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Clash of the Titans: Paris vs London

I may be slowly turning into a Francophile, but that doesn’t necessarily have to be a bad thing. Yes, I know, I’ve hated France and everything about it for as long as I remember, but luckily we always...

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“Passenger taken ill” is the new signal failure

Public transport is indeed a torture in London. You’ve got to admit, train companies have used the old “signal failure” excuse for too long and too often. Fortunately, they have now come up with a...

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How to deal with a train operator and a delay claim

Southeastern trains have made many of my commutes so miserable I just had to get into a fight with them. In December 2011, I had a rather disturbing experience with Stansted Express that almost made me...

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The saga continues—my commuting diary says less than 5% of trains are on time

About a month ago, in January, after a rather interesting saga that involved my train operator, Southeastern, and my MP, Jim Dowd, to whom I decided to complain about the constant misery of commuting,...

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