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Good evening, Next week I'll be travelling on the 0820 XC service from Aberdeen to Penzance all the way to the final stop. I'm aware XC now operate a static trolley service on most of their trains - is this likely to be in operation on the train I'm on. Do they offer hot meals? I remember...

Hello all, In a couple of weeks time, I will need to travel across London from London Waterloo to Kings Cross, arriving in time for the 1948 Grand Central service to Bradford Interchange. I'll travel on the Bakerloo to Oxford Circus and then change to the Victoria line there. How busy is the...

Good evening, Has anyone stayed at this Travelodge recently? I've booked a two-night stay and some of the more recent reviews aren't exactly positive.

Good afternoon, I'm applying for the network strategy, planning and analysis graduate scheme. I've been asked to complete a situational judgement test, which I believe is provided by SHL. I've completed a few situational judgement tests for various job applications in the past. However, I'd be...

Good evening, Last Saturday, I arrived at Southampton Central to find out the last train of the day to my destination had been cancelled. The station staff put me in a taxi. They wrote what I assume was an IOU to the taxi driver before I got in. However, I've read stories about passengers...

Good evening, I will be traveling from Cardiff Central to Paddington later this week. I will be holding a Freedom of Severn and Solent Rover to cover the leg from Cardiff to Swindon, and I am intending on buying a walk-up single from Swindon to Paddington in advance (the £19.55 super off peak...

Good evening, I have been to Switzerland twice before and would happily return when it's safe to do so. I've come up with the following provisional itinerary, comments and suggestions are welcome. Ticket 8-day Swiss Travel Pass (418 CHF, or £357) Day 1 Arrive in Switzerland by air...

Evening all, In September, me and three friends are planning a trip across Belgium, Germany and the Czech Republic by rail. This is our provisional itinerary. Day 1 Eurostar to Brussels Day 2 Daytrip to Ghent / Bruges Day 3 Train from Brussels to Stuttgart Day 4 Day in Stuttgart Day 5...

I've noticed that many SatNavs tend to send you down roads which they deem to be the quickest way to your destination regardless of their suitability. These include single-track roads and routes which require turning off a main road, following a country lane then rejoining the same road a few...

Good evening Apologies if this has already been posted elsewhere on this forum, but are any of the Cumbrian Coast diagrams still class 68-hauled? I'm asking as I'm off to that part of the country this weekend. Thanks

I am interested if anyone could suggest what could be termed 'unofficial motorway services'. These are petrol stations and places where one can purchase refreshments, from drinks and snacks to eating in a cafe-style environment, adjacent, or no more than a five minute drive from, motorways. The...

Good afternoon I'm looking to spend a weekend in Hamburg towards the end of March, mainly to visit Miniatur Wunderland. I've been there before and stayed at the Ibis hotel near the station, but as the beds there were too hard for my liking I'd rather not stay there again. Are there any other...

Good afternoon I'm wondering if anyone could shed any light on what has happened to the vintage O gauge layout Babbacombe Junction. I last saw the layout in operation in the basement of the Great Western Hotel in Paignton in the late 1990s. Both layout and hotel were owned by Mel Sherwood. He...

Good morning I have a couple of books which contain photographs of Thumpers painted in NSE livery on local services, as the thread title says, from Salisbury to Southampton Central and beyond. The British Rail September 1991 to May 1992 timetable, which I have a copy of, lists such services...

Evening all Next weekend, myself and my father will be visiting Hamburg, staying for two nights. The main purpose of the visit will be to look around the Minatur Wunderbahn. However, I'd be interested to hear of any rail-related points of interest, or U-bahn or S-bahn routes of particular...

Does anyone feel that, in this time when over half of recent university graduates are in jobs that do not require a degree and when the graduate earning premium has decreased, that attending university (and incurring a substantial debt in the process) is still worth it? I hear people say...

I understand that summer-only services used to operate from Gdansk to Kaliningrad, but DB's journey planner shows no such services. Do any trains now operate between Kaliningrad and destinations in Poland?

Good evening Can anyone recommend any practice tests online similar to the SHL ones used by TOCs? Thanks

Evening all I need to travel from Berlin Hbf to Putlitz Bahnhof on 22 July, returning on July 24. One of the fares available is called as a VBB fare, and another is listed as a 'partial fare', which only covers services operated by DB. Which services are VBB fares valid, and which...

Good evening I used to work in the regional newspaper industry, but following a sudden change in employment circumstances, I am looking for a new career on the railways. Ideally, I don't want to return to local newspapers considering they're going the way of the dodo. Keeping an open mind...