Recent content by mbga8mjb

From just south of the bridge over the guild wheel north of m55 to roughly where the road bridge is near Newsam Hall Lane in Broughton. There were three engineering trains working the section on the northbound but the southbound was also dismantled / wip at the time

I witnessed this on Christmas Day, while walking the dog. The workers waved at the kids which was kind of them

Perhaps one for the fares and advice thread, however I was booked on a 7am PRE-EDB. When I got up this morning the advice was still DO NOT TRAVEL and they were advising this until 9am. This meant I had to abandon plans, but it looks like my service was not cancelled and did run. Can I claim a...

The metrocars are powered by 1500V DC whereas Preston to Blackpool is 25kV AC, so incompatible. They are being replaced as they are life expired and unreliable.

I live on the site of that old school, with the railway line out the back of my house

Thanks janb. I'm looking for advance tickets from Edinburgh to Preston on 8th April from 2pm onwards and was finding the same problem. 19th February is quite a while away, I'll put that in the diary to re-check. Do you know if TPE as well as Virgin release on the same day for this route?

Changing at Carlisle to go on the Tyne valley always seems badly timed. Quite often when you arrive off Tyne Valley there is a pendo on the platform, but the doors are locked before the pacer comes to a stop.

You have to love our fares system. A Preston to Newcastle off peak return costs £69.20 and is valid via both York and Carlisle. Essentially, you can make Preston, York, Newcastle and Carlisle a big square, yet travelling from top left to bottom right (Carlisle to York) is significantly less...

Thank you for the responses - like someone said, the idea of York - Manchester, then Manchester to Blackburn then Blackburn to Preston then Preston to Lancaster just seems a bit strange. Where is it documented in the routeing guide you have to use all the maps? It does seem bizarre that York -...

Hi, I need to go from LAN to NCL (return), leaving tomorrow coming back on Saturday. I can't be specific with my times, so the anytime return £47.40 is what I'm going for. I need to come back late on Saturday and I recall the last train south from carlisle is quite early, so had a look what the...

Seems a good start and better than going manually on brfares.com and playing the game yourself. Someone mentioned "other" split-ticketing engines - are there any?

The line serves affluent villages and towns in the Tyne Valley, so even after a football game I doubt there would be any chance of trouble or unsavoury people on the train. I've traversed this line many a time with my laptop for example with no issues.