By @edent · api eink nook rail tfl · 2 comments · 1,150 words · read ~486 times.
Last year, I blogged about how I turned an old eReader into an Information Screen. I've since updated the display to show me three different sets of transport information. At a glance, I can see the next bus, whether there are delays on the Elizabeth Line, and if my regular trains are running. Here's how […]
Continue reading →By @edent · badvertising email marketing rail spam · 17 comments · 400 words · read ~2,878 times.
Marketing really is crap. Recently, SE Railways sent this piece of email drivel to my wife: We don't have any kids, thankfully - and are not having any in the future. My wife was literally recovering from a sterilisation procedure when the email arrived. So it seemed a bit weird that they'd send her a […]
Continue reading →By @edent · fgw gwr NaBloPoMo rail travel · 7 comments · 700 words · read ~672 times.
Moribund train company Great Western Rail currently have a two month backlog of complaints. I think that this breaches their agreement with the Office of Rail and Road. In an ideal world GWR would be forced to improve, or be stripped of their franchise. I've spent an utterly miserable month commuting between Oxford and London […]
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