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Lots of people rely on lifts to make journeys possible, so I would say they are a critical part of the rail infrastructure. But it feels to me like a lift failure is not really treated as an urgent situation. Lifts, it seems, can sometimes be out of action for days. So, what actually happens...

Today I was travelling on a series of three trains (using two advance tickets) which together formed a valid itinerary. My second train was delayed and I missed my third train, which was also the last train of the day to my destination. I was told that I should get as close as possible by train...

If you had to place a bet, when do you think we'll see the first functional class 66 withdrawn from service in the UK? 5 years, 10 years, 20? I'm excluding withdrawals due to one off incidents, like collision damage that isn't economical to repair. I'm talking about the point at which they...

Split from: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/expansion-of-lner-70-min-flex-trial-area-simpler-fares.272643/ Today I travelled from Inverness to south London on an off peak single. LNER are being fairly effective in their strategies to prevent people using perfectly valid walk up tickets on...

Some of the best rail maps (at least for the purpose of planning trips and getting an overview of networks) out there were/are the ones that used to be at http://bueker.net/. I thought these had stopped being updated some time ago but was recently pleased to find that reasonably up to date...

I spent a little time in Czechia / the Czech Republic in 2023 and quite enjoyed it, thanks partly to some advice given on this thread. In 2023 some of the best bits I did were: - KZC service from Rybniste to Prague - The very eccentric Bechyně branch - A very enjoyable run from Plzn up to...

This is just a grumble really. This weekend was the Dunwich Dynamo when lots of cyclists do an overnight ride from London to Dunwich on the Suffolk coast. I happened also to be in Suffolk with bikes - nothing to do with the Dunwich Dynamo (which we'd not realised was the same weekend) -...

The image above shows a simplified diagram of the Thameslink network as it was in 1988. I'm trying to piece together the ways in which the service on the Sutton Loop changed with the introduction of Thameslink. As I understand it: - The first Thameslink operation began in 1988, and this...

Journey planners present journeys on London Overground as National Rail and I can get the normal range of national rail tickets from a LO station to elsewhere on the NR network. However it's very unclear whether, if a delay on a journey leg on LO causes my whole journey to be delayed, I can...

As I understand it, Network Rail has the right to reclaim (for example) railway arches from the Arch Company when it's necessary for maintenance of the infrastructure or for things like improving railway stations. Can anyone pint me to an explanation of how that process actually works? For...

I've been looking at quite a few old railway plans recently - the ones that were "deposited" in order to gain a parliamentary bill. They are from the 1860s - 1890s. The proposed routes are generally shown with a solid continuous line and then two dotted "lines of deviation", one each side of...

I will have a day and a half in this area (with a Deutschland Ticket) this week - ending up in Bad Schandau to get the European Sleeper back to Brussels. Any recommendations for anything interesting/unusual along the way, to work into my schedule? My holy grail of loco-hauled with non aircon...

This wording appears often. In this case, part of restriction code UO: But does that mean I can board any train after 0930 at a Z1-6 station, or only if the train itself has not departed any Z1-6 stations before 0930, prior to me joining it? This arises if I'm starting short on a ticket. For...

I have a journey booked with DB, from Switzerland to Brussels. My itinerary involves an overnight stop in Basel. It's on a single Sparpreis ticket. I've had a notification from DB that a timetable change means one of my connections is no longer available. Unhelpfully, it doesn't tell me *which*...

HOTNAT (hop on the next available train) is the agreement between HS operators that if one train is delayed and you miss your connection, your ticket will be valid on the next train. The basic conditions are here: https://www.railteam.eu/en/am-i-eligible-for-hotnat/ However - what counts as a...

Is there such a thing as a map that lets me see which TOC is the fare setter, for any particular journey? I'm guessing the answer is "no" because it depends on both origin and destination. I know that I can put any journey into BRfares.com and it will tell me who the fare setter is, but is...

The trainsplit/RUK site quite often offers me these tickets. What are the rules for getting from the Zone 1 station to whatever mainline terminus I need? For example such a ticket for a journey from Elephant & Castle to Milton Keynes: the itinerary tells me to get the tube from E&C to Euston...

Any working buffet areas yet?

The text above appears in the conditions on an Advance ticket I have from Herne Hill to Dover Priory. The itinerary is Thameslink to St Pancras and then Southeastern. It states that we have a reservation on the SE leg, but not on the TL leg. What exactly is the definition of a "booked train"...

Moderator note : split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/end-of-the-line-for-paris%E2%80%99-iconic-metro-ticket.237990/ I want to travel right across Paris, from Orry-la-ville to Malesherbes using RER line D. I have the My Navigo, IDF Mobilities & Bonjour RATP on my phone, but as far...