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Travelled with XC from Birmingham to Reading today and the Guard was raking in the money with upgrades from Groupsave tickets which XC don't accept. To be fair to him he did say he hoped XC would soon start accepting them not they were part of DB like Chiltern but equally he could ahve warned...

I just noticed this extra train has been added and I'm assuming its a 158 formed by removing the back 2 coaches from the 1509 arrival from Portsmouth (in a similar vein to the old through Portsmouth-Penzance train). Would that be correct and if not what stock does form it and why does it get...

I saw on the fGW website that the Reading Christmas Blockade is going to be quite fun!! They state through trains will run to London via a diversionary route but don't state which route or which London terminal. Does anyone know? Particularly intriguing is the diversion route during the...

This Sunday Hi Speed services are affected by engineering works at Ashford and so aren't running to Ramsgate or Margate. Firstly does anyone know if they are taking some wierd bizarre route into Ashford as they get 10 minutes longer than normal in both directions from Ebbsfleet to Ashford...

Had the "pleasure" of using first rail replacement co-ordinated services yesterday. There was no staff at Carnforth to ensure the bus waited for the train or to help passengers. I had the pleasure of using the bus for the 25 min journey from Carnforth to Windermere. I won't say who the coach...

Saturday night XC issued their Birmingham New Street staff with a note at 6pm informing them of staff shortages. That was bad enough. What was worse was when XC then went on to cancel numerous extra services. (Just some cancelled were 2003 to Bournemouth, 2033 to Guildford, 1942 to Bristol, 2012...

Based on the HS2 document what happens to Stone's (and Alsager, Kidsgrove) much championed direct London services as the document shows the LM services will only run 2 hourly and also only between Stafford and London. Also sucks for Stoke who go from 3 VWC and 1 LM an hour to London down to 1...

Took the chance to use the 1203 from Marylebone to Tame Bridge today. It arrived a little late and very fully loaded from Wrexham proving that when you run a train thru and don't bustitute it then you can achieve high loadings. The enthusiasts on board said it had gone fast line all the way on...

The front screen of their ticket machines shows fares to popular destinations. However at Stevenage when you select London on the front screen it fails at weekends to offer the cheaper weekend only Super Off Peak ticket meaning that unless you choose your station by going the long route of...

Does anyone know the route the trains are taking to get to Nottingham given they can't go thru Beeston? I assumed up to Trowel junction or poss Langley Mill and reverse but 40+ mins for that seemed a long time.

Does anyone have any idea what happened to the 0434 from St Panc to Bedford on Saturday morning? Luckily the 0404 was 20+ mins late and so we just caught that but the 0434 was not on the departure boards at any station or on live departure boards despite being in both the old and new timetable...

OK it's now Friday and despite getting an extra two days after and also those last minute extra weekends prior to the week closure which should have finished last Monday Network Rail still are not able to deliver an on time service thru Axminster. Given the new hourly timetable starts Sunday...

I'm just curious as to how many Weymouth trains a day actually make it to Weymouth as for at least the past month every day a significant amount of them have been cancelled beyond Dorchester and rather a lot beyond Bournemouth. Also the returns often are so late they run non-stop from either...

Currently Off Peak Day Returns are valid on the 0642 and any train after from stations between Exeter St Davids and Axminster when travelling to stations Salisbury and beyond. Also Network Cards are valid on the 0825 from Exeter and also the 0811 frmo Pinhoe to connect into the 0825 at Honiton...

Can someone clarify for me the restrictions on an Off Peak Period Return from Woking to Waterbeach as Stansted Airport gate staff still don't like me breaking my outward journey there. My reading of Avantix is that I can break my journey both ways at Stansted Airport if I so desire as routes...

I realise these are pretty basic questions but I just want to make sure I am reading things correctly. If I have an Anytime Day Single from Belfast to Exeter (bizarrely it is a day single not an open single despite the only return being an SOR!) how long do I have to complete my journey, as I...

Can someone else please confirm whether I am really reading the routing guide correctly as it says that a Woking to Slough (Reading Not London) or (+Any Permitted) ticket is valid routed using maps WR+WX and WR allows Woking-Salisbury-Yeovil-Exeter St Davids and then WX allows Exeter St...