Recent content by mrfilbert

That's very helpful, thank you. I'm rail staff so I get a 75% discount on my season ticket + an interest-free loan for the remainder through ACT. It sucks that things are so much more complicated & costly than they were when ACT issued Oyster cards, but still obviously worth doing for the...

Hi all, I've recently received a ACT smartcard with a Zones 1-3 annual travelcard loaded on it. Previously, Abellio used to issue these tickets on Oyster cards. This made it easy to do the occasional longer journey, beyond Zone 3, by simply getting the Gold Card discount activated and having...

Evening, Could anyone tell me if 395s can switch from AC to DC (and vice-versa) without stopping? If so, what is the procedure? My guess is that they probably can, presumably at reduced speed, but any real info would be much appreciated. I'm trying to model a realistic ECS move from St Pancras...

Thank you both very much - all very helpful suggestions. I hadn't considered the rail & sail option, but I certainly am now. I've quite fancied doing that for a while but the time commitment seems a bit much for a long weekend in Amsterdam, whereas in this case it might be a nice to way to start...

Hi all, I'm looking to travel by train from London to Bredstedt (northern Germany) at the end of July. I haven't done a big European rail journey like this for about two decades, so I really don't know what I'm doing and would appreciate some advice. I've been reading up about tickets and have...