Recent content by Edward101

I was at Woodbridge station on the East Suffolk line today and saw that the station had a ticket machine that only accepted debit cards, and neither a staffed ticket office nor a permit to travel machine. This got me thinking- what policy would on-train staff use in the (perhaps rare, except in...

Oh right, I thought you'd have a tray laid out for you or something? Am I just imagining that (or being hopeful)? I swear I saw a picture someone took once of the lounge car laid out with breakfast trays with name labels on them? Was my romantic imagination running wild? Or is it, again, first...

My reservation is for Coach G 03L so this might be right. I'll wait and see. I don't really mind there being two beds in the room as long as I'm not sharing with someone I don't know, I'd just find that too awkward and it would make me very, very anxious, which is the main reason why I booked...

I'm travelling first class on the northbound Fort William sleeper (for the first time) on the night of Monday 25th June arriving Tuesday 26th, and am really looking forward to it. I'm slightly concerned, though, from reading this thread by the number of people with first class tickets who board...

I was on the Caledonian Sleeper earlier this month which arrived in Inverness nearly two hours late at 10.30 (scheduled arrival 08.38). I was intending to catch the 08.55 connecting train to Kyle of Lochalsh, for which I had an advance ticket (valid on that service only). The train manager on...

Duffield, my local station, on the Derwent Valley Line between Derby and Matlock, is shown in East Midlands Trains literature as being a Penalty Fares station, along with Belper. However, the sole ticket machine at Duffield is hideously unreliable (based on my experiences, there is a 50% chance...

Thanks for your replies, I understand what to do now. I must have misunderstood the procedure, sorry. I got the idea of actively seeking out the guard from this information provided by East Midlands Trains, whose website states 'it is your responsibility to approach a member of on-board staff to...

I am travelling on the West Highland line between Fort William and Mallaig next week, and planning a number of rail journeys which start at unstaffed stations with no TVMs such as Morar and Glenfinnan. In case this seems a strange question, I do not have much experience of travelling from...

I have never heard it announced either, in all the times I have used it, though it is shown on all the departure boards. To be fair, I don't listen out for the announcements particularly as I always know what platform it will leave from (15 on weekdays and 1 on Sundays). It can also be difficult...

Airdrie and Bathgate is definitely the normal route at the moment, but bear in mind that there will often be times when the Fort William portion is diverted onto secondary lines between Edinburgh and Glasgow- so diesel haulage has a definite advantage here. Also, where could a locomotive change...

Do you mean a 58 or a 68? I certainly do not think a 58 would be at all suitable, even if GBRf had any to use: they have no ETS capability (probably expensive to retro-fit), are geared for heavy freight as opposed to passenger operations, and at RA7 they have too high an RA for the West Highland...

Am I not right in thinking Scotrail could still prosecute under the Regulation of Railways Act, but involving the police and Procurator Fiscal? This would presumably involve the conductor or RPI submitting a report to the relevant state authority. This was exactly the 'grave consequences' I was...

Thank you for your replies. In line with your advice and my initial thoughts, I will buy the most expensive of the two tickets at £7.90.

I was wondering if anyone could explain this apparent anomaly. I am planning on travelling from Glenfinnan to Mallaig on 1st October on the 09.05 service, so as to arrive in time to catch a ferry to Skye. I have looked on the Scotrail website to find that an anytime day single, with 16-25...