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I purchased a day return ticket today at Tottenham Hale to Ware. I was advised to get a Hertford East ticket as it was cheaper which I understand as it is presumably a shorter distance to Hertford North and they match the fares. However, I was surprised when examining the tickets to find they...

I travelled on a 221 out of Euston this morning. My phone having worked perfectly up to that point (it knew I was at Euston) as soon as I turned on my speedchecker to follow my progress, my phone decided not to operate any apps which used GPS e.g. maps, speedcheck . I restarted the phone...

I travelled from Felixstowe to London on Wednesday and was pleased to find an excellent Wi-Fi service on leaving Felixstowe. I was, therefore, surprised when joining the main line train at Ipswich not to find a similar service. Is this normal or was there a problem on the train?

I went to catch a Felixstowe train advertised on the general indicator as leaving from Platform 3b. It was not very apparent where the (it turned out) three sections of the platform were but having spotted a small sign saying 3b stop, I walked a little way north towards, in the distance...

I had the misfortune to join the late running 1208 from Newport to Shrewsbury today. Bearing in mind this train serves, Cardiff, Newport, Hereford, Shrewsbury and on to Manchester, is a 2-car sprinter really the best that can be provided? The train was full and standing from Newport at least as...

For no particular reason I travelled from Paddington to Newport today. I was very disappointed with the state of the track, or maybe the 5-car 800 train, I am not sure which. Particularly between Paddington and Reading, the track was very rough but strange bumps and rhythms continued at...

I have not carried out any very scientific analysis but it seems to me (on South Eastern at any rate) that trains now slow down much earlier and then creep into stations where they stop (SE also creep through other stations!). In the "old days" of course the wheel was being constantly cleaned...

Travelling up to London yesterday, at E&C the "lady" announced the next stop as London Blackfriars "our final destination". I suppose you can have an intermediate destination, but this train was only ever going to Blackfriars and the "final" seems unnecessary. On our return, the message was that...

A video just popped up for me on YouTube titled "Poling a car". American of course, it shows an old engine pushing a "car" on the adjacent track with a loosely fitted pole. I wonder if it ever happened here. Link

I have received an email which says "The railway coal wagons would come in onto the sidings and unload coal from the coal wagons and apparently the coal wagons had a metal wheel on the wagon which you would turn and tip the coal wagon sideways to empty the coal out. Then the coal would be...

BARROW ON LINE MADE THE ROOF LIVE "The metal roof at Waterloo, London, became 'live' yesterday after a porter's barrow caught by a train was dragged to a metal bridge where it short-circuited the electric rail and conducted the current to the roof. The current had to be switched off while...