Posts about "trains"

12 February 2020

Published on 12 February 2021 in Life, covid-19, London, trains

The last time I went to the office. The last time I went to London. The last time I went on a train.

150 Years of the Tube: the tube station’s I’ve visited list

Published on 10 January 2013 in London, Transport, London, London Underground, trains

When I first moved to London in 1999 I had a tube map on the wall next to my front door. Every time I went to a new tube station I highlighted it on the map. The reason was because I was interested in where I'd been to in London; a city that I was, of course, exploring a lot.

Merry Christmas… for the purposes of security and safety management

Published on 23 December 2012 in Transport, London, railways, trains

When festive dotmatrix signs go bad

FirstGroup. The rail company everyone just hates

Published on 15 August 2012 in Transport, First Great Western, First Group, railways, trains, Virgin Trains

There has been a lot in the press about the news that Virgin Trains has lost its franchise on the West Coast Mainline, to be replaced by First Group.

The Survival of the Caledonian Sleeper

Published on 24 June 2012 in Transport, Caledonian Sleeper, First Scotrail, railways, Scotland, sleeper trains, trains

The Caledonain sleeper survives to run another day

Always need to touch in and touch out with Oyster? Not according to Southeastern

Published on 1 June 2012 in London, Transport, London Underground, Oystercard, Southeastern Trains, train tickets, trains, Transport for London

What Transport for London tell you and what Southeastern tell you are two very different things.

All aboard the Rocky Mountaineer: Kamloops to Jasper

Published on 7 September 2011 in Travel and Holidays, Canada, railways, Rocky Mountaineer, trains

It’s clear that a Rocky Mountaineer train can’t set off from a station without someone standing on the platform waving goodbye to the passengers. Kamloops’s staffing levels however are a bit lower than Vancouvers, leaving just four people to stand and say goodbye to us as we leave the station for our second and final day of train travel as we head to Jasper. The train has also shrunk a bit overnight; several of the coaches and at least one engine have been left behind somewhere, presumably on a nearby railyard. From Kamloops the Rocky Mountaineer can go in one of two directions. Some trains head over the Canadian Pacific lines to Banff, but ours is going the other way to Jasper on the Canadian National line. It will take us into the Canadian Rockies proper. But first there’s breakfast to think of as the train crew work once more to put the pounds on their passengers.

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