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Interesting. Those refurbished coaches look very smart. I see that the Golden Train (in its current incarnation) only started in April 2024, so the Y1 railcar was probably a stopgap solution that was available quickly, though they may well keep it for use on quieter days. This article explains...

I saw the Golden Train on 23 June last year. It was a single diesel railcar. I didn't see it up close, but I took this photo of it in the distance as it passed. Service trains are more modern class 93 2-car DMUs. I'd agree that Bjorli to Andålsnes is the most scenic section of the line. One...

My recollection of travelling in Russia and other former Soviet countries is that all locos have whistles, which are used when shunting, and which sounded to my ears just like steam whistles.

Lucca to Aulla is another scenic line in that area which might be worth considering.

I had to share on around 80% of trips I did on the old Caledonian sleeper, Inverness and Fort William routes. All trips were on bargain berths.

I have once heard an announcement from the driver on a TGV. It was on the LGV Rhin-Rhone, telling us that the conditions were good and that we would be travelling at a maximum speed of 320 km/h.

Thanks Yorkie - that's good to know that you could have provided further assistance if I needed it. Just a quick update to say that the actual payment has taken a further 12 days to come through (ScotRail said it could take up to 14 days) but it is now showing as 'Pending' in my bank App.

The maps are still available and most (or all?) of them have also been recently updated. https://websites.umich.edu/~yopopov/rrt/railroadmaps/ I agree they are excellent maps, very useful to see an entire country's network and with usually just the right level of detail for my needs.

Thanks for the suggestions everyone - they are all really useful and give me a few things to go back to ScotRail with. For the moment I have sent them some highlighted excerpts from pages on TrainSplit which say that Delay Repay should be paid on the whole journey, if that fails I'll follow up...

On 1 February I travelled from Hebden Bridge to Inverness in a single journey using split tickets purchased on tickets.railforums.co.uk The last leg of the journey was delayed by 61 minutes due to a signal / points failure at Carrbridge. That evening I submitted a Delay Repay claim to ScotRail...

It's not normal, but it's not that rare either. I travel on Eurostar quite often and probably get through in 15 minutes most times, but then maybe 15% of the time I experience a stressful and chaotic situation like you did and it can suddenly take an hour. The reason, in my experience, is...

Thanks paul1609.

Thanks Watershed, that's very helpful and useful to know. Good idea to contact XC on Twitter and ask if I can use the 1008. Often that train is pair of Voyagers, hopefully it will be that day.

Thanks SeanG - that's useful to know and I think that might turn out to be my best option.

Thanks for the further information Haywain, I will keep my eyes on LNER's disruption page to see what they put in place. For the Northbound journey, just looking at the alternative options I might have if there is ticket acceptance, these are a couple of possibilities close to my original...

Thanks for the confirmation Haywain - that is what I expected but I don't know why LNER Twitter people couldn't tell me that. Do you think the train will start from Edinburgh?

Hi, I have booked a short break away in Scotland which is going to be affected by the ASLEF strikes. I'd be very grateful if anyone could provide any advice on a couple of questions. Northbound Journey - Wednesday 31 January Leeds to Edinburgh - before the strike was called I had booked...

In my experience of this (around five times) on the Bradford route, Grand Central have always organised ticket acceptance with Northern + LNER on specific trains, so I have been only around half an hour late at my destination.

In some places there are also "Guest Cards" which you get given by your accommodation. These give free use of local public transport for the duration of your stay, sometimes over quite a large area. They are very common in Alpine regions in Austria and Switzerland. There are probably hundreds of...

The Sila steam train is a nice run but it is mostly across a high plateau - I didn't think it was as spectacular as the scenery on the Cosenza to Catanzaro line. It is not the easiest to get to, but it is possible by bus from Cosenza to Camigliatello Silano. When I did it the steam train was...