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Cheltenham? Edit: Which has a neo-gothic architecture and characteristic wooden shelters. Midland Railway? At any rate not southeastern.

There are two plausible circumstances here - Either it is somewhere where express trains pass thro' and is the northern terminus of a commuter line (e.g. Chathill, Dunelm which has been discounted) or Perryville, MD; Or it is somewhere where the tracks continue for moving empty coaching...

I saw a copy of the National Rail timetable on sale in John Menzies' in Leicester, although I'm not sure if it was quite the same thing. It was definitely current although the cover was with a photo and it seemed to be published by a company called TSO. Inside the format seemed to be pretty much...

Because it's on the Dutchflyer run, perhaps, given that it's eastanglian? According to Wikipedia it's named "Amsterdam" as well. Edit: the full story is at http://members.uktrainsim.com/filelib-info.php?form_fileid=15767&CUTHERE=fda1d3c226b4758cfe8cc3c7d802adcc

Seems plausible; thanks for the help

Between Peartree and the jn. with the Nottingham route is a rather overgrown platform with "Way Out" signs along it on the west side, and every time we pass it seems to have become more dilapidated. Does anyone know what it is?

Wikipedia is often inaccurate. I found it interesting to see this written there - Is that indeed true? Sounds rather far-fetched to me...

Bristol Temple Meads, and platform 2 is overgrown and derelict now. Someone told me that was because it was only for the Parcelforce depot, where it says Collet House and Wales and West (!) Catering. But the derelict Parcelforce deopt is behind platform 15! Also, the Heart of Wessex trains which...

Oddly enough, that quote could be quite easily construed as supporting either side of the discussion… Voyageurs had major reliability disadvantages over HSTs when they were first introduced, perhaps it's not quite so bad now?

More importantly, were you charged the price on the ticket? Sometimes RPIs/Ticket bureaus charge extra for tickets and corrupt individuals pocket the difference.

What is a "Retail Service ID"? I saw this on the National Rail Journey Planner. It looks a bit like those numbers VT print in timetables and put on the Voyager displays, except with two seemingly purposeless zeroes added. However the Journey Planner gives them for all TOCs.

I thought they were using HST powercars with MK3 coaches i.e. PC-FO-FO-FR-TSO-TSO-TSO-PC or something silly.

Can anyone confirm that? And TRSBs? Interesting...

What's the difference between TSOs and TSs and FOs and TFs, other than that TFs and TSs are used in HSTs?

The British Media has long had a habit of criticising the British Railway Network, especially by comparing it to the French TGV. However there are a lot of respects in which TGV seems to be way behind British Express. Yes, it is super-speedy, but TGV seems to have a bizarre ethos; 1) Trains are...