Recent content by garose

Wrexham General? Not so bad timewise at 2hr 36min on the one and only direct service. But still strange as it first heads North on the "down" line (rather than the historical ex-GWR Paddington "up") before joining the N.Wales route via Chester and then at last Southward from Crewe.

Arriva Wales 1H98 21:04 Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly via Shrewsbury, Wrexham, and Chester taking 3hrs 21minutes to cover an approx (road) distance of around 96 miles.

Looks like just the Edinburgh portion, at least that's where the bus replacement is. That would imply the Glasgow is still running?

Although Axminster was mentioned earlier, during most of the day only platform 1 at Honiton is used, for up services this is on the right.

Can they even do this? Surely disabled railcard holders now become a victim of discrimination. Or am I misunderstanding something? Quoted from Virgin Email received today. We're changing the way our Railcards work. From 6 September 2015, Railcard holders will no longer be able to use...

This worked 2G89 1814 Swindon - Cheltenham Spa and then 2M24 2001 Cheltenham - Westbury the previous night, before being stabled at Westbury. Might give a clue?

Three similar sounding destinations which caused occasional confusement back in my BR days were Wrexham, Hexham and Wroxham. Very often by visitors from over the Atlantic landing at Heathrow! Sadly not much help when they arrived at Wrexham on the last train of the night, expecting to visit...

Actually, just realised I have via an annual policy normally used for abroad. Never even thought of UK usage, so thanks for pointing it out.:p

I stood to lose several hundred pounds worth of holiday if this strike had gone ahead, but rather than blaming everybody simply waited until the ACAS talks took place. As at all times there are two sides to every story, both parties no doubt felt they held the moral upper ground. Just thankful...