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  1. burns20

    Fazakerley-Manchester-Sheffield-Penistone-Broad Green splits?

    Two Together Railcard held Want to do the above route, Atherton branch outbound, with a stop off at Piccadilly for Ian Allan and Sheffield for a beer or two. So far looked at a Fazakerley-Manchester rtn £15.80 and a Manchester-Barnsley rtn via Sheffield £25.00 with a zero fare excess to...
  2. burns20

    Two Together Railcard and Oyster on PAYG

    Not sure if this should be under fares or London Underground so move as appropriate. Coming down to London for a long weekend, me and my partner both have Oyster cards, can we add the Two Together Railcard onto them as we will always be travelling together like you can add a YP Railcard...
  3. burns20

    Barcelona-Latour Du Carol Enveit-Perpignan Route

    Just recevied the September edition of the European Rail Timetable and see that thr Petit Train Jaune is bus replacement from the end of the month when I need to use it. Is it worth scenically and haulage wise to go Barcelona-Latour-Toulouse-Carcassonne-Perpignan?
  4. burns20

    Shrewsbury to Loughborough Day Return Splits/Cheaper?

    4 Adults Day Return arrive by 1pm depart anytime after 5pm on Sunday 28th September 1 Two Together Railcard held. Shrewsbury to Loughborough return £130.20 Split at Birmingham New Street down to £111.90 Anyone do any better?
  5. burns20

    Cheapest way? Liverpool-Heysham Port

    We will be departing Lime Street on the 0832 on Friday to Wigan NW ending up in Carnforth for breakfast then jumping on the Boat train to Heysham Port We have a Two Together Railcard. Cheapest I can get is £36.00; Liverpool-Wigan Single £13.40 Wigan-Heysham Port Single £21.00...
  6. burns20

    Liverpool-Shrewsbury-Manchester-Liverpool

    I'm travelling this afternoon to Shrewsbury on the 1447 from Lime St changing at Crewe then staying overnight. Tmrw off peak I'm going to Manchester Airport then using the bus on my staff pass to look at progress on the Airport Metrolink line then catching a train from the City Centre back to...
  7. burns20

    Valencia-Zaragoza-Barcelona

    Is this route more scenic and worth the detour from the direct coastal line?
  8. burns20

    Villa Opicina-Sezana Loco Hauled or not?

    Since the Trieste to Villa Opicina tram reopened on the 11th July I'm now planning on redoing it and taking the new cross border Villa Opicina to Sezana train. Tried looking at Vagonweb to see if its loco hauled. From an italian website I now can't find, it suggests that the Slovenian Desiro...
  9. burns20

    Railwaymans Accommodation Birmingham?

    Is there any sort of hostel/cheap hotel/discount for railway employees (DB Schenker) near Birmingham City Centre?
  10. burns20

    Lake Geneva Paddlesteamer Classes - differences?

    I'm going on the Rhone Paddlesteamer from Lausanne to Geneva in 5 weeks and don't know if to go 2nd or 1st class. I hope to have lunch on board too. Is food included in the price? Does the food differ between classes? Which would you recommend?
  11. burns20

    Madrid to Barcelona - Which route?

    Travelling by train I have a choice of High Speed via Zaragoza or Classic via Valencia. Which is the most scenic and better haulage? Thanks
  12. burns20

    October 2014 Holiday - Kosovo to Liverpool

    Off again to explore new territory. Routing as follows; Liverpool-London London-Pristina Pristina-Skopje Skopje-Belgrade Belgrade-Bar Bar-Budva-Kotor-Dubrovnik (Bus) Dubrovnik-Mostar-Sarajevo Sarajevo-Zagreb Zagreb-Munich-Mainz Mainz-Cologne-Brussels-London-Liverpool Any tips, hints or...
  13. burns20

    Kosovo - Pristina Airport-Pristina Bus Link

    I've read on the Germania Air website there is a 2 hourly shuttle bus that operates 24 hours a day but other sources Lonely Planet et al quote the last bus at 1800. Has anyone had to use this airport/shuttle bus and know which is right? My flight arrives at 1835 from Gatwick in October.
  14. burns20

    Litschau, Austria to Nova Bystrice, Czech Republic - Public transport link?

    I'm trying to do both the Waldviertelbahn and the JHMD narrow gauge lines and with not much sucess trying to research if there is a bus between the two termini. Does anyone have any knowledge or experience of one? --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Forum Moderators please delete...
  15. burns20

    Liverpool to Blaenau returning from Bangor

    Next Thursday I'm planning on doing both the Festiniog and Welsh Highland in a day. Would a day return to Bangor (more expensive than a return to Blaenau) with a zero excess to Blaenau be the cheapest option? YP RailCard Free travel on the FR and WHR
  16. burns20

    Riga to Tallinn by train - timetable change

    Having used man in seat 61 to plan the trip found that the Estonian portion of the journey has changed cutting 47 minutes off the journey. Plus train 313 has free wifi and plug in points in standard 2+3 seating, but also has First Class 2+2 seating. Train 313 Valga 1700 €4.00...
  17. burns20

    June 2014 Holiday - Marrakech to Liverpool

    Route is as follows...Spain and France seem very expensive.; Marrakech-Casablanca-Fez-Tangier-Algeciras-Madrid-Barcelona-Latour Enveit-Perpignan-Beziers-Neussargues-Clermont-Lyon-Paris-Liverpool Any tips for making it cheaper or places to eat and drink. Cheers
  18. burns20

    March 2014 Liverpool to Helsinki

    Been told by work to take more leave so planning on this route; Liverpool-Birmingham-Dusseldorf Dusseldorf-Berlin Berlin-Buchen-Kiel-Klaipeda Klaipeda-Vilnius Vilnius-Daugavpils Daugavpils-Riga Riga-Valga-Tallinn Tallinn-Helsinki Helsinki-London-Liverpool Suggestions as always are...
  19. burns20

    April 2014 Holiday Liverpool-London-Nurnberg-Linz-Berlin-Frankfurt-London-Liverpool

    Any recommendations for the route or visiting pubs/breweries on the following itinerary; Liverpool-London-Brussels-Koln Koln-Trier-Koblenz-Giessen-Frankfurt-Nurnberg Nurnberg-Linz Linz-Ceske Budejovice-Beroun-Praha Praha-Luzna-Chomutov-Usti-Dresden Dresden-Berlin Berlin-Hamburg...
  20. burns20

    Marylebone to Earls Court Real Ale Crawl - Suggestions

    Arriving into Marylebone at 1232 from Moor Street next Friday and fancy a few jars on the way to my hotel in Earls Court. Any suggestions?

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