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As London Midland are not operating this sunday,are advance LM tickets valid on Virgin? I'm travelling from wigan to crewe VT then crewe to rugby LM,any advice would be helpful please,cheers

Hopefully going to do the transpennine real ale trail soon from stalybridge to batley,can anyone advise the cheapest day ticket to use and any other advice or suggestions for the day out,will be starting at the manchester end,cheers

Hi all,thinking about using the saturday evening VT 18.40 out of glasgow central in to new st at 22.47,and then the last LM service onward to Rugby at 22.53,any one got any stats as to wether this service has been running to time?? 6 mins is not a lot to play with,any info gratefully recieved...

Hi,i can't seem to access the www.railtourinfo.co.uk website for the last week,just wondering if it has gone down or if there is another site for diesel hauled rail tour info?cheers

Hey,just wondering what is the best day rover type ticket to buy to travel the extent of the north london line and to use on the rest of the london overground system?cheers

Hi,can anyone tell me about the loco hauled temple meads to weymouth service please,times?is it a saturday only service?what locos are being used?and what is the coaching stock made up of?cheers for any answers

Thinking of going to stratford upon avon this weekend so i got some prices,£23.20 is the cheapest i have found via Brum,but would a west mids day ranger cover this at £16.20?just want to be sure i got it right,no restrictions weekend either?cheers

I am going to do a freedom of scotland trip soon and was wondering are there any pubs,cafes,eating places or B+B accomodation close by to the following stations that anyone could recommend. Glasgow central,crianlarich,oban,mallaig,fort bill,inverness,kyle of...

Just curious if anyone knows if the caledonian sleeper was late into euston this morning(28/04) and if so why?cheers

Lord Adonis a transport minister, is travelling on a stardand class all line rover for the next 7 days starting tonight down to truro and then making his way north to inverness by next week,what conclusions do you think he will come to regarding our rail network?is this just a cheap publicity...

Is there a website with information and prices for all available rail passes rovers and rangers in the UK that someone could recommend please?cheers

What policy do east midlands trains,crosscountry and london midland operate in regard to buying on board,for example if you are running late at the stationor there are queues at the ticket machines and the ticket windows and you board the train with no ticket,does the guard take a dim view of...

I'm travlling from rugby to wymondham for the MNR gala on saturday,the cheapest tickets i've found is by splitting them,rugby-peterborough return via nuneaton £37.50,peterborough-wymondham return via ely £19.60,any ideas or suggestions for a cheaper fare via another route?cheers all

I was wondering if people can tell me what were the most common locos for freight and passenger services on the WCML in the 80s,particularly between euston and preston?also how many different locos,dmu's,emu's did work the west coast in the 80s and which were the most popular?any favourite...

Yesterday (20/03/09) i spotted a Plesser and Theurrer train just north of wellingborough travelling on the down fast,it looked like a converted two car 159 and i just made out the two numbers 99 on it as i only glimpsed it briefly,is it some kind of measurement recording train?can anybody tell...

Any suggestions would be most welcome about which routes to travel on a four day freedom pass,will be getting digs at the end of each day.cheers

hi there,is there any way i can find out freight workings and timings i.e(where freight trains have been and where they are going to and what they are hauling,traction used,headcodes allocated) in advance so i can plan what i want to photograph?a freight and special timetable so to speak?how do...

As a relatively new railways fan how can i find out and match headcodes to the services i travel on and the locos and trains that i photograph?thank you for any help you can give.

Any suggestions for a bash this friday starting out from rugby?thinking of doing the cambrian to pwilheli

Is the freedom of scotland ticket still available?and what routes would you travel and places you would visit if you had a week to do it?