On FCC's older trains (the 319s?) between Brighton and London, I've seen useful stickers by certain doors, showing the locations of the spaces to stow bikes.

But on the the newer Electrostar trains (377s) I've seen, it's not clear where passengers with bikes should board. Are bikes supposed to be stored in the area near the accessible toilet, as on Southern 377s?

If this is the best location for bikes to be stored, some stickers on the doors (as used on older trains) would make it clearer to cycling passengers, and maybe leave more space in more crowded areas of the train.

Also, could there be some straps to hold bikes steady? I've seen them on other trains, and they would help bikes from getting in anyone's way.

This morning I caught the 06.44am from Hatfield to Kings Cross. It was made up of only 4 coaches. By the time I got on at Hatfield there were already several people standing and even more got on at Potters Bar, so the coaches were rather full with people stood in the aisles and the doorways cramped like sardines. All this whilst the heating was on full blast it seemed w hich makes things worse. I normally get the 07.31 from Hatfield which i would like to add, is a good example of what a train commute should be like. Most people get a seat and it is made up of 8 coaches. Why is the 06.44 only made up of 4 coaches? One would expect that particularly at rush hour the trains be a minimum of 6 coaches long as this is the time when most people are trying to get to work. However i find it incredulous that this is not the case, yet some of the off-peak trains after 09.30am are made up of 6 and even sometimes 8 coaches when there are fewer commuters on them. I would suggest that FCC actually do some analysis on your passenger figures for each route and adjust the number of coaches accordingly. It is not diffult to do and I'm sure would help all of us who pay an extortionate amount of money each year for the cramped service. I welcome your thoughts and I would hope to have a positive outcome from this.

The 1810 service is becoming more and more overcrowded; it never used to be as bad as it is now until late in 2011, when for some reason people just seemed to flock to it.

Would a sensible solution be to introduce a 1750 service in line with the current 1650 service?

I understand that there are bound to be issues around availability of drivers, capacity on the line, rolling stock, etc, but the 1810 was re-timetabled a couple of years ago as part of the "seats for all" campaign, now I'm afraid it's "seats if you're lucky".

I'm sure I am one of many who would appreciate this to be considered.

Thanks

Make yourselves more revenue from those that spoil the trains by leaving their free paper on the floor or that half cup of coffee ready to be spilt over someones bags.

The amount of times I see people trying to sneakily drop their litter on the platform, under chairs on the train etc... when there's a bin close by you could make a small fortune in penalties that could then fund improvements and make it better for everyone.

Last week on St Pancras, there was a man who sat down and then tried to hide his apple core under the seat because he couldn't hold it for a minute until using a bin on the train, leaving it for a cleaner to find. Then the other day another idiot, leaves his cup of coffee on the train next to peoples bags and it gets spilt with no apology.

So why not fine them £10 on each offence? Maybe change peoples outlook on littering not just on the trains. You have CCTV as well, why not use it?

Also, why not introduce a paper rack or someway to store the free papers for others to use - who wants to pick a paper from the floor and read it? Perhaps if there's signs as well to the bins etc..it might help.

When there is a major incident or engineering works on the GN line, why run the very slow, infrequently running and frustrating bus service from Ally Pally up to WGC (and it's pot luck if you get the bus that only stops at potters bar/hatfield rather than stops everywhere) - it would be much better to be able to catch the train up to st albans and get a shuttle bus (or local bus service) over to hatfield and WGC.

During a major incident, there should be an agreement with local bus services that allow free travel (on production of a valid train ticket) between the 2 lines.

I also agree with another idea on here which says that why can't you run a slow 1 track (diesel run!?) shuttle along one line rather than a bus.

Thanks.