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Yes. Certainly have to print off any tickets you can buy on the CFR website. As LNW -GW Joint says it is a bit quirky but I had no real problems with it. It's not possible to buy tickets on line for more local trains but I had no difficulty at ticket offices even at out of the way places. Regio...

The ticket is actually Bristol Parkway to London with a Travelcard add on bought at 06:14 on the day of travel. The story says he didn't buy the ticket so how is it The BBC can show a picture of it?

The gates on both sides are closed against the train. If I remember the procedure correctly (in both directions) the fireman gets out and opens both gates. He then stands by the road, signals the loco forwards if there is no road traffic, until the loco reaches him and then gets back on the...

Travel on The Metro, trams and buses in Budapest is free for over 65's. I believe this facility covers EU citizens only. You need your passport with you at all times when thus travelling and may well be asked to show it at gates into The Metro or indeed by inspectors on trams or when getting on...

Indeed a shadow of its former self. I suspect that the trains that now run operate from Smigiel to the station shortly before the PKP station at Stare Bojanowo where there is a run round. It's some years since I looked at the line in the Wielichowo direction. Then it was all in place but...

I was at Smigiel a few days ago. It is simply not the case that nothing is happening and everything is rotting away. I am amazed the Wolsztyn Experience people should say this. The railbuses and what I think is the remaining diesel loco are in the shed and clearly in good condition. The shed is...

Two weeks ago today in Wolsztyn the temperature early in the morning was minus 17c. It got up to minus 8 by lunch time. Indeed the whole time I was there it didn't get above freezing. Wolsztyn is a small town and quite simply a station buffet there is unlikely to make a profit particularly given...

Hainan has had a railway system for many years and it was always possible to travel from Haikou to Sanya using that. Nowadays the islands railways have been completely modernised and electrified and there are numerous trains between Haikou and Sanya. There are two trains which use the train...

I think I can see what went on. On a weekday Virgin's journey planner does offer a Liverpool - York - Peterborough journey although why you would use it is beyond me when you could get an EMT train direct especially as changing trains for a blind man cannot be easy. The prices are no different...

Unsurprisingly, given it's a Daily Mail story, there are some very odd things about this. The blind man was travelling Liverpool - Peterborough but somehow seems to have been travelling on a train from York - Peterborough on VTEC yet returning with London Midland on a 350 which obviously go...

A number of the pictures are taken at Nove Sedlo rather than Most. Both places have large lignite mines and are not that far apart. I was at Nove Sedlo in February 2015. The railway system is very extensive and a lot of it can be accessed by public roads without any problem. There were a good...

My Marlborough suggestion received erroneous praise. Bravo dubscottie. What is interesting is that the original picture showed what seemed to be a rural location whereas if the camera had been turned 180 degrees it would have shown a completely industrial scene.

I believe that this may be Marlborough. The tunnel, curve and what looks like a junction behind the loco all fit. Further in the brief clip of the troops getting off the train there can be seen some steam to their right which could be a loco in Marlborough Upper sidings. All long gone. of course.

I am just back from Lisbon. Day tickets, which cover Metro, tram and bus are the easiest way to get around. There are machines (with an English menu) inside the Airport Metro station. There are often quite long queues for these but walk just beyond them and there is a Carris booth which rarely...

Two years ago three of us used a Pays de Loire Forfait Tribu on an Inter cities train with no problem. I agree that the terms and conditions completely ignore such trains so it could be hit and miss. I find that the SNCF ticket office staff are helpful even with my limited French so it might be...

Having had a closer look at the timetable the only Inter Cities that starts at La Rochelle for Bordeaux is 13899 at 05:56. The return working is 13898 ex Bordeaux 18:39. The other Inter Cities trains between these places are the Nantes - Bordeaux trains none of which have the digit 1 e.g...

Sorry for the misunderstanding. My knowledge is only at the Nantes end. I see that there are 4 Inter Cities La Rochelle - Bordeaux in the timetable from 2nd July but do not know if they will be loco hauled. The early train has a 1 in front of the usual 4 digit train number whereas the others do...

If by short workings you mean the length of the trains then yes, come the summer timetable they have pretty much doubled in length and been double headed. There are enough Corail coaches presently in the carriage sidings at Nantes to achieve this again this year.

The timetable is changing as from 2nd July but the trains are still listed as Inter Cities and so I presume they will continue to be loco hauled. The new times (every day inc Sunday) : Nantes dep 08:25 Bordeaux arr 13:14 Nantes dep 12:25 Bordeaux arr 17:14, Nantes Dep 16:25 Bordeaux Arr...

An update on loco hauled trains at Nantes. The Nantes - Bordeaux trains remain loco hauled although now down to 3 each way on weekdays. 67443 and 67542 were working the trains yesterday. Only 5 coaches which looked somewhat down at heel The Inter Loire trains are also loco hauled. These are TER...