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This was a holiday trip incorporating a few nights in Florence and a rail-based organised tour of Sicily which had been postponed in March 2020. Having received clearance from medical authorities (my wife is immunocompromised) and obtained travel insurance we were finally able to book at the end...

https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/23411402.work-planned-extend-platforms-district-rail-stations/ Burley and Menston are also mentioned but they are straightforward. P2 (Down Skipton) isn't mentioned as there is no easy option there - it will have to be SDO. P4 work will allow LNER to...

The tedious task of ballasting the main lines on Charmouth is well under way (the classic way, using diluted PVA glue - and discovering that you can adjust the alignment afterwards by wetting the area again, which I didn't know). Next up are the goods yard and loco yard - any thoughts and...

The thread from the first series is locked so a new one. Channel 5 have obviously increased their budget for this second series - tonight's episode (filmed at Keighley) had 3 working locos (TVR 85, 52044, (4)5596, plus (4)3924 not in steam, and a host of extras. Not to mention a number of...

My daughter is currently on the afternoon AVE Madrid-Avignon(-Marseille) which was misrouted at the Avignon triangle and is currently sat North of Orange (there are loops and crossovers there, first after the junction!) waiting for the train to reverse and head back South (minimum +60 so delay...

Don't know whether this belongs here, but I can't find a tech support area... Since yesterday Chrome on my Samsung tablet has been saying "the site has redirected you too many times" Turning off and on, clearing cookies and cache, and typing the address manually, haven't worked. No other of my...

No, not buskers, but classical music (Mozart/Haydn?) coming over the PA in the subway and on the covered footbridge at Shipley. Not noticed this before, but it's ages since I used either facility. Is this a Northern thing, and is there a reason other than making my wait between trains more...

Mods - not exactly a Trip Report but move it there if you prefer. Having just booked a week on Man (first ever) I was startled at the Steam Packet Co's full fare of £241 for 2 (return) - though the car fare is much worse! - but spotted a reference on their website to our old friend Sail Rail...

Eurostar (for example) specifically say you can show their e-ticket on your phone. SNCF still say that you have to print them out - does anyone have recent experience as to whether that still applies? Thanks in advance. Sorry - just looked in SNCF's FAQs: "If you do not have a printed...

Hi all, and especially people like @Shredder who know the railways in Czechia and Slovakia! I'm heading there next month with an Interrail. Most of the trip is planned, but I'm toying over two routes that have a bit of loco haulage and are new track for me: SK Presov-Humenne (only 1tpd not a...

https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:W41296/2022-06-02/detailed#allox_id=0 all 333s have been reformed for the jubilee with 2 driving cars together:)

First time for a National Rail "day out" in over 2 years; after a long delay for family health reasons, it had waited for light evenings and decent weather - both of which were forecast yesterday, correctly. 0752 Saltaire-Keighley: 333, load about 30%, mainly students. 0811 KEI- Carlisle: 158...

Hi all. I have finally got around to installing the first two point motors at Charmouth and have hit problems: when installed under the points, they don't consistently throw. The points themselves are in good order, if on the elderly side. (Even disconnected from the points, one of them seems...

Good afternoon all! Following a query on a German forum, does this ticket (which seems to be available from Valleys stations only) actually exist and what is its area of validity? https://www.brfares.com/!faredetail?orig=RDR&dest=K275&tkt=7PS Internet, TfW website and so on aren't much help...

Now that Northern Powerhouse Rail has mutated into Marsden Poorhouse Rail (I know that's unfair), how does Bradford benefit from the HS network? The city (centre) gains a direct electrified route to Leeds, with a small but significant time saving. Travel towards London will be no better or worse...

I know Advance fares sometimes seem arbitrary, but can anyone work out the rationale of these? KGX-SHY, 0833 £29.00 KGX-SAE, 0833 £72.50 Just to make clear, the two stations are on the same route out of Leeds and about 3/4 mile apart. Answers on the proverbial postcard, anyone? (BTW: the two...

Good evening. I shall be on holiday on the Island for a week from 5 June. I shall take a trip on the Steam Railway, and it is also the 50th Anniversary weekend. Depending on time, weather and family, I hope to do a little lineside photography. Could anyone recommend good locations where one...

Mod Note: Posts #1 - #2 originally in this thread There are umpteen examples in Germany, a handful in Austria, and some interesting ones round Prague with historic locos and stock (also last summer in Slovakia).

Good morning! Having made it to Scotland, I am planning on taking a trip from Tweedbank via Edinburgh later this week and incorporating the Fife Circle (DMU of course) and a Scotrail HST trip. Looking at RTT for today, my Plan A involving the 1131 Montrose as far as Leuchars appears to fail...

Hi all My wife (who has been shielding and is understandably cautious) and I will be in the Scottish Borders in 10 days time. I would like to do the Borders line into Edinburgh, and am wondering about loadings off-peak - does any member have a steer on how busy these trains are midweek? Are they...