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I'm helping a relative book rail tickets from Chesterfield to Glasgow. They are looking to travel as cheaply as possible so have ruled out the direct XC service as more expensive, and longer than travelling via Warrington. They are happy to walk between Central and Bank Quay stations in...

I'd assumed the EMT issues being referred to were the staff shortages which occured on Sun 2nd Aug leading to cancellation of Nor - Liv service west of Nottingham. The short forming is generally a weekday problem when stock is most stetched.

Thanks for the reassurance subria!

I'll be in Moscow in October. Anyone got any experience of taking photos / video in Moscow mainline rail terminals / or the metro? Any bad experiences with security, police, railway staff, unwanted attention from locals?

Most Northern Leeds - Nottingham services I saw yesterday were strengthened to 2 x 158 or 158 + 153 to provide additional capacity between Sheffield and Nottingham. In the evening, RTT does not show replacement bus provision for the cancelled EMT services once Northern had stopped running. The...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/8614049@N04/17758065406/in/album-72157654872192628/ Photographed a double 153 on Leeds - Nottingham at Chesterfield on 17/05/15. Highly unusual - 150s are the usual sub for the 158s on Leeds to Nottingham.

I'm making a journey to Europe from Chesterfield (outward on 18th June to Brussels and return from Paris on 21st June). I intend to buy http://www.brfares.com/#faredetail?orig=CHD&dest=LNE&ldn=1&tkt=EVR for travel from CHD to STP. On the outward journey I understand the restriction about...

I'll be in the Belfort area later this summer. Hoping for a ride Belfort to Paris. I gather they're living on borrowed time. Will I be too late for a ride?

The difference is that AGA serve Great Yarmouth daily as do XC at Paignton whereas EMT only serve Scarborough at summer weekends.

I'm using the sleeper to / from Aberdeen next month from Euston. To avoid a late night / early morning at Crewe I'm travelling from Chesterfield via St Pancras / Euston. I've bought the sleeper fare already Euston - Aberdeen and back. I'm now looking into buying advance singles from...

Thanks both for the prompt responses. Just what I was looking for.

I intend to buy a Sheffield - Rayleigh off peak return (£89.20). I would like to break my journey at Chesterfield on outward and return. Natonal rail website says : 'Break of journey is allowed on the outward portion of Off-Peak tickets unless otherwise indicated by a restriction shown...

Thanks for all the thorough replies. Looks like I should be fine visiting in July. Will consider Dusseldolf as an alternative place to stay.

I'm thinking about a short break to Wuppertal this July, primarily to ride the suspension railway. I'm struggling to find a reliable website in English providing info on planned closures etc. The english part of http://www.schwebebahn.de/ does not seem to be regularly updated...

In order to do this passengers at Great Malvern would need to know that the service had been turned short at Worcester and that the return journey south to Bristol and beyond was still serving Ashchurch. The OP stated that the boards at Great Malvern simply stated cancelled. Not everyone...