Go to http://pda.ojp.nationalrail.co.uk and put in your travel details to get times AND platforms! Handy for platforms 13 and 14
Trains usually every half an hour between Greenford and Paddington (7 minutes journey time from here to Paddington). No stopping services on Sunday.
If you're trying to get a west bound train from Platform 3 during evening rush hour, don't try and get on via the first two doors as everyone else does and it gets too crowded. Move down the train.
Platform 2 trains to Southall, Hayes and Heathrow Central at 15 and 45 past every hour. Platform 1 trains to West Ealing, Ealing Broadway and Paddington at 09 and 39 past every hour.
banging on the widows screaming "move down" isn't a dignified thing to do, no matter how right it may feel
For your own safety, please stand clear off the platform edge.
Trains to Paddington only every half hour so don't miss your train! Free parking though.
Catch the express train to Paddington, London ... it's the fastest way to get out of Slough.
You are unable to pay by cash after the ticket office closes. You can use the self serve device and buy Permits to Travel which you must exchange for a full ticket as soon as possible.
Don't bother with the ticket machines, only take card. The station manager has an OBE! Say hello!
Don't use the 2 cash machines just out side, they've been targeted by criminals who use readers to clone your card. Lost an entire pay check to them 2009.
They changed the two car stop. Your never gonna make the train if ur running late. So far up the platform!
Local kittens have a habit of congregating on the rails just beyond the platform, but don't worry, they're canny enough to clear off before the Marlow Donkey arrives.
Platform 1 for Oxford, Platform 2 for Reading through to London Paddington
Cholsey Station is also the home of the Cholsey & Wallingford Railway running heritage steam & diesel trains from Plat 5 on selected days. Check www.cholsey-wallingford-railway.com for more details.
There's a new Coffee Hut on platform 4, less busy than Pumpkin on 2 and better coffee - support the competition!
Go up in the lift and avoid the ticket check on the stairs up to the bridge. Useful if you just want to use the toilet or see somebody off.
This station gets incredibly busy. If everybody parks considerately then we'd fit a few more cars in before having to fill up the verges on the main road.
Only a short walk to the town centre. Good cup of coffee in the mornings too
cant believe theyre shutting the station down for good in Jan. What a joke.
try and walk out of thr front door when the sun is going down over the city of worcester, breathe taking. Reminds me of a city run my muppets and inhabited by idiots. Because it is. Dont eat in worcs.
Double check your platform. Trains go in both directions from both.
Easy to follow station platform next to office goes Hereford way and platform opposite goes London Birmingham way however there is no self service machine and ticket office only manned peak times :-(
Platform 1 for stations to London, Bristol and Cardiff with various connections from there. Platform 2 for stations to Birmingham and the north.
Trains are hourly, so try to avoid arriving when one just left. Like I just did.
Always have your wits about you as the platforms get changed at the last minute.
Since your at Dawlish Station, give your phone a rest and look at the view. It's better for you. Unless its raining..
If you've got a wait for your connection, the Railway Inn just outside the station is ace.
Faster way to get to London would be via Reading then Paddington
Expect the train operators to randomly skip this station with no explanation.
No footbridge, so can only access platforms via level-crossing. Make sure you arrive before the gates close!
Get a Travelcard for all zones if you travel in the afternoon. You can't get one for a single zone, has to be all. And the machine won't let you know. Should save some time :-)
Turn right out of the station for the short walk to Dorking (Main) station. Direct trains from there to Epsom, Sutton and London.
When the ticket office is closed, access to platform 1 is through the fence a few meters down from the subway.
This tip applies to all stations across the globe. Stand next to the older gentleman in a suit who looks weary from a life of city banking on the platform. He knows where the train doors will stop!
New barriers mean you always have to get a ticket before boarding (including Gatwik Express). Expect long ticket queues as the machines baffle way too many people.
Wow. Does passing through at 110mph constitute a valid foursquare checkin?
Toilets are track side, there's nothing after you go through the gates!
Picturesque station by a mini harbour & jetty over The Exe- get the ferry to Exmouth from here too (seasonal)
Update - toilets are open contrary to popular belief, between 8am and 3.30pm. Screens and announcements now working again! Hurrah!
Trains can be few and far between depending what time of the day you travel, the Plymouth city bus service 45 now starts outside the station taking you either to ivybridge town center or plymouth xx
This place really is in the middle of nowhere! Not all trains stop here. There is a Magnificent Music Machines museum of WurliTzer organs etc next to the station.
Left out the front for the Cathedral and High Street, right for Uni.
