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In two weeks time, electrification works will be closing a section of line around Dunblane in Scotland. I started a thread about this in the ticketing section as it left me with an issue with some advance tickets that I had, which (i hope!) have now been resolved, but it has left me interested...

I booked a ticket for the 2 of us from Inverness to Glasgow back in July to travel on Wednesday 17th October. Got it a very cheap advance price. This is the route our advanced tickets are for: Dep: 09:41 Inverness Arr: 11:56 Perth Dep : 12:12 Perth Arr: 13:16 Glasgow Queen St However, I've...

I'm thinking of using a Lancashire Day Ranger next week. In order to the make the most of the day, I've decided it may be cheaper to book an advance ticket to Wigan so I can get there in the morning peak and get an off peak single for coming back in the evening. That way I'm not having to stress...

It's a big year for my family this year. My mother-in-law turned 70 in June, my wife turns 40 this month and I turn 40 in October. I love travelling by anything that crosses land. I've always enjoyed a long car journey, can get the benefits out of a coach journey if I'm in the right mood but my...

Myself and my wife are looking to travel on the Highland Chieftain on October 15th, London to Inverness 1st Class. I see that advance ticekts are already available for this date, (although not the cheapest tier, they must have gone). Is it worth booking them now through VTEC or is there a...

Hi, Me and my wife were looking at booking tickets for a day out in London from Wolverhampton on Tuesday (2nd). We were looking at going early afternoon and then treating ourselves to some first class advances coming home later in the evening. However, I see there has been problems with a...

Hello! Wasn't sure if this should go in here or the job forum...but seeing it's not really rail related thought it might be best in here. Please move if not. I have managed to get an interview to become a tram driver for Midland Metro. To be honest, seeing I'm just coming out of a 10 year...

So I thought I'd put a trip report on here as I always enjoy reading them. I don't collect the numbers of trains I've ridden on I'm afraid. That part of it doesn't really interest me...although it never puts me off reading other trip reports. Sometimes, there's a lot to think about when going on...

Hi everyone, Going to the Isle of Arran on Thrusday morning. Getting the Virgin service from Wolverhampton at around 8:40am...but need to change onto the TPE service to Glasgow somewhere in the Northwest. Would it best to change to the TPE service as early as possible at Preston...or wait...