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I've travelled through Brussels to Aachen and vice versa on many occasions and learned early on not to rely on DB. It's led to some pretty lengthy waits in Brussels on the return journey when everything has gone right, but I've only once missed my Eurostar when things went terribly wrong. The...

In respect of InterCity, I think that assuming things are as they were five years ago would be a mistake. As has been said, you now only get offered a ticket if you are an H Rewards member but that's not really a big deal as joining is straightforward. This is something that came in a couple of...

The Isobar at the Met Office in Bracknell was legendary. Some of the drunkest people I've ever known worked at the Met Office.

Many years ago I was a member of a Working Men's Club in a northern town. The club stood between the Post Office's sorting office on one side and the railway station on the other. Unsurprisingly it was railwaymen and post office workers who made up most of the membership. I was a member because...

The answer might be on the station itself. I was there on Saturday and on the other platform there is a small display by the Friends of Knaresborough Station. I didn't read it all as I was on the way to Platform 1 from the Track and Sleeper, but it mentioned how the line was intended to be...

Do you know when that picture was taken? I've seen quite a few photographs of Bayerisch Eisenstein but never with that building on the platform as far as I can remember.

Ah. That was what I was really asking about. But at least it allows it so that is good.

I think that probably answers my question which is: will it allow you to enter a train which, in theory, is in the past? I use Interrail for flexibility so have often made connections which are impossible according to timetables because a train is running late. Easy with a paper ticket but will...

My position is that my passport expires in September so I need a new one. I emailed Interrail today and they said I should enter the number of my current passport and take it with me (as well as the new one) when I travel as a means of identification. I suggest you contact them and get that same...

Well, having looked at it I'm inclined to book a mobile pass and treat it as an adventure.

The blurb kind of implies that the paper version has a flexible start date but it turned out not to be the case. I've only ever used paper versions before so how does the mobile one work? Any drawbacks? I also contacted them because my passport is due to expire before I intend to use the pass...

That nicely explains the one I saw (and photographed) at Preston in 1971.

In the late-60s and early-70s trains would generally leave Leeds for Manchester (Victoria after Exchange closed) at xx:45 but there would be additional trains in between, but not regular. We used regularly to catch the 07:45 from Leeds to Stalybridge where we changed for Crewe. That was a...

Gordon Hill of Kirby Muxloe in Leicestershire was a top Football League referee in 1960s and 1970s.

The same thing happened again this week, though this time two 5-car sets formed the replacement. Unfortunately, though I received the email, it appeared the train crew didn't so there was some confusion before reservations were finally cancelled on leaving Doncaster. But it made for a much more...

And Scarborough.

Heh! As soon as I saw the thread title my reaction was "Chesterfield!" I don't remember a pen as such but we used to go at the back of the old bay platform so we could watch all the freight coming through round the back of the station. But after that we used to get thrown out and, as you say...

I saw a couple working around Newcastle in about 1971. They were gone shortly after that. From this link in the photo forum, it appears that a lot of them ended up in Ardrossan.

Has anyone seen the When Saturday Comes tournament t-shirt? It's ace

Well, the correct answer is that the train was formed of a 5-car set. Not everyone got the email (or got it and took no notice) as there were plenty of people looking for non-existent seats in Harrogate, and the announcements weren't great (and non-existent until Leeds). I guess that some people...