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It’s certainly an interesting debate. I’m part of the “train station” generation… although I do have relatives who would use “railway station”. Certainly railway station is an exclusively UK/Europe term, as US passengers wouldn’t use the word “Railway”! Locally, it now seems to just be “the...

When I was in the city (around lunchtime!) the majority of services actually seemed to be newer stock. It may be just that I got lucky, but of the 5 trains I saw on both circles, only 1 was gen 2.

Finally got to experience one of these on the outer this evening. First impressions are very good - much more comfortable ride quality than the old stock and they feel far less cramped due to the walk-through carriages. The fourth carriage does make a difference, even if the actual length of...

It’s a very interesting question! For software development, there are a few arguments that I am aware of that favour the use of ABCDEF keyboards: They tend to be viewed as more accessible as a greater number of people know the order of the alphabet than the order of a QWERTY keyboard. These...

Does anyone know if it’s still only weekdays (and if so, when this is likely to change?)

Welcome to the forum. The best you can hope for is an out of court settlement. We do need some more information. Namely: The exact ticket you held The exact journey you made Which company did you travel with Which company stopped you and at which station were you stopped? The general advice...

I’m a recently qualified teacher, and I use mobile phones as a learning tool on a very regular basis in my lessons (and I know I’m not the only teacher in my school who does this!) - For that reason, I’m against banning the possession of phones. That said, unauthorised phone use is a real...

Terribly sad to read that Steve Wright passed away aged 69, having broadcast on Radio 2 only on Sunday. (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68287707) A big part of my childhood radio listening!

I’m fairly sure it was one 7 and one 9, with the first stop Liverpool South Parkway being the 7 and the first stop Runcorn being a 9 (or 11).

TIL often send 2 letters instead of one (for no clear reason, as it surely hinders both themselves and those who they are cased with investigating). The advice for your response is identical to the first. Be concise, be apologetic, and show what you have learned. Don’t give a sob story, but...

From where? Plenty taking off and landing at Edinburgh, Glasgow (including an A380!), Manchester, Heathrow, Gatwick - there’s no flight suspension.

A very merry Christmas to all :)

It seems to very much be down to luck. It was very frustrating that they opened only one window for “all passports” when I was there. The queue also kept getting held as staff kept being put right to the front. No less than 4 times were we held waiting whilst pilots and FA’s sailed right...

I got properly quizzed by Passport Control at Arlanda last month. - Why are you coming? - How long are you staying? (Had to show return ticket) - Where are you staying? (Had to show hotel reservation) - What are you doing? (They even made me show my Stockholm to Gothenburg train ticket!) - How...

Sorry, but I fear that you may have squandered your chances of receiving sympathy from TfL when you decided to try and run away to evade the consequences of your actions. For the future, it is much better to take ownership of your mistakes and use them to inform your future growth. At this...

Staff shortage based cancellations seem to have increased significantly in the past month or so. Over the summer, they seemed quite reliable overall, but now that seems to have went downhill again, with a very noticeable increase in the number of staff shortage based cancellations. I wonder if...

Correct - but this has always been an issue, the infamous “Euston Crush”. The way around this is, of course, to allow platform access but not to release doors until the train is ready, but this seems to be beyond AWC. They would rather hold you on the concourse and then risk those who are...

Glad to hear a settlement has been achieved and agreed to. I wonder if this is an approach that we will see more of from GA/Abellio going forward.

Just for the sake of clarity, you’re confirming you told the inspector you travelled from Southend? They will check your purchase history on Trainline, have you done this at all before?

As I understand it: - The OP travelled from Southend (I assume Victoria) to Stratford without a ticket. They are not caught on this leg of the journey. - They then made their way across to London Bridge on the Jubilee Line. They presumably “tap out” with their phone at the underground gateline...