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We had initially looked to book a car, but then when we were told "SWR will sort that", it became a lot easier (in theory) than paying out and hoping for reimbursement. We could have got a taxi from Waterloo. And paid a good three figure sum for it. And hoped we'd see that money again... The...

We ended up getting a taxi provided. Southern OBS said the 2340 to Guildford was cancelled, so talk to him for more information. He did some ringing around and we were told to use the help point to book a taxi. We found someone else needing to go back up the line as well, so we grouped...

So... We are making our way back the long way round after verifying that the route is valid as a "reasonable route", but will miss the last train back as we tried more direct alternatives at Waterloo that were not useful. Journeycheck says that SWR will refund taxis on the Waterloo to...

Did an event in London today. Thought it would be easier to take the train than drive to Central London... Get off the tube at Waterloo and enter chaos. Looked at trying to go via Victoria to the coast and back up - SWR confirmed that was a "reasonable route", heard a train that could be useful...

Aren't there a load of 5/10 car units sat idle at the moment? Low milage, one careful owner, smoke-free and pet-free environment

Saw that same car again recently, red, blank registration. That's got to be the winner for shortest?

"If" I'm surprised there haven't been more of those arteriosclerosis/clogged arterios jokes

Are they going to push it all the way up to 3 diagrams a day?

I have seen a lot of "my railcard expires, but I didn't know" problems. This year, I got a reminder in the post that my physical railcard was expiring soon and warning me not to try to use it once expired. This arrived while the card was in its last month. I don't remember getting this in...

Shortest one I've seen in person was (nothing) on Lambeth Bridge

Except it is a further 12-18 months, on top of the.... Ages... So far

All these units going to Marchwood... Previous speculation about getting the line to Hythe going again, and putting a juice rail on it... Are they waiting for the Hythe line to reopen, ready to introduce the 701s on it?

Doesn't the signaller CCTV only work during the checking and lowering bit and then turn off? It's remote observation for the task, rather than prevention and detection of crime?

Or they will pay to refurbish them only to never use them in their new state

And stewardesses is the longest English word that can be typed with the left hand (in normal two handed typing)

We have always been at war with Eurasia, and the 1030 service never existed I rarely travel by train now, so maybe things have changed a lot since I was a more regular user... How common is it for services to disappear on the day, other than when something has messed up the line or industrial...

We've changed the voice in the announcement. Time to write a new training package that includes that change, see you in another six months

Nah, this Monday is the perfect day for making such claims

Use them? Wait... I'm a few days early for making such an outrageous suggestion

Something I have a curious interest in at work (as opposed to a Work Interest) is human factors and interactions. The tram involved had been recently fitted with a new vigilance system (paragraph 12). The driver stated that this required slight alterations to the way they operated the tram...