Recent content by jmh59

Just received this from Leeds city council: "Network Rail introduce new waiting times at Princes Square Network Rail is introducing a new system for the drop-off and pick-up zone on Princes Square at the back of Leeds City Station. From 1 July, drivers will have 10 minutes' free waiting time...

Just did HK to Melbourne and back - Qantas A330-200 economy seating each way. The outbound was an older interior with smaller entertainment screens; the return more modern, larger screens. Both felt cramped but I actually had plenty of legroom. Seating is 2-4-2 so we had a window and aisle so...

We used the station a couple of weeks ago, out then back. We got a lift in and the drop off is still madness with the exiting traffic having to cross the queue trying to get in. Had no option but to stop in the middle lane and let us get bags out etc. but everyone was patient. Coming back we...

Well I never knew that! Thanks, I'll remember that for next time.

It was the 10:08, an 8-car (4+4), our seats were split across F and then C, no idea which was the unreserved coach but we found free seats in C and stayed there. So it worked out ok. I should add - the issue was because I didn't book them myself (!) and it took me ages pushing everyone to even...

Dunno if this is a thing but tickets I got via the forum with reserved seats do not indicate the seat allocation on the ticket stored in the iPhone wallet but do in the email. I've have tickets direct in the past which do show the seats in the wallet. Not really an issue as I had both the wallet...

Well I was overruled... 75% of 'us' decided to book cross country, so fingers crossed. Rather annoyingly - not me booking (or indeed paying!) - we're not sat together and need to change coach at Berwick due to the split ticketing (Trainline split, seems to save very little for the extra hassle...

Ideally by 2pm - a 7am start is definitely a non-starter! I'd not thought of that. So either change in York or Newcastle. I'll probably do York and give enough time to lug bags about the place.

So... four of us need to go from Leeds to Edinburgh early April on a Monday. With bags I really want a direct train but that means, shudder, Cross Country. Otherwise it looks like TPE to York and then LNER. I've traveled with LNER many times but rarely north; our single experience of Cross...

Oh now I can imagine automated system which stops the film and displays 'the person in seat 3C is videoing the film. It will not restart until they cease'... lol

Given Faraday pouches have a cost to the end user why don't manufacturers simply have an on/off switch on the key fob - charge a bit extra but no need to buy a pouch. I read somewhere that some fobs can be turned off somehow but ours cannot so they live in pouches in a room furthest from the...

We had EE 'do' the street a while ago (I assume anyway, there were pairs of people going door to door with EE emblazoned clothing and not Kevin Bacon lookalikes). It does work, the guy opposite had them install FTTP a few days later. For some reason they missed us, not that I'd have answered the...

Mine does show my photo when I press the 'view railcard' button - the wife has the plastic card version that has no photo. There is a link to contact them, press the gearwheel (top right) - I suggest you ask them what went wrong.

Yes. Damn! That's the only foreign station photo I have!