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I am referring to passengers who have no regard or respect for other people on the same train they are travelling on. It was early December 2013 and I had just completed a 20 mile walk to Bristol. The train I had the misfortune to get on was standing room only at Bristol Temple Meads. I had no...

This is the new 11-car Virgin Pendolino at Crewe in March. The seats still had bubble wrap on them. http://s1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb383/BohemianBrummie/

I saw this view from the window of a Class 390 and wondered if any of you out there know why the livery is this way? I’m guessing it’s some kind of tribute for Bombardier Transportation. :| --- old post above --- --- new post below ---...

I was on a Class 323 from Birmingham New Street to Walsall with the hope of getting off at Witton. I noticed that a Class 221 was blocking my train (as they always seem to do heading south). I heard a muffled announcement over the cry of screaming children and a group of very excited Chinese...

Any type of ticket bought for a certain journey has its own restrictions. How far past the stated destination on your ticket have you managed to travel before err... waking up and saying, "this isn't my stop!” The reason I mention this is that on a particular trip to London, a guy at the ticket...

What is the best or worse view you've seen from a train carriage window and on what stretch of line was it on? I always have music playing when I'm travelling by train. If anyone has seen the 'Star Guitar' video on YouTube by the 'Chemical Brothers', you'll know exactly what I mean about...

This might be an idea for a challenge. Collect as many numbers, photographic evidence and ride all 53 trains in an agreed time period? I did a quick look on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_390, but they seem to have a list of 54. I gave up taking numbers when I reached 32...

I was on a Birmingham New Street to Liverpool Lime Street train and noticed a whole host of new announcements over the speakers. "Please keep your feet of the seats, no smoking in the toilets and no jacking up the train to steal the wheels". That's how it came across anyway! These...

Does it really have to take some people on a London bound Virgin Pendolino the time it takes to travel from Birmingham New Street - Birmingham International stations to actually sit down, put their luggage away and just get out of the way? Why did one senior gentleman have to take the entire...