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It's a long way from the Bedford Down fast platform to housing in Queens Park which overlooks the platform

Took a deep breath when it was first published and decided to splash the cash - turned out to be well worth it. Apparently there was a second, updated edition in an orange cover but I've never seen it. I was very tempted to annotate it but decided not to. Seeing the price second hand copies go...

I travelled in the non-sleeping train from Paris a few times. I had to go through customs and immigration in Dover but my bicycle was registered as through baggage to London and I had to go through customs in Victoria with it separately.

The 1963, 1967 and 1973 Western Region timetables all use Exeter Central in their listings, as does the 1973 WTT shown on Timetable World website

I remember the closure notice was posted to close Stanlow & Thornton to Helsby as well as Spital station - I lived in Bromborough at the time and travelled to Port Sunlight. Spital seemed like a basket case in those days with almost no passengers at any time of the day or week.

Warsaw and Beograd seem to have had a fair number although not all are running Warsaw to: Moscow Minsk Berlin Kyiv Budapest Prague Vienna Bratislava Paris once a week with RSD Beograd to: Vienna (stopped by engineering work?) Budapest (stopped by engineering work?) Zagreb Sarajevo Ljubljana...

Do you have any special criteria for which preserved lines are shown? Midland Railway at Butterley is shown but not Peak Rail at Matlock - both connect onto National Rail. Ecclesbourne Valeey is not shown and does not connect to NR

Quite a few views on flikr by searching 01 holyhead an action shot is...

I wonder how many of them have been single throughout and never had two or more platforms?

The station in the country of Belarus on the line from Minsk to Maladzyechna/Molodechno serving the village of Zaslawye is named Belarus

Certainly plenty of on-track activity around Porthmadog and Criccieth on Monday and a coach waiting for on-time departure from Pwllheli in Sunday evening - only thing missing seemed to be passengers. Even advertised stops at Abererch (where I'm staying) which hasn't had trains for a while due to...

There were always a few gems when it came to newspaper trains which of course were class 1 and shown in the WTT as through services. I remember Saturday night through workings in the 1970s with Sunday papers included Euston - Lairg and Kings Cross - Kiveton Park there must have been others

I complained to the company about the delays and they explained that they are responsible for the service throughout but have sub-contracted the entire service. Royal Mail collect from the pillar box and segregate all UM cards from the rest of the post, handing the cards over to UM. Universal...

Universal Mail stamps are valid to send a postcard to any country except internal within the UK. They are not valid on a letter or as part payment for any Royal Mail service. Cards with a Universal Mail stamp can be posted in any Royal Mail pillar box. Universal Mail started off as a postal...

On the Cromford & High Peak line the wharf at Whaley Bridge which was worked by horses could only be accessed by the cable worked incline, similarly the section from Sheep Pasture Top to Middleton Bottom was only accessible by cable worked inclines at either end, although the section between the...

Liverpool-Hamilton Square - West Kirby across Wirral from East shore on Mersey to West on Dee

Budapest M1 metro line itself is not a world heritage site but is included in the listed site which is Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue The detailed explanation and justification explains that the railway is part of the overall site From...

The book 'Manchester's Narrow Gauge Railways - Chat Moss & Carrington Estates' published 1985 by the Narrow Gauge Railway Society details how the two areas were reclaimed using waste from the city. About half a million tons of night soil had been sent to Carrington between 1889 and 1899, 68% by...

When I did jury service, only actual rail or bus tickets were accepted, ticket receipts were not reimbursed, as I discovered to my cost on the one day I put my ticket through the barrier and submitted the receipt in its place. Nine days with tickets reimbursed, one day with receipt, no payment...

Another was the 3 foot Torrington & Marland china clay line to Meeth which was converted to standard gauge by Colonel Stephens as part of his line from Torrington to Halwill Junction which opened in 1925. The track from Torrington to Meeth survived well into the 19070s serving the creamery at Meeth.