Recent content by SuspectUsual

Sorry if I’ve missed it in an earlier post, but what train were you on?

It will do, yes Yes, it's very frustrating. But if you'd had an old-school card ticket and lost it, then found it later in the day, what would you expect to happen?

If you look at the tweet I’ve linked below, you can see that: (1) the books weren’t in the children’s section at all (2) the library record for each of them shows them categorised as adult non-fiction https://x.com/reformexposed/status/1940714523117126095?s=46&t=_YJpC0NnDFgt_77zD1Eteg (Link...

A beck not a burn!!

This isn't true is it? The ticket inspector acknowledged that you said you had a valid ticket. There is no way they could know if you did or didn't, because you couldn't show the ticket And as others have said, the "promise" is in reality a very common de-escalation strategy It probably...

It's now being widely reported that the statement that these books were in the children's section of the library is a lie. You just can't trust Reform

If what you’ve described is what happened, if you give them the details of the second ticket they should presumably see a second, successful, scan at the same gate a few seconds after the first one failed, and then presumably further scans of the second ticket later in the journey. If you’re...

Six miles walking around Cray and Hubberholme this morning, finishing opposite the George at 11:58am. The George opened at noon :D

Yes it would’ve been totally different, but you’d lose the random element you’ve just described, and all of the thrill of the chase, so to speak

But that’s not really the point is it? TfW should have a single consistent approach to on train announcements across their network, so it’s easier to maintain and there aren’t any issues if a train is used away from its normal area of operation.

The aforementioned Landlord Dark IS Ram Tam. It was renamed a few years ago. More generally, none of the Taylors beers seem to travel very well

Passengers get used to the pattern of announcements. Welsh first, English second. Switch them around for some stations and people will complain they missed their announcement. Consistency is the single most important thing

Why introduce the totally unnecessary cost and complexity of re-recording or resequencing the existing recordings? As it is, it's 100% consistent, and everyone knows where they stand, and everyone gets the information they need.

I suspect Virgin was the strongest brand in the wider public's awareness, because it already existed in other sectors and Branson was a well known face. Of the purely railway brands, I think GNER became well established quite quickly and I heard normals referring to it a fair bit after its...

I’d completely forgotten about this question. So sorry. This isn’t right, but it’s pretty close. The Docks and Junction bits are right, but not London or North Western