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Every time I travel southbound from Essex Road and Old Street, I can't help but notice a little lit passageway equidistant between the stations on the left in direction of travel. Does anyone know what this is? The trains typically travel quite slow but even so, it's really difficult to get...

Hi all, Owing to the Victoria line having a long gap between Finsbury Park and Seven Sisters stations, there is a mid-point ventilation and escape shaft between these two stations. My question is, has this ever been used for a passenger evacuation or it not, what would prompt it to ever be...

There is an automatic announcement system on-board the IC225s but I have never heard it in use, except that is for the 'attention train crew - Disabled passenger alarm operated" message. I would be interested to know why this system is rarely used? Is it because it is too fiddly to operate or...

National Rail as a 'brand' was set up in 1999 but obviously privatisation occurred before this. What was the network collectively known as for the short time between privatisation in the mid-90s and the creation of the National Rail brand in 1999? An archived Tube map from 1997 suggests they...

As we approach 2012, again we are faced by the pronunciation dilemma: two-thousand-and-twelve or twenty-twelve? Given the branding of the Olympics favouring the latter, it should be interesting to see if there will be a switch in attitudes. I believe attitudes towards pronouncing the years can...

This issue links in very well to the world of railways as we are increasingly describing distances and speeds in metric. But how do you pronounce kilometre? Does it vary depending on whether you are saying a distance (km) or speed (km/h)? Do you avoid the word completely and simply say 'clicks'...