Recent content by simonalexander05

According to the newer Paddington film, he stowed away in a ship carrying mail to a dock in London itself, then travelled in a mail bag over tower bridge and on to Paddington station. Not quite sure the film makers thought about it in enough detail to make the route realistic though!

Hey, I live in Ljubljana, and have done the Villach connection countless times without problems. They'll hold the train (especially inbound to Slo.) if the connection's not too late - and it's easily do-able in 5 minutes, even with the subway. Because it's in Austria you can check the...

Next question then - what about a list of interchange times? For example, recommended time for changing from H&C to Circle at Paddington, or Victoria to Northern at Euston?

The first link indeed does the trick. Interesting point of note - once you get so far from a starting point (e.g cockfosters), it starts missing out stations... not useful! But easily solved - just look again from Hammersmith (for example).

Ah yes - I remember these!... are these posters available online? Also, are average/recommended transfer times between lines for all stations (where applicable) available anywhere?

Hi, Is it possible to acquire a list of travel times between all adjacent stations on the London Underground (and maybe DLR, Croydon Tram Link and Overground too)? The reason I ask is I am planning on programming an automatic find-the-quickest-route planner and as such require this...

So, A friend of mine has set the challenge of visiting as many LU stations as possible (arriving at and/or departing each by train) in a given time period (probably 8 hours), starting and ending at Euston (mainline). As far as I can see, the key to this is: Changing lines as little as...

Hi, Simon here (the guy who won the tickets). Thanks for all your suggestions so far :-) What are your thoughts on travelling to/from Edinburgh, rather than Glasgow? Would it result in a better journey (food/trains) overall? This is kind of what I was thinking anyway - especially if we...

congrats :) well done

yuh-huh... but which 185? that's where the decorated bit helps...

OK here's one: I come in a 3 car set, and I have 50 sisters. I am very energy-efficient, because I can cruise on less engines at high speed. I am quite desirable, as the other trains run by my TOC arn't as nice as me! I am especially nice, because I was decorated for a special event. What...

Nice! I was at crewe the other day, and two pendolinos come in. Both are about 20 mins late - one to Glasgow and one to London, on pl. 1 and 5 respectively. The boards then change, to show London on pl.1, and Glasgow on pl.5. Everyone gets off the train on pl.5, and is told to go to pl.1. Then...

OK, Not exactly a Quiz, but just a bit of fun. On the way back from Liverpool last year, me and some friends were trying to think of some ...alternative... names for pendolinos. Here are some we thought of - but let's hear your suggestions: Virgin On The Ridiculous Virgin Rider...

Hey, I regularly do the journey STA to CPM return, and in the past have travelled changing at: *Reading *Birmingham, Gloucester and Swindon *Birmingham and Bristol *Wolverhampton, shrewsbury and the heart of wales line (split at wolves, but not sure it was technically a valid route...

hey :) Here's the route me and a friend took a few weeks ago: Leaving Stafford at ~9am: STA - CRE (LM Class 350/1) CRE - WVH - (LM Class 350/2) WVH - Shrewsbury (ATW Class 158) Shrewsbury - WVH (WSMR Class 67/DVT/Mark 3 coaches) Wolverhampton - Birminghamm Snow Hill (Midland Metro...