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There is an SRN4 and many other hovercraft at the Hovercraft Museum at Lee-on-the-solent.

Gothenburg - Tram 208 from 1928 and in use for some 40 years. It is now used for special tours and events on Gothenburgs tram network. I was fortunate (??) enough to have been a passenger on it for a good hour last year as it did a non stop tour up and down hills and through at least one long...

Remember a mystery trip, late 60sor very early seventies which started at Portsmouth Harbour and then up the Pompey Direct picking up at various stations to Haselmere and possibly Guildford as well . Quite convinced we were going north as we slowly worked around the Notth London line? and then...

The 1947 footbridge at Havant had been supported by scaffolding for several years whilst the authorities sorted out who was responsible for it and who was going to pay for a replacement. Funding has now been agreed between Network Rail, Hampshire County Council and Havant. Borough Council. The...

Do remember in the 60/70s that the Southern Region sold a number of 7 day Runabout Rovers,second class only.Each area was given a number and area 8 covered an area from East Worthing to Salisbury and included Amberley,Littlehampton, Bognor Regis, Portsmouth Harbour , Winchester.Cant remember...

Hovertravel offer a combination ticket offering return hovercraft flights, travel on Island Line trains between Ryde Esplanade & Smallbrook Junction and travel on IOW steam railway. Think this is £50 adult.

There was a parade in Portsmouth to mark the 40th anniversary of the Falkland’s War with some 800 veterans on parade and l think the band of the Royal Marines. Not surprising as the Task Force left from Pompey.

…have been stuck at Warblington for 20+ minutes in the past.

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Apologies , misunderstood the Companion Bus Pass. The companion does not have their own card but travels with the card holder. Certainly valid in the county of issue but valid elsewhere in the country? I don’t know .

You say you have a Companion Bus Pass, l was under the impression that this could only be used when travelling with a disabled person, not for travelling on your own, which is perhaps why you have been asked if anyone is travelling with you.

These 2 cases clarified what Network Rail could claim for and this included the delay (Section 8 ) payments they had to make to TOCs. Network Rail v Conarken (2010) and Court of Appeal (2011): These cases established that Network Rail could claim back costs for bridge strikes, including...

Back in the 60s & 70s, Southern used to sell 7 day Runabout Rover tickets which covered a limited area. These tickets were a purple colour. See photo, although colour has faded over time.

I remember the Virgin 158s when they were introduced on a Portsmouth Harbour to Manchester service. This must have been in the mid to late 1990s. It was a single unit but can’t remember where the service originated- presumably Manchester. It left Portsmouth Harbour about 1735 and went via...

If you go to https://www.railwayherald.com/railtours You can see a calendar of rail tours for the UK and can quite easily find the ones that start and finish at London Victoria. You can then use Real Times to find more detailed timings. The TOC that ran the steam trains are usually West...