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Should the Express services be categorised as a '1' service as opposed to a '9' thereby giving same priority as EMT up to Bedford? How does a signaller know its an 'Express' ?

This morning's service also called at Luton Airport Parkway and West Hampstead Thameslink without any message from the driver. I thought the timetables had changed early but having checked there are no plans for these stops. Mistakes or were they additional temporary planned stops?

Can't believe there's no gripes about this already.... The delayed 17.54, a 12 coach 377 died. I know there's a cross-over south of the station but the driver told me it can't be used when a 12 coach train is in the station. Is that correct? There were many times when the southbound...

Can I claim if my usual train was cancelled even though the next would have got me in only 15 mins later and an alternative, which I did take, was an express getting me in 15 mins earlier than normal? You may ask why claim? It's not the receiving of a couple of pounds but the feeling of...

Has it ever happened on a regular service? London stations are still largely as per historic geographic groupings but would it be possible or difficult to run some longer distance trains into stations on the opposite side of the city and therefore convenient for the financial area? Does...

Do the terms of the forthcoming franchise renewal specify making use of the electrified MML north of Bedford? Would north of Bedford service always be in the East Midlands franchise or can you see scope for expansion of the TL service?

Having a tootal through wikipedia and came across a station run by a TOC which doesn't call there or even pass through. Are there many examples of this? Is it done to maintain a possible opening of services?

If when Manchester Airport becomes a through station with a loop available to Altrincham do you think trains from the north via Stalybridge could run via Denton, Stockport, Northenden, Altrincham to the Airport and thence into Manchester or onward to Crewe/Chester or would all services still go...

How do Roscos increase their business? From what I see they're sitting on regular revenue from old stock or purchase new stock for a major improvement in network/service like the Thameslink improvements. There seems to be a regular complaint that there is inssufficient spare stock in the...

Farce again with a two hour journey from London. It appears there's some incident in the sidings at Bedford with the rozzers on guard at the road gate and FCC trains stabled in the station rather than in the sidings. Only one platform handling active FCC services. What was strange as there...

Person hit by train near Flitwick. Everything stopped.

Morning all! Using the websites directs you to specific trains so you can't get a fare for a train that doesn't stop where you want to start from!!!!! I have a London Bedford season (annual) and on Friday 28th wish to go to Stockport. Timewise the 17.55 from St.P is best though it doesn't...

Whilst sorting out my Stockport Bedford journey whilst EMT were on strike I thought about the fact there is only one TOC north of Bedford on the MML. I know the WCML and ECML has two TOCS from London for a good distance. Is two TOCS on any stretch of line a good plan, is it common practice and...

Looking at the FCC website they have photos of snow and ice around the doors and couplers (which join trains together) !! Do we really need to be shown this? City Thameslink is still showing as closed. This morning they said ice and then slippy platforms. It's underground so ice? And if the...

Given the weather conditions over the past week and almost no snow between Bedford and London, should FCC TL be capable of running a full service on half their network? What are the sticky points? Given only two platforms at StP could you turn a train round in only a couple of minutes? Rotate...

Surprised there's no news on here yet. I was on the 18.30 EMT x St.P which got scrubbed as an empty in-bound HST caught fire. Delays of around 2 hours for the ride to Bedford. Anyone know the details of the HST?

Don't know whether this has been said before but why is there no warning, when buying tickets, about having them next to your mobile and consequently losing their magnetism? All it needs is a sign next to the ticket window or machine. There must be several people from each busy train that suffer...

Is there any difference in 'renewing' a monthly ticket rather than buying a new one? Some times, when a weekend falls immediately after the end of my monthly ticket, I have renewed on the Monday to find I have actually got a ticket for the weekend just gone when in fact I had no need to use the...

Assuming there are some drivers reading these threads I'd like to ask what the policy is on train heating and then grumble about it!! This morning there was a slight chill in the air and perhaps it was good to have the heating on for the first part of the journey. But one hour on a busy...

As St P is a new station why wasn't the area between platforms opened out to a 'hall' style? Currently, at rush hour, there are so many people waiting for the train that it makes it difficult for people to get off the train. Do any LU stations have a hall style platform area?