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Thank you. It looks like there is an 0624 BMT service arriving Clarence at 0919. That will be perfect.

This is good to know, too. I didn't realize it from the PDF timetable. I may have been looking at a PDF for long-distance services.

Thank you for the info.

I plan on these trains: 427 Sydney (0719)-Lithgow (0945) 536 Lithgow (1546)-Sydney (1841) Neither seems to be available for online booking even for closer dates, so I've written Transport NSW asking about that. I don't know if either is an XPT. On my last trip I rode the XPT...

Post-weekend update. The Zig Zag Railway responded to me: "Unfortunately, due to a changing our timetable arriving by electric train is not possible from Easter onwards. The only solution at this stage is to catch an electric train to Lithgow station, and then travel to Clarence station via...

Just a short time ago some tickets opened up for 18 and 19 April. However, the only given choices are: I understand that if you take the NSW train from Sydney to Zig Zag Station, you are adjacent to Bottom Points station, and there is no starting option there. EDIT: But there seems to be...

Exactly! It's about first booking the Zig Zag from the connection point to the NSW rail system, and then figuring out how to get there from Sydney. But that will generally be the coach/day-trip crowd, and not those of us want to make a rail day out of it. :) JD

Question for the experts, as I'm getting frustrated trying to find into! I'll be in Sydney 15-19 April. I'd like to go out and ride the Zig Zag. This is supposedly possible to do by public transport, taking the train from Sydney to the NSW station "Zig Zag Railway" which is "Bottom Point" for...

It should be noted that PKP "stole" the couchette from the Budapest train to use on this new service!

Polregio shows these cross-border fares: Szczecin Gł. - Grambow = 10,00 zł / 2,50 € Słubice - Frankfurt(Oder) = 4,00 zł / 1,00 € Gubin – Guben = 4,00 zł / 1,00 € Zasieki - Forst(Lausitz) = 5,00 zł / 1,00 € Zgorzelec - Goerlitz = 0,00 zł / 0,00 € PR international offers

PKP Intercity in Poland went to printing tickets (domestic and international) from a roll of thermal paper in 2024. I think it was 2023 when they eliminated the possibility of hand-written CIV tickets using tariff books. Now if it's not in the computer, it cannot be issued.

And a new strike is announced. This one for longer than the previous ones: Nationwide strike in Germany from Wednesday, 24 January 2024 until Monday, 29 January (incl.) DB asks passengers to postpone their journey if possible - goodwill of the railway towards customers The trade-union of...

In a related note, the Polish president has signed any new anti-espionage bill, which seems to forbid most railway photography. https://www.fotopolis.pl/newsy-sprzetowe/branza/36967-wraca-zakaz-fotografowania-kara-grzywna-areszt-i-konfiskata-sprzetu...

I'm able to book a Single sleeper compartment on train #EC283 (Brat. hl. st. 22:04/Kosice 06:44) for 19.06. To me this would indicate it will run the entire distance. It would likely be blocked if not running or running on a shortened route. The supplement is 33 Euro for a Single.

From 11 June the free seat reservation for a first class ticket is being eliminated. It will cost 5,90 Euro. The reservation free in 2nd class is rising to 4,90 Euro.