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I'm travelling up from Nailsea to London this morning and the first SOP service (0947) is cancelled. Is there any provision to use that ticket on an earlier service or do I just have to suck it up and buy the more expensive OP ticket if I still want to get to Paddington no later than my original...

Sad news of the death of Geoffrey Kichenside, who was the author of many railway books, including the very information "British Railway Signalling" which he co-authored with Alan Williams. He was also Editor of Railway World magazine...

I have an advance ticket for the 1544 XC Stoke to Worcestershire Pkwy, and then a flexible single onwards to Nailsea. Due to the disruption outside Manchester the former train has been cancelled. I know my advance single will be valid on the next XC train (1604) as far as New St (after which...

Arrived at an unfamiliar terminal station, but very confusing to find the ticket office or machines, so with only a few minutes to go I buy online. Just as the train departs I notice to my panic it has defaulted to tomorrow. As we depart the train manager announces she will start a ticket check...

So Easyjet has announced that it is to fit a new type of seats to deliveries from 2028. Apparently they enable two more inches of legroom, whilst maintaining the same 31in pitch. I can't help but speculate how long it will be until they decide to reduce the seat pitch to 29cm to fit extra...

I notice that I've not received the senior discount on a journey from West Ealing to Heathrow last week. When I look at the TfL single fare finder, it quotes the same price as the adult fare for the journey in the peak (9.90), but not in the off peak (9.00 or 5.95). When I look at the National...

mods note split from this thread In Gloucestershire the 1980s Birdlip Bypass is shortly to be superseded by the A417 Missing Link project.

Returning from Paddington to Nailsea this afternoon the gateline was open at Paddington so nobody was putting tickets through it. The onboard check shortly after departure, consisted of two people, one of whom appeared to be being trained, but I can't be sure. When our tickets were checked the...

Mods note - split from this thread: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/scotrail-suburban-fleet-emu-and-bemu-market-engagement.289261/ Is there anything in the public domain about this issue? I had a quick search, but couldn't find anything.

The frequent flyer website Head for Points highlights the fact that if you try and book tickets on the dedicated website of Stansted Express then it doesn't give you an option to add a railcard to the booking. Surely any accredited booking site should enable railcard purchases as a matter of...

Worth noting that the booking window for the £10 advance tickets has been shortened to 30 days. These undercut Liz Line fares and are valid for any train on the day selected. Signs that HEx is struggling to compete maybe?

We are parking at Heathrow on Wednesday before travelling to Gatwick, leaving Heathrow around 10am. Dont want to use a coach as would prefer to rely on a turn up and go service that rail offers. The through ticket at 32.80 with railcard seems far too much. So my thought was to use the Elizabeth...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/mml-electrification-progress-updates.110445 There is an interesting article in the latest Modern Railways (I get a paper copy only, not the online subscription, so cannot link the article, apologies) that describes how Siemens has...

Glos CCC has announced that it has signed a non-binding Heads of Terms agreement to pursue a development near Pilning to replace the current ground in central Bristol. Interestingly it states:- Well, that's an understatement, and clearly as well as "updating" it would need a meaningful...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/football.43994/ So I wonder what transport infrastructure changes will be proposed to get an extra 26,000 fans in and out of Old Trafford on match day.

A new edition (the 16th!) of the Rail Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland , more often known as Baker, after the original cartographer is now available from Crecy Rail. Since Stuart Baker's death in 2020, Joe Brown has taken over cartography, and I'm sure those of us for whom an up to date Baker...

Interesting news being reported today quoting the WoE Metro Mayor. Is this really it? Portishead railway line will reopen with two new stations built. https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/portishead-railway-line-reopen-two-9934081

My son booked a split ticket single on Trainline for travel today from Wigan to Bristol Parkway. On arrival at Piccadilly (the split point) at around 9am there were no trains to Birmingham so after a while he abandoned his journey and made alternative arrangements (bought a single to Congleton...

The latest ORR quarterly passenger numbers figures show that HEx use is continuing to fall. It's down 8% on the previous year, accelerating a trend we've seen this year in previous quarterly figures. When you adjust for the change in airport passenger numbers pre-COVID with now (which are 4.6%...

I saw this on X, formerly Twitter, which says that Northern and TPE now have a reciprocal agreement to issue penalty fares. I'm not sure whether this is new to the forum members, but as it seems to be new and of interest I thought I would highlight it. (Link and image is to a post from a...