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There were/are several remote and isolated lines in South America. Apart from the Rio Turbio - Rio Gallegos line (my favourite, and, until quite recently, the most southerly railway in the world), there were the Madeira - Mamore in Amazonian Brasil; the Quebracho lines of the Paraguayan Chaco...

I certainly had no problem getting my Priv All Rail and my wife's Priv All Rail-N discounts set on our Oyster cards just last week at our local station, Greenford.

A few years ago I caught an early morning train from Paddington to Bristol Parkway. The departure board said it was 'formed of 387 coaches' :smile:

South Greenford, Castle Bar Park and Drayton Green...

In the unlikely event anyone is still interested, in the event, my question turned out to be academic. I was travelling to Paris by the NightJet from Vienna and was booked on the 1311 to St Pancras. Unfortunately, the NightJet arrived 90+ late, owing to a fatality on the line not far from...

Thanks for the advice. Looks like we should be OK, then. If there are any leftovers, I'll try to remember not to feed them to the livestock on our farm. In deepest Middlesex :)

Just received an email from Eurostar regarding my journey from Paris tomorrow, saying I mustn't bring any meat or dairy products into the UK. This is a foot and mouth precautionary measure, and has apparently been in force since April, but this is the first time I've been aware of it. I was...

Excellent! Thank you very much.

Next month I will be travelling from Wien Hbf to Salzburg Hbf on RJX68/RJX 868. The main purpose of this journey is to get a meal on the train before taking the sleeper from Salzburg to Paris. VagonWEB shows this train as being two identical units coupled together between Wien and Salzburg...

Thanks for the suggestions. Szentendre and Esztergom seem quite interesting, Visegrad a little less so as it doesn't have a direct rail link. Only thing is, as we will be arriving in Budapest from Bratislava, we will have pretty much already passed by those towns - albeit at speed and on the...

Spending a few days in Budapest next month. One of those days I’d like to use for a day trip away from the city. As I don’t know the country, I would welcome any suggestions. As I will be travelling with my wife, I’m a little constrained, so… Needs to be accessible by rail (obviously!) Not too...

Brussels to Waterloo, many years ago, when the last Eurostar of the day was cancelled (I forget why, now). Technically, of course, part of the journey was a rail replacement boat.

I've seen Tony Benn on a Sheffield - St Pancras train (he boarded at Chesterfield, obviously), Leon Brittain on another train somewhere. Gilbert & George on the Central line. Edwina Currie at Lille Europe. And once, while dining on a train from the West Country to Paddington, people kept...

When I was there last September, we arrived from Paris at 1647, and easily caught the 1703 - and I had to get my FIP ticket from the booking office, which involved having my passport photocopied. There is a TVM (maybe two, I forget now) as well, and, as I expect you're aware, you will need a...

In fact, FEVE León-Bilbao is possible - it's just that there is a replacement bus between León and La Asunción/Universidad (about 5 minutes), and there has been since the 'tramway' was built. Of course, the RENFE journey planner makes no mention of this. When I was there last September, what...

Well, of course you won't find León to Bilbao in the Cercanias timetables - it's a regional service!! Just go to the regular RENFE journey planner and it's there. The trick is to use 'Feve-León' as the origin.

Unless you particularly want to see Bordeaux (admittedly, a very attractive city), I would suggest, if the timings work for you, going all the way to Irun on the first day. That way you would get to Bilbao much earlier, where, from a transport point of view, there is a great deal to see. You...

Once upon a time I cut an appropriate length of Quickfare roll, and fed it through my APTIS. Worked perfectly :smile:

I'm a little surprised that no-one has yet suggested any of these tasteful items :D

Unless, of course, it's one of those where the tap is disabled until after the soap dispenser has been used :{