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I like to get a sleeper journey in. There are usually services from Gdynia and Gdansk down to Krakow and Zakopane. Or my personal favourite, the Szczecin - Przemysl 'Przemyslanin' overnight service, which also conveys a dining car as well as a sleeper and couchette car, thus giving you the full...

Provided the tone is friendly and jokes are at no one's expense, some 'unscripted' announcements can be a really nice human touch. It's also a 'soft' way of the guard or driver asserting their presence, which can help make passengers feel safer, cared for, and perhaps deterred from being...

The problem is that even if Crosscountry implemented compulsory reservations, how would they communicate this? Bearing in mind that other operators also mark trains as 'reservations required', such with as Avanti, LNER and some TPE services, even when it is not required. Which of these operators...

There are overnight trains conveying sleeping cars that will take you to Katowice, Krakow and various other locations in southern Poland - although some of these are seasonal.

Arriving this morning in Portsmouth after the overnight Brittany Ferries crossing from St. Malo (and following a long journey from Madrid) I had little choice but to travel home. Nevertheless, I didn't expect it to be easy - and of course it wasn't. So I felt incredibly fortunate to be able to...

I was planning to take that train from Weymouth and make that connection to London, but the SWR twitter told me it was not a valid connection, so I took the earlier train and 'enjoyed' Bournemouth for an hour.

A quick dummy run shows it gives a choice of paper or mobile. However with paper you have to specify the start date and there is not a free cancellation option. I'm not sure I trust a mobile pass either...

The 09.40 Budapest to Prague is itself a good breakfast option. It has (if I recall) a Czech dining car and a good range of breakfast options at decent prices.

I tried the new style catering in early May on the Chicago - Washington 'Capitol Limited'. Supper was a microwave meal, breakfast was a microwaved roll, a coffee, and some other things wrapped in cellophane. It was, to put it bluntly, crap. It was even worse than on SNCF. It's a real shame, as...

Wow, thank you so much for such a full and comprehensive reply - that is a massive help!

I'm looking for a cheaper way of making a day trip from Staines to Stratford upon Avon with a Family & Friends Railcard. The fares via Reading make it an expensive proposition. I discovered that a super off-peak day return from London to Stratford upon Avon (route Banbury) was quite a good...

The xx.53 from Wareham appears (from National Rail Enquiries) to not be running Wareham - Bournemouth, so it is necessary to get the xx.28. I'm on the bus now and it is certainly not full.

Happened when I was on this same train a month or so ago!

The position of the quiet coach is important. I often travel with groups of children/families, for whom the train trip is a great social occasion. We try to be considerate to those who prefer a quieter journey, but it is not easy to guess where to stand on the platform in order to avoid the...

Thank you!