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https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/seat-reservations-compulsory-london-paddington-cardiff-sunday-16th-august.305918/ I noted the issues facing people trying to get to Cardiff on Sunday who hadn't reserved seats. Two Questions: Now there's a hundred and one reasons why you might not want to...

Given the recent heatwaves and numerous fire incidents across the UK, isn't it time for Network Rail to adopt a more robust policy to seek funding to properly de-vegetate the lineside? (And yes, of course, at the appropriate time of year to minimise harm to wildlife). Hitherto vegetation issues...

I usually purchase a super off peak return from Kidderminster (KID) to London Marylebone (MYB). I thought I'd like a change of route to London Paddington (PAD). I see there is a super off peak single available from Kidderminster to London Paddington valid via Worcester, but I cannot find a super...

Just been made aware of this. "Six in hospital and 19 hurt in Kidwelly bus crash as 'major incident' stood down" https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/kidwelly-bus-crash-live-incident-34172349 Seems like bus overturned with 26 injured. Strange BBC 6 o clock news made no mention yet, 14...

I see there are two direct trains each day EC 135 and EC 133. Both run via Hoyerswerda. They're shown on Bahn.de but not on the inter-rail app. Has anyone travelled on these trains with an inter-rail pass, is there a supplement to pay?

https://cphpost.dk/2026-05-21/news/round-up/card-payments-declined-due-to-an-outage-throughout-the-country/ Currently (21/05/2026, 1350) no cash machines working in Denmark nor card payments being taken. Hopefully rail companies will be lenient with those who don't carry cash (95% of Danes!)...

I'm travelling Salzburg to Münich tomorrow. DB has advised my booked train IC407 dep 0833 is cancelled, so I'm reviewing two options: RE79016 dep 0805 or Westbahn 960 dep 0839. Does anyone know if the RE is loco hauled or a unit? Thanks.

A friend has been notified that their Eurostar Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen train is cancelled on 01/06/26, that's a Monday. Does anyone have any intel. on engineering works on the high speed line, or perhaps is this cancellation due to some other factor?

Silkeborg museum contains a 2500 year old mummified person, "Tollund Man". I'm travelling through Silkeborg and would like to visit the museum though not with my suitcase! Does anyone know if the lockers at the railway station could accommodate a small carry-on size suitcase? Thanks.

I'm planning to get the ICE 613 Hamburg Altona to Köln on Saturday 23/05/2026. DB planner shows this as 1303 departure for dates 01/5/26 to 10/6/26 (instead of 1326). Does anyone know if the train is diverted from its usual route to account for the additional 23 minutes allowed? Departures from...

The online planner has a glitch which folks headed east from UK should be aware: Often if you type in a journey that goes via Cologne to, say, Munich or beyond, it'll divert you to Dusseldorf then via "TARDIS" to Neuremberg in 9 minutes where the journey continues. (See photo). This is irksome...

I'm planning a February trip from Lulea to Narvik by the daytime intercity train breaking the journey at Abiskoturistation, an unstaffed halt, continuing the next day on the morning overnight sleeper from Stockholm. Query 1: Given that temperatures are literally -15c in the daytime, is there a...

Currently been stood on platform at Carlisle an hour while they try to decouple two 5 coach sets, one due to be 1321 Carlisle Preston. Are these issues common?

I need to get DB to confirm that my EC7 on 11/12/2025 was indeed 99 minutes late on arrival at Basel SBB, so I can make a travel insurance claim (couldn't fly home from Milan as booked due to the delay). I spoke to their English help line person, who said "send us an email outlining what it you...

This rather spectacular branch line is under threat of closure owing to its poor infrastructure. There's a good article about it on: https://www.voyagerentrain.fr/ligne-hirondelles/ According to both SNCF connect and Bahn there are 3 trains that run from Dole to St-Claude each day, in the...

Booked on this tomorrow dep Dresden 1105. DB website wouldn't let me choose a seat so went to CD (Czech) instead which shows a 7 carriage train: 4x2nd, restaurant, 2x1st. The train doesn't flag up on Vagonweb. Does anyone know if this is a loco-hauled train or if it uses an ICE unit? Just curious!

Journey tomorrow lunchtime necessitates a change of train at either or both of these Czech stations. I'd be grateful for any intelligence on facilities for an hour's wait and opinion on the best place to see rail traffic. Thanks.

I usually travel from my local station for trips of a week or more. Sometimes, however, I need to travel from a West Midlands Railway station as there are better- timed last train services. I drive to these. Most car parks in the West Midlands Area are free of charge. Does anyone know the...

With a single day left on a multi-country inter-rail ticket I'm tempted to try to get as far as possible from the Midlands via Eurostar. In this case the outward from UK date is unused. So far so good. However, if I were to return on that same day by air, let's say from Frankfurt late evening...

I've been trying for several days to book fast track security at BHX for various travel dates this autumn. No matter what date or time I request nothing is available, an error message "no session supplied" appears. I'm wondering if it's just my own login, it also shows a basket with 1 item, but...