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In the good old days at Upton Park, when a fire alarm was triggered the pre-recorded announcement would say "Will the Club secretary please note Mr Moon is in the stadium" - and when the all clear was given the announcement would be "Staff Announcement - Mr Moon has now left the stadium" -...

I was watching Skyfall the other night. Daniel Craig as James Bond made it look very easy - just jump on the back of the tube train, get the guard to open the door, exchange a couple of witticisms with her and carry on chasing the bad guy.

I think Cathays would qualify. You can't go between platforms without going through the gateline.

When I came out of the station on my way to the rugby last week, the railway had set up a queuing system across the square in front of the main entrance, with signs directing people down various lanes - some signed as "Ticket Holders" and some as "Without tickets" - which suggests that they were...

The last train from Paddington to Parkway is at 22-49, but there is a later one to Temple meads at 23-32. Last week I had a Super Off Peak Return from Temple Meads to Paddington, and had planned to catch the 23-32, but finished in London ealier than expected, so caught the 22-49. I asked the...

Yes - because it is the traveller's responsibility to check that they have a valid ticket for the journey

I haven't seen any train on the Cwmbargoed line for several months now - the rails are rusty and there's a lot of vegetation growing in the trackbed. Is this just going to be left to rot, or is there an outside chance of a passenger service to Nelson and Bedlinog one day? There was talk at one...

It could have been a great option as a Park and Ride for Cardiff for travellers from England - drive across the bridge, park there and avoid the M4 congestion. However, although it is close to the M4, it's neither signposted nor easy to get to - you have to go through narrow village streets. And...

The lack of an integrated bus service in the Valleys is a major problem - if you are in a village that doesn't have a railway station, then it's virtually impossible to get to and from Cardiff by public transport, especially evenings and weekends.

Did you use a Chase Bank debit card, or another online bank debit card? There have been issues with ticket machines not recognising the cards, and simply going back to the start message after you enter the code (happened to me, but the ticket office was able to print out the ticket for me)

I had no problem last night - called at a staffed ticket office and they printed it off without demur. I'll definitely avoid using Chase for this in future though

Sorry to being this up again, but I foolishly bought a ticket on the GWR app with my Chase card and tried to print it at an unmanned TFW station. Luckily travel isn't until tomorrow, so if I go to a manned TFW station will the ticket office staff be able to print out the ticket, or should I just...

I was shocked travelling on the 0723 Cardiff to London back on Friday 11 August - about 90 seats in my carriage, 4 occupied - a couple more people got on at Bristol Parkway, then 2 more at Swindon. But coming back on an off-peak on that evening it was standing room only. Looks like a lot of...

I would prefer to go by train all the way - however if I need to be in London by 9 am the journey planner suggests that I get the 23;21 from Abercynon the night before. No buses to my village before 8 am and after 6pm either, so I have to drive to a station - with all the work going on for the...

I need to catch an early train from Cardiff this Friday (11 August 2023) so I want to park at the station - I was concerned that the car park might be closed in preparation for the next day's Rugby International, so I checked the GWR website and saw this: Is there a chance of parking the car...

I came off the London train around 7-20 pm on Sunday. They had closed the staircase down to the South entrance, and a security guard was directing people into the lift to get down to ground level - took several journeys to clear the queue of people patiently waiting. There was heavy rain at the...

mod note - thread moved to the Speculative section of the forum as it is ostensibly just that - a speculative idea! By Ross Clark in the Spectator - in their blog not the magazine - some interesting/questionable figures in this article...

There's another problem with seat reservations which I encountered at Paddington 2 Saturdays ago. The Swansea train was announced as "Boarding" so passengers passed through the gates and began to board. I found a carriage where all the lights above the seats were green - no reservations. I sat...

Yes they have - I received a reminder email for my Senior Railcard yesterday - 4 weeks before its' expiry date.