stops out but due to stop at Audley End,Bishops Stortford ,Sawbrigeworth Harlow town ect. Except just before it left...

As a member of the public with a protected characteristic under the 2010 equality act I wonder if rail staff are given adequate training. On Thursday day my train was terminated one stop early fair enough was told the next train would go through , and as I missed my connection they would...

Hi has anyone been on one of these? They look good there is one that goes over the Settle viaduct dropping off also in the Lake District with a boat trip and the Haverthwaite Railway as a alternative. I see they use West Coat Rail Stock.:D

I went Christmas shopping in Norwich/Norfolk yesterday a trip which I had put off last week due to a signal failure at Audley End,got to Cambridge there were no trains to Norwich (Signal Failure) so had to catch the train to Ely to get there ,the train left Ely on time but was an hour late at...

Hi this morning i had the misfortune to travel from Thetford to Cambridge via Abellio Greater Anglia,their train was rammed there were countless people sitting in front of the doors,i got on but had to get off to allow a cylce to get on the cycle did not have a designated space but was allowed...

For the past few years Abellio had been offering advance fares on the Harlow to Norwich via Cambridge route, some weekend Ist tickets were £17 each way,and from as low as £11.70 each way standard.On little used trains. All these fares now seem to have disappeared from the websites are...

Just come back from a break in Norfolk and got a weekly Anglia Plus Season (issued at Norwich ticket office) which would not work in the new barriers at Norwich at all. They advised I got it re-issued and the new one did not work in the barriers either, the staff were busy so i had to wait and...

It was in the press that the epping-Ongar preserved line had a special event that got them into hot water. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11508446/Parents-let-off-steam-after-porn-film-is-shot-at-vintage-railway.html Just what were they thinking of.:(:(

Hi on tuesday i needed to get to Sheringham Norfolk to visit a relative that come over from abroad from Harlow Essex ,the power lines were down at Roydon Essex not AGAs fault. But AGA told me there was a shuttle service between Cambridge and Bishops Stortford so i got a cab there,and was...

I had a lot of travelling to do around Harlow -Norfolk for leisure last week. So i bought a weekly season ticket Harlow to Cambridge, When i got to cambridge i asked for a weekly season for cambridge*/Norfolk area (Anglia Plus) the ticket they sold me was £80 odd pounds,and said cambridge via...

Hi someone was asking yesterday on another forum about direct links to Stansted airport from East Anglia Chelmsford, Colchester, Norwich etc. There is a train from Braintree To Witham. I was wondering a lot of the old track bed on the "Flitch Way " (Bishops Stortford - Braintree Line) is still...

On saturday after i had been on holiday i had to go to sheffield from Norwich on East Midlands Trains on the way up we had to change at Derby as they said there was a fault with the train the other replacement train left before we all got over the platform. On the way back all direct services...

Hi on the greater Anglia website they offer a weekend 1st ticket that allows you to upgrade ordinary tickets to first class at weekends and bank holidays for £7 between any two stations. The trouble is a lot of stations do not know how to issue the tickets at Norwich the staff on the ticket...