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it is included in readly, among many others including rail, rail express, railways illustrated and model rail. Obviously not the same as physical magazine, but at £12.99 the lot, rather better value https://gb.readly.com/

The fares you are seeing are valid for one journey z1-6. From Elsenham there are cheaper fares to z1-3. It is one of the many unexplainable features of the fares system that different origins have different London zone combinations as destination options for fares purposes. If you go to a tic...

All fares here https://www.brfares.com/!fares?orig=ESM&dest=ZOC&period=20251207 £35 is off peak day return inc 1 journey zone 1-3 (no evening restriction) £42.60 is off peak return & z1/3 valid to come back w/in month, with 1632/1835 evening restriction on weekdays

The timetables GA based their new franchise bid on have never been published, only the highlights, being the ones mentioned above and also more Norwich Yarmouths so 2tph most hours. The uplifts were to be delivered in two stages, May 19 and May 20. Post covid most of the extra services...

yes, thanks, and i note this retains its current morning restriction of valid to arrive after 10am, so valid on 0915 Stortford, change Harlow T arr Liv St 1003

going back to the Bishops Stortford example, anytime day return £34.20, will be beaten by peak single £17.10 + peak single with Network Card £13 = £30.10, and even more by peak single £17.10 + peak single with gold card £11.35 = £28.45 (c£6 a day saving means Hatton to Lapworth pays for itself...

Looking at brfares.com from 7 Dec 2025 Stansted Airport no longer has an anytime return to Liv St (the duo remains, which is effectively an anytime return), but does have an off peak day return valid from 0930 with no evening restriction, £28. Bishops Stortford to London loses all its super off...

It is correct the peak extras via Seven Sisters no longer run, but that was only 5 trains in 3hrs, and fact they had to run via Seven Sisters (making them even slower than the usual slow Hertford East via Tott Hale service) indicates that the line via Tott Hale is effectively at capacity if we...

Simple in theory, in practice v complicated. Freight companies are all private and need a high degree of certainty in the medium term on access to the track to justify investment in locos, freight wagons, staff etc. One of the many unknowns about GBR is who will decide track access issues, and...

Another important consideration is whether a new timetable works in both the up and down direction. Other contributors have flagged before that a TT might work well in one direction but terminus platform capacity & turnaround times & unit & staff diagrams mean it cannot in practice be...

47245 seemed fine leading all day on Friday. Monday failed in morning near Greenhill junction, pushed from rear by 802, diverted round Edinburgh suburban line so train could reverse by Craigentinny, so 802 leading. 802 ground to halt near Longniddry. Blown fuse apparently, replaced and got...

In 2018/19 £57million was spent on loop extensions/improvements at Pitlochry & Aviemore. This was to accommodate an hourly service with passing at Pitlochry, the double track section at Drumochter and Aviemore. As we all know the hourly timetable was never implemented. Doesn't mean there...

Anyone got full times for Saturday's tour? I can't see it on RTT https://inter-city.co.uk/journey/a-little-bit-of-mambo-mark-hare-memorial-train/

do you consider prosecutions appropriate in the absence of the Full Code Test being applied properly? For a bit more context below is more of the text of the government consultation doc: There is currently no legal requirement for private prosecutors to satisfy these tests. However, the...

well for example where it has been pursued by a prosecuting authority that has not complied with the Code for Private Prosecutors to determine whether it is in the public interest. The Independent review of train operators’ revenue protection practices identified many issues with this at...