..and getting the train back in place means passengers using the next service it operates aren't also delayed.

Isn't the point really to confirm that Network Rail didn't correctly apply the relevant rules and shouldn't have allowed use to continue, rather than to "punish" them?

I do wonder how many people who are exempt from wearing a mask feel safe to use public transport anyway.  Breathing difficulties are likely to put someone straight into the high risk category if they catch the virus while travelling, and it seems odd that someone who doesn't wear a mask for mental health reasons is nevertheless able to cope with the responsibility of possibly passing on the virus to a fellow passenger by not wearing one, and is not worried by the risk of catching it from another passenger.

I think it's the survey that's too complicated, trying to cover all options when only a small proportion will apply for each person's journey; no-one will have had to choose from the entire list when buying their ticket. I do wonder what meaningful information will be gleaned from knowing whether someone bought one ticket rather than another as to a great extent it's determined for them by when and where they are travelling. Perhaps a better insight would be gained by asking how often someone travels, for what type of purpose and perhaps if they chose to travel at a particular time for a cheaper fare.

Ticketing is arguably too complex, though be careful what you wish for as simpler means less choice so fewer opportunities to get a bargain!  Broadly at the moment you can reduce the cost if you can travel at a less busy time of day, and reduce it further by opting to travel on a particular train on which the operator knows there is space.

Did anyone else cringe at the door not closed properly at 8'05"?

All correct, to my relief. I have the advantage of cycling for over 40 years before taking my driving test quite recently.  There's been a marked change in emphasis already in the last few years, and I do tend to notice many newer drivers are far better at anticipating things (for instance slowing down ready for the pedestrian who is about to step onto a zebra rather than only slamming on the brakes at the last moment when they actually do).

The Dutch Reach incidentally is as well as the cyclist keeping well out, not instead of, and I do wonder if horses that are easily spooked by a bike bell are really suitable to be taken out on public roads.

Internet/phone connections are another issue. Most people are probably happy to use the access they already pay for when working from home (though the employer paying a share would no doubt be welcome) but if a fault develops and the employee is therefore unable to work then who is responsible? I've already heard of firms saying that staff would have to use annual leave in such a situation. This would not be the case in an office, and the business would be able to exert more pressure to get it fixed quickly than an individual domestic customer would.

It'll be interesting to see how it goes, and particularly how good motorists are at giving way to bikes that may to some seem to be cutting across their road. Only one of the crossings has full Give Way markings, presumably some regulation or other as it's the only one not immediately next to a zebra.

I suspect there'll be a lot of pedestrians cutting across the cycle lane diagonally (particularly on the left arm) rather than obediently doing a right-angle turn onto the zebra.

As an aside, I love the way the subtitle for the map has been capitalised.  Where The Car Park Would Be sounds like a particularly niche novel!

It's true that you don't see it while travelling, but on the basis that trains need painting anyway and if livery variations aren't excessively expensive it might as well look good as well. I find a good livery puts me in a better frame of mind for the journey, but yes the inside also needs to play its part!

Accessible really doesn't work without some form of clarification, which makes it a poor bit of terminology in much the way that presumably "Disabled" is frowned upon because the toilet isn't itself disabled.  There was for a while a situation where part of some trains was described as having "no accessible toilet" which made it sound as though the loo was in a different carriage with no corridor connection.
...and don't get me started on doors labelled "Accessible toilet" that are locked and need a special key to open. Apart from actually being screwed shut it couldn't really be any less accessible!

Insurers, cruise operators and the National Trust don't have the DfT^» (Department for Transport - about) sitting on their shoulder directing their every move. Ultimately Railcards are a marketing tool so I wouldn't be surprised to see some incentives being offered once we reach the stage where travel is actively being encouraged. Despite some cautious moves that's not yet the case. It would certainly make sense not to throw away an expired Railcard quite yet.

...and following such an assessment, if no such effects had been overlooked the scheme could go ahead.  Seems reasonable to me.  (and I think it's to assess the effect on real individuals, not a lobby group)

I've been working at home since my employer - ironically, a large transport organisation - pre-empted the government's guidance by a full week. 

While the technology broadly allows us to keep going, it's all very clinical and I'm increasingly feeling that I'm working in a silo, with none of the informal interaction with people I don't directly work with. Where previously information was often shared almost by accident as a natural result of being in the same space, we now have to make a real effort.  I'm isolated from the wider picture, I only hear about things outside my direct role if someone thinks to tell me, and increasingly what I do seems like an academic exercise with no practical outcome.  Perversely I also get told too much about things I'm not interested in because management want to avoid me feeling isolated! To a great extent working from home is made easier by the fact that I already knew the colleagues I now deal with only by phone/email/text/Skype/Zoom/Teams, but over time as staff turn over I will know none of the quirks, individualities or interests of new arrivals, nor they of me; not a recipe for getting the best out of people.  Innovation, creativity and effectiveness will all suffer.

Many of us are now feeling that while the option of working from home part of the time is wonderful, we really do want to be back in the same shared space for a significant part of the time, so offices and transport will still be needed.

1. Done that myself. What can you expect if the backlight for the blind isn't working so the number is almost unreadable until it gets really close?
6. Done that myself. Result of bitter experience at a couple of stops where drivers on a particular route rarely pick up anyone, assume no-one will get on and don't bother looking for anyone sticking a hand out.

Not guilty of the rest.