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Who produced this "why HS2" video? I am from Birmingham and I can tell you that the walking time from Curzon St to New St is much more than 5 minutes. Walking from Curzon St to New St The video actually shows the walk from Moor St to New Street. Have a close look. So through journeys changing...

Ah I thought we were talking about now.

Louth & Horncastle in Lincolnshire. It includes Mablethorpe and Sutton on Sea.

It does really feel like no one cares. It gives fuel to people who have views that the goverment only care about London. As you all know Crosscountry links up Britains biggest centres of population outside London. From my point of view, Crosscountry in the only operator from my home station...

Its grim for those like me who live in Burton on Trent who only have no choice but to use Crosscountry. I have not used the train since the start of lockdown. Crosscountry have put me off travelling. My neighbour works in Birmingham and is working from home each day at the moment but she will...

Following my earlier post I would normally buy a Derbyshire Wayfarer Ticket for that Burton to Chesterfield or Sheffield Journey at a cost of £6.75 for the day as I am over 60. Wonderful ticket. God bless Derbyshire for bringing us this ticket. But you cannot get this ticket online. Going back...

A friend and myself wanted to travel with our cycles Burton on Trent to Chesterfield on Saturday to cycle on a disused railway cycle trail in the area. Looked on the Crosscountry website 2 days before and the usual morning train was no longer stopping at Chesterfield so it was a change at Derby...

Looking on twitter there are still a court case and protests going on opposing the scheme even though construction has started. All non enthusiasts I have spoke to cannot understand what HS2 it's for and people living nearby the construction site are very upset. Is it any worse than building the...

My son who was Kings Cross got home by black cab taxi to Cambridge that evening. It cost him £300. He said Uber were flcharging more. He felt there were no other options apart from a hotel. Luckily as he was in London for work, his employer paid.

I use the LM&XC ticket regularly from Burton on Trent because of the low walkup price. Its a great ticket but I can confirm that you must change at Tamworth for the hourly London Northwestern to London. Unfortunatly there are some poor connections at Tamworth if you come back from London in the...

You can get a Derbyshire Wayfarer from Burton on Trent Station (Staffordshire) which is staffed until 7:30 pm. They seal it in a blue Wayfarer wrapper. Its not available from the machine. As a previous poster has said, you may have difficulty on the buses if the ticket does not have a blue...

Thanks for your help everybody. I am really surprised that no photograph is required. Anyway my wife managed to purchase the senior railcard yesterday without needing a photo .

This seems a basic question but I was looking at the application for the Senior Railcard and I cannot find any mention of needing a photograph. Is that true? I have photographs on the Two Together Railcard so why not on the Senior Railcard? Am I missing something?

I remember the daily 11:00 to Inverness, the Clansman. It was a great train. Also caught the 06:00 to Harwich once. Class 31 hauled. It was advertised with connections via Hook of Holland to Amsterdam Don’t forget the DMU services to Norwich and I think summer Saturdays there was a Walsall to...

As the earlier Plymouth was cancelled as well, there will be lots of Taxi's needed at Birmingham to head south. My son has decided to miss a day at work and travel in the morning. I feel for everyone stuck in this disruption.

My son is still hoping to return to Exeter tonight from Burton on Trent on 1V68 booked time 19:38 now estimated at Burton 22:58. What is the chances of this last train still going as far as Exeter at such a late hour. Would CrossCountry have staff in the early hours to operate the train? Or...

My advice DONT DO IT. You are supposed to get 2 meals if you are lucky. One of those is sandwiches on the rest of the day menu. Yes you are so right. I think it will be Inverness from Birmingham Airport or Aberdeen from East Midlands airport next time. We will be getting a full refund as...

Yes we did start the journey on Crosscountry in Burton on Trent. As a general point, because I have learned that food on all train services is subject to availability and once disruption happens on a fragmented railway the service falls apart quickly you taking a risk by paying a premium for...

Just spotted this thread so I thought I would share my not so good experience of the Highland Cheiften on 24th October. My wife and I boarded a full and standing first class section of the train at York to travel to Invernes. We were not traveling on 1st Advance tickets and we thought we would...

I say always always buy food before you get on. Mondays lack of catering experience taught me a real lesson. There can be a multitude of reasons why the catering offer does not appear. I was on the Northbound Highland Chieftain in 1st class all the way to Inverness on Monday, I did not eat...