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Good try! but its outside the offer period. Cheers

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Hello Please excuse a first post since covid asking for advice. I wish to do the journey Carlisle - Newcastle - Manchester - Carlisle in the same day, starting after 0930, not fixed trains. There was a time when the routing guide might have allowed this as a simple return, but not now I think...

Thank you both for your inf. this is what has been suggested to me, though I had the strong belief that there was no restriction on the return leg. A recent change? Me being rubbish? Cheers B

hello Could someone be kind enough to tell me the earliest the return leg (i.e. From carlisle to Glasgow) of an off peak return can be used on a weekday? Pointing to evidence would be a great help! Thank you as ever

Apparently was an orient express mock up. Because it was for film it was built wider than standard to make life easier for the film crew.

long time no post, but we have moved house and are now very close to the old Bassenthwaite Lake station, part of the Cockermouth Keswick Penrith route across the Lake District. It closed 1966 and has been untouched since and is derelict. A local builder/entrepreneur has now bought it and will...

Cheds here. Some of you may remember that I have a severe learning disability (so my dad writes this) and am sometimes, shall we say, a little unsteady. We use VTWC often and yes, station staff (particularly further north) and on train staff are consistently good. I help myself by pre booking...

Yorkie, thank you. I had an idea that there was an easement somewhere, but it is deploy impressive - and appreciated - that you can dig something out from 2013. Cheers Brian

The line to Windermere is literally a nine mile siding from oxenholme, so the connection time doesn't matter - it's the same train and you sit in the same seat. The alternative is to get there on the next train which is rather later. This is a one station double back of some five minutes travel...

hello Was there/is there still an easement which allows doubling back from oxenholme to staveley via Windermere? I as because I want to get there for 1pm: the way to do this is to get the train which goes through staveley without stopping to Windermere, then to sit on the same train which does...

Mentioned above, but '301 MILES FROM LONDON' is indeed now open on platform 4 at Carlisle station. By total coincidence (ahem) we had the first pints of Timothy Taylor's Landlord served by the manager, Rachel. The place is very promising - 6 hanpull pumps, they were serving from four of these...

Hi there I'm trying to guide a friend who does carlisle - Bury St Edmunds 3/4 times per year. He sometimes does the trip direct, but will often break journey at Newcastle or London or both on the way in/out. Typical stay is three to five days. I'm struggling a bit on routes - NRE invariably...

My 100th post is on getting home from Appleby tonight! THE ONLY RUN WHICH HAS BEEN FULL IS THE 1044 from Skipton, on both days. People left behind have had a diesel alternative. We git the 1457 from Appleby - very busy, but not quite full and then the last run back from skipton, which was...

We're going tomorrow afternoon from Appleby. All 7 of us have got reservations back, SIX of us have got reservations down on the 1457. It would be helpful,to know if all the unreserved carriages are full or not this afternoon.... Thanks and enjoy!