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Hi folks, I'm planning to take a trip from Oxford to Leicester shortly, and as I'll have luggage and be with a nervous post-pandemic traveller, I was trying to work out how full the trains are likely to be, and whether it might be worth shelling out for 1st class (or maybe even a taxi, looking...

Hi folks, If, on http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/, I ask to go from Oxford (OXF) to Brighton (BTN) tomorrow at 11am, returning the day after at 11am, and then amend the search to 'travel via Wokingham (WKM)', then for the 53.40 off-peak fare it won't let me select a return journey via Clapham...

At our "All In A Day's Work" event, as well as passenger trains running on both of our demonstration lines, visiting loco Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST no 1931 will be shunting around the engine shed, and our 6 ton steam crane will be in operation in front of the carriage shed. There will also be...

Three videos from three steam railways this spring. Hope you enjoy them! 4cSg9-vw8GU A compilation of clips from the Lakeside & Haverthwaite railway on Friday the 29th March 2013. Starts off with the day's service loco shunting a couple of other locos from the carpark tramway back into the...

Hi all, If person X has: a Blackwater - Lewes CDS with Railcard discount £15.45 (and no railcard), and person Y has: a network railcard a Didcot Parkway - Gatwick CDS with Railcard discount £14.45 a Gatwick - Brighton SDS £8.00 (no Railcard discount, as on a weekday and < £13)...

Hi all, At Combe station there are what appear to be 2 vehicle detectors (http://www.agd-systemes.fr/products/agd200uk.html) looking up the line. Does anyone know what the purpose of these is, that isn't already satisfied by track circuits, please? Thanks Ian

Hi all, I see that from December the Stockport - Stalybridge parliamentary train leaves at a more leisurely 10:13, and have been plotting finally getting around to making the trip. Depending on the weather I may walk down the canal to Guidebridge, then either way a train to Manchester...

Hi all, I'm planning to go from Oxford (OXF) to Auchinleck (AUK), leaving around 10am on [...], and then returning leaving around 3pm on [...]. Times could be plus or minus an hour or so if that helps, and committing to particular trains is fine. I have no railcard. The best I've found is...

Hi all, I'm considering visiting the NYMR for their gala this weekend coming, and am trying to get my head around what is possible, probably starting in Pickering. I wonder if anyone could help me out please? In particular, I'd like to get out to Whitby for a fish'n'chip lunch, but the...

Hi all, Are there any (public) maps of railway line gradients anywhere? I'm thinking of something along the lines of the attached image, with distance down the line on the x-axis, height above sea level on the y-axis, and the positions of stations (and perhaps other interesting locations)...

Some photos of LNER A4 Class 4-6-2 no 60019 Bittern [4464] with the Cathedrals Express today around Hinksey yard, just South of Oxford. http://the.earth.li/~igloo/photos/albums/trains/2012-07-05/ Hope you like them! Thanks Ian

Hi all, Sometimes I'd like to hop on a local train for a stop or two to go for a walk, take some photographs, etc. So I was wondering what the cheapest way of doing so is. Here's what I've found so far. The simplest would be a day return, of course. For one stop along each of the lines...

Hi all, I've just uploaded some photos from Saturday, including Assorted passenger trains 70009 with a freight train 71000 "Duke of Gloucester" with the Cathedrals Express http://the.earth.li/~igloo/photos/albums/trains/2012-06-16/ Enjoy, Ian

Hi all, I recently got a new camera, so thought I'd spend an hour photographing trains from a couple of nearby bridges: http://the.earth.li/~igloo/photos/albums/trains/2012-06-08/ This is my first real attempt, so I wonder if anyone has any advice to help me improve please? (other than to...

Hi all, Can anyone please tell me: The restrictions that apply to the ticket below? How I can find the restrictions for such tickets in general? How I can search for such tickets on http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/? £26.50 (£17.50 with network railcard) One Day Off Peak Travelcard...

Hi all, Can anyone help me understand the CIV rules please? I understand that the CIV rules mean that if one leg of a journey is delayed, then you can use later trains for later legs, even if your tickets wouldn't otherwise be valid on later legs (much like how delays work with advanced...

Hi all, I wonder if anyone could help me find the best price for an Oxford to York trip please? There will be 2 of us (with network railcards in the unlikely event of that being useful!). Date not known yet, but we will be leaving on a Friday evening or Saturday morning, returning that...

Hi all, On page 78 of http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/pdfs/OffPeak.pdf the validity code PV is defined as allowing, for example, whereas http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/pdfs/OPR_PV.pdf allows Am I right in thinking that these are intended to define the same thing? If so, which one is the...

Hi all, I'm a little confused by Oxford - Brighton fares; I wonder if anyone could help me please? I'm looking at return trip from Oxford to Brighton, e.g. leaving on the 7th Dec and returning on the 9th Dec, for 1 passenger, on http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/ Both the 14:01 and the...

Hi all, In Amsterdam recently, I noticed a metal bar between the front wheels dropped down and touched the track while the train was stopped. Does anyone know what this is for, please? Earthing? Braking? Something else? Here it is down: And up: And this is whereabouts it is...