Recent content by bairy

Mk3 and Mk4 every time. Without a second to think about it. Chiltern equip their coaches exceptionally well with nice seats, tables, dividers, big windows that line up. I love Chiltern so much that I'm willing to add ~30 minutes extra time Birmingham to London to use them, even when Virgin...

Yeah I got the OP R. The 1130 of the SOP R was the main putoff, didn't know you couldn't BoJ too. Glad that worked out!

Sorry for not being clear, we're arriving and leaving Chester on day 1. I hadn't even considered if you could stretch the OUT over more than one day, I thought it was only the return you could play with. Learnt something there. Thanks for your post and research, I went with Off Peak.

That's what I thought. Thank you for confirmation.

Me and gf are looking to go from Birmingham Liverpool, stopping at Chester on the way. Then returning 2 days later not via Chester, with Two Together railcard. I can go via singles for £39.50, however ideally looking for off peak open returns for more flexible times. Searching for Birmingham -...

Interesting goings on in Hucknall featuring a smug passenger and an angry guard. News story and slightly cringey video: http://www.hucknalldispatch.co.uk/news/local/video-altercation-on-hucknall-train-1-7259390 ti9WaR7N50U

It was the St Ives branch. 150 sounds right, maybe 156 if fgw have those. Wasn't a pacer anyway.

As a passenger I would much rather hear "we're late, someone made a mistake and s/he says sorry for it" than "we're late, I can't say why"

Standard: Chiltern Silver Sets, by far. You also get free internet, pretty much a guaranteed table (though you might have to share) and a plug if you snag the window seat. In standard! I really really wish they had more of those sets, and had more franchises to stick them on. The 168s are also...

I went on a couple recently from Arriva. They're niceness surprised me. Much nippier than I expected and Arriva's at least are pretty comfortable.

Ooh, I get that with voyagers and pendos. Can't get 3g, gps, phone signal, anything. My network (3) isn't in their "boosted" list. As fishquinn showed, it'll either be one of the few daily 67 + mk3s or a 168. They run B'ham Moor Street to London Marylebone. I've used them both a few...

What is being meant by "not a Faraday cage"? My addition to the list would be paper ticket reservations so that you can see at a glance what's reserved without having to gawp at the tiny display over every seat. Stupid Voyagers

Thanks for the answers. It's quite amusing that that have to assign a driver and some fuel just to free a platform for a bit. Necessary I understand, just sounds odd Thanks. Link: 95735

I found this rather interesting diagram on RTT: http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/C73556/2014/08/06/advanced It runs every weekday. Does anyone know why? Nearly 12 miles seems a really long way just to get from plat 12 to plat 9 I'm hoping to get up there in the coming days and film...

Two Together. Immediately and then several times over. We used it for a 3 week holiday that involved a LOT of travelling. Immediately bought a £83 fare down by around £27 (don't remember exact numbers) Few days later we used it to get 2 advance 1sts down from £107 to £72. Over the holiday we...