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The second one is my thread from a previous trip! I did a couple of searches but struggled to find anything. I’ll have a peruse of the other one though, thank you!

Hello all. Have a trip booked in a few weeks to the Netherlands with a FIP coupon on the way to make the most of our time there. Looking for any recommendations of interesting railway things to see and do over there. I’m thinking of interesting stations, lines and even operating procedures...

I can confirm that the EMR Guard on the train will be able to sell the rover for you. If you speak to them before you get on, they’ll know to come and sort it for you, and if they can come straight to you it gives plenty of time to find the correct thing and sell it.

Another minor one for the Nottingham area, if you are including the diversionary route through Toton which both EMR and Northern use, then you would probably include the diversionary route through Pinxton which the last train of the evening from Mansfield Woodhouse usually takes, calling all...

She would be eligible for a 16-17 Saver railcard, which can also be used for season tickets, giving 50% off.

Thank you both for your guidance here. I will submit my claim today and see what happens.

On 12th June I was travelling from King’s Cross to Hucknall. Planned itinerary: 1548 KGX to GRA 1649 1659 GRA to NOT 1739 1800 NOT to HKN 1812 Unfortunately the Hull Trains service was late, causing me to miss my connection at Grantham. I therefore ended up on: 1745 GRA to NOT 1822 1825 NOT...

A couple of weeks ago I travelled on the Caledonian Sleeper and Night Riviera pretty much back to back, and honestly I didn’t feel like there was much in it. What I did notice on the mk3 was that it was much noisier. Fixtures in the cabin rattled and I could hear the gangways squeaking very...

4 on the Up and 5 on the Down for EMR 170s. The shorter platforms than the train are dealt with by use of the Door Deselect system.

They have 55mph in the cabs, which is their maximum speed on NR infrastructure. There is a stretch of 55 between Rotherham Central and Parkgate.

Nothing for my journey yet, but as per other comments, I’ll keep trying! Thank you

Hi all, I wonder if anyone on the forum might be able to help me. I’m looking to book a journey on Scottish Citylink in around 6 weeks time, but the website says that tickets aren’t on sale for that date yet. I wondered, is there a set booking horizon for their tickets that I need to keep an...

We had an interesting experience on 3rd November at Heysham Port, where Northern had provided a Rail Replacement coach for the cancelled 1304 to Lancaster. The rail replacement coach had been scheduled and entered into passenger information systems as the 1330 departure. However for reasons...

I actually tried to do this and whoever wrote the guide clearly didn’t. When you try to obtain a ‘Promise to Pay’ from a Northern ticket machine (wishing to pay by card) you have to make a false declaration on the screen where you confirm that you wish to print the notice by saying that: So you...

Indeed, even if they were normal barriers, I doubt the attendant staff would mind you tapping out, if you explained that you had just alighted the RRB.