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So I've finally managed to travel on one of these - my usual commute from Ewell West to Waterloo has been on them the past couple of days, so here are some thoughts from me (some - if not most - are probably repeated elsewhere!) - Seats/Comfort: I must admit, I was surprised at how...

This is something I've been wondering for a while. Something that we here are aware of is the infamous 'Parliamentary Services', that is a service over a piece of track or to a station that is so infrequent as to be pretty pointless, all in the name of saving having to close a certain piece of...

Before I get into this, be aware that this is a vent as much as anything else, and there's a TL;DR at the bottom. So. Back in March, my annual Z1-6 season ticket, on an Oyster card, purchased through a work season ticket loan scheme, which runs via thetrainline*, ended. On reapplying for it...

This may have been asked before, if so I apologise (a quick - note quick! - search here yielded nothing). Just a random thought that popped into my head the other day.

Bit of an odd one this one, and probably not that historical really as it's only in the '90s, but still seems the most appropriate place to post (mods, feel free to move if not). Back in the '90s, [cue BoJack Horseman theme...], Mum and I used to travel quite frequently from Fareham to Stamford...

In the Okehampton reopening thread, this is mentioned: I had thought that a token and a staff were the same thing but just different names (most likely depending on region) - but given that Crediton signal box has both depending on which line a train is headed northbound obviously not! So what...

Pretty much the thread title. Are there any companies who have owned a franchise more than once? I'm not talking about, for example, the likes of First Group who have owned various different iterations of the Great Western franchise, as they have held it continuously over several franchises. The...

Possibly a bit cheeky this one. I have a Delay Repay refund Rail Travel Voucher for around £30 (just under) from last year, found while clearing out some paperwork, and noticed that it expires on the 9th January (Thursday). As it happens, I'm making a rail journey on Saturday, so plan to use...

Stupid incident. I was delayed on a journey yesterday, enough to claim Delay Repay. However, on taking my laundry out of the drier this afternoon, I noticed the mangled remains of a railway ticket that had been in a pocket... I thought the ticket was in my coat pocket - turns out only the 'Out'...

I know it's been mentioned in a thread elsewhere that SWR are in the slow process of retiring Phil from the auto-announcements and bring in Anne and Roger, but I've noticed a couple of other changes that I assume are being rolled out at the same time. Not sure if it's worth doing a thread...

Quick question. I was on the Jubilee Line yesterday between London Bridge and Southwark (I know, I know, I could have walked it!) and just missed a train (doors closed as I got onto the platform, grr). The train whistled as it left. Didn't think much of it except that it was a bit odd, as I...

Were there ever any thoughts towards an early type of bi-mode by using different multiple units? For instance, coupling a 150 and a 455 together to have a diesel-third-rail hybrid? I know nothing like this happened, but were there ever any plans, or even just a consideration that this might be...

Okay, possibly not really a 'railway' question as such, but something I've been wondering recently (and it popped up in a thread a while back which prompted the question). When a station has two of the same shop, are they classed as one branch or two? For instance, London Waterloo has two WH...

Not sure if this is the right place for it, but can't really see anywhere else where it might fit (except possibly the 'Memorabilia' or 'Modelling' boards). Basically, I'm putting together a display board for work for the National Rail stations to go alongside the TfL one I made a while ago...

About a week ago, I dropped the work car off for it's MOT at a garage in Byfleet. Not having expected it to fail, the plan was for me to drive back, but instead it did fail and I had to catch the train. The ticket I got was a 'Not Via London' one (or, as it was a new ticket, 'Not valid via...

Yesterday morning I was caught up in the Wimbledon signal/points failure. I arrived at the station at about 6, then with three trains failing to appear left at about 6.40 to get a taxi instead. The station in question has two stand-alone Oyster readers at the entrance to each station. I will...

Basically... are there any? Ie, units/coaching stock where the doors (or windows) aren't opposite each other on each side of the train? Pacers are the only ones that I can think of, with only three doors per coach. Any more for any more?

Just a couple of questions I found myself musing over this morning on my way in on one of SWR's 455s. 1) I boarded at Epsom rather than Ewell West this morning, and due to the times that services were running there was a Southern 455 on the platform alongside the SWR one. Is it my imagination...

Apologies if already a thread on this one, couldn't see one. Just took me over an hour to get between Ewell and Waterloo this lunchtime - first a signal failure in Clapham Junction meant that trains weren't going on from Platform 10, so we were told to change to a service from Platform 3 or 4...

There's a British Rail logo on a bricked-up arch on the Up side of a bridge at Wimbledon depot. It's quite difficult to photograph from a moving train, and also quite difficult to find a photo of it on Google Images - I was wondering if anybody happened to have a photo of it that I can pass...