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    Newbie interested in taking photographs of trains, etc in stations.

    Hi all, I've been interested in trains all my life (almost 34 years) but not been able to travel much recently due to health problems, etc. I'm trying to get out and about more often - sometimes using a West Midlands Day Ranger as I live in Nuneaton. I would like to take some...
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    West Mids Day Ranger report

    If anyone's interested I thought I'd post what I got up to on Friday. Some of the times are a little sketchy as I didn't make notes but I think I travelled on 7 trains and stopped at 7 stations. I regret that I didn't leave Nuneaton until lunchtime as my health dictates when I finally manage...
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    Does anyone know anything about the line between Nuneaton and Birmingham New Street?

    Hi all, We've recently travelled a couple of times between Nuneaton and Birmingham New Street on Arriva CrossCountry's Turbostar 170 trains. It's just that at several points along the route the train seemed to be going really slowly. Just wondering if there are any issues with the line...
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    West Mids Day Ranger - where should I go?

    Hi all, I'm thinking about buying a West Mids Day Ranger for the first time in at least 15 years. My question is - where should I go to make the most of the day and the ticket? The main things I would like to do is to travel on a Pendolino and to spend some time at Birmingham New...
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    Does anyone know anything about the Birmingham-Stanstead route on CrossCountry?

    Hi all, I hope that this is the right place for my question, if not please accept my apologies. Occasionally we travel between Nuneaton and Birmingham New Street on the Stansted to Birmingham route now operated by CrossCountry - I appreciate that the journey is only about 25 miles or so...

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