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What is the best website on which to purchase rail tickets? Whilst I realise that perhaps it would be the TOC on which you plan to travel - if only to make getting a refund easier in the event of not travelling or compensation for delays, other factors can be taken into account. 1. Is the site...

The Mummy Travels website has a photo of a woman sitting on a rail line - and it certainly does not look like some rusting disused track. I think that this so called travel blog is really a marketing site with the photos 'lifted' from goodness knows where. The ironic thing is that I got to it...

No matter how many times I bring this to the attention of the TOC's, nobody actually does anything about the way the computer system advises customers to change at the earliest opportunity. Let us take as an example a journey on 1C04 = the 7.30am from PAD to Paignton. Put in for PAD > TOTnes &...

CH4 programme 'Despatches' on 22 February, 2016 stated that Birmingham New Street station had dangerous levels of air pollution. Given the confined space and lack of clear sky combined with all the diesel trains, this is hardly surprising. Surely, a top priority should be getting those...

Cardiff Council have approved their Local Development Plan & it now looks like massive developments will take place on farmlands to the NW of the city. (It has also been approved by the Welsh Government following an Inspectors Examination). No new links are being made to the A4232 expressway in...

I see on Realtime Trains, that a HST is running today (5 Feb 2016) from London down to Swansea and then going back to Derby. Why is this train running such a route? http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/H64495/2016/02/05/advanced

In order to get cheap(er) rail tickets, one usually has to pre-book specific trains weeks in advance. For those people arriving at our airports, this presents the problem of trying to figure out how long it will take to clear immigration etc. and whether or not the plane will actually land on...

I have just been on Google Earth and see that development is taking place to the north & west of the airfield. I would have thought that a new rail station near Clyst to serve the Airport via a short bus link, might be a good idea. It seems ridiculous that rail passengers heading for the Airport...

I notice on my travels that we have varying degrees of clarity regarding announcements - whether on trains or at stations. (I am not referring to automatic pre-recorded messages). Are staff given much training regarding the clarity of their spoken announcements? I was recently on a train...

I understand that Granada in Spain is being connected to the high speed rail network. Does anyone know when the High Speed services will start from Granada to Malaga & Cordoba? Is the high speed line now up & running between Malaga & Seville?

The Travel Channel - which is available on Freeview (not relays), Freesat, Sky & Virgin - will be showing a number of rail based programmes over the coming month. Please click these links for details:> http://www.travelchannel.co.uk/shows/great-railway-journeys-of-europe...

ITV West (Bristol) are reporting today that the cascade of trains to the west to combat overcrowding is being delayed by up to 2 years. Presumably, they are referring to the 165's & 166's moving west which would allow the 158's to move to Devon & Cornwall. Of course, this hardly news to...

I was recently at Porthmadog station & noticed that several sleepers had rotted right through. It seems to me that many of our tracks in the outer reaches of the network have never been replaced since the days of steam. I find it incredible that here we are in 2015 & still the network has not...

I have just been checking fares for certain places that are roughly the same distance apart. Some have 2 or even 3 Train Companies whilst others are linked by a sole operator. Guess which came up with the lowest prices for reasonable times? $ = Buying Today (Sat 31 October, 2015) for Today -...

I have just been checking the ratings for the 2 series of rail based programmes currently running on TV. On BBC 2 - Friday nights at 9pm, Michael Portillo's 'Great Continental Railway Journeys' is getting around 1.81 million viewers whilst on CH 5 (Thursdays at 9pm), Chris Tarrant's 'Extreme...

From Monday 19 October 2015, the ATW Club 55 deal is back on for most of the winter but excludes most of the time around Christmas. Cost is £23 return with a supplement of £5 if you travel on Fridays. See Full Terms & Conditions:>http://www.arrivatrainswales.co.uk/Club55/Buy/

A Planning Application has been made to Cardiff Council (15/02261/MJR) to ram yet another building right up against the railway just to the east of the Central Station. The proposal is to demolish the Victorian Building of the former York Hotel & build a large bland student accommodation block...

I have just been reading a report prepared by consultants in relation to Cardiff's Local Development plan. I see that a new station is planned for the main line at St.Fagans. Whilst I realise that this would be most useful - especially for visiting the Welsh History Museum at St.Fagans...

On Sunday 20 September 2015 at 19.10, the English Language Japanese news channel NHK (HD) will transmit a journey across central Japan by train 'Train Cruise'. 209 Freesat (HD) 507 Sky (HD)

I have just been looking at train fares between Sydney Central & Newcastle - which is 160Km north. No booking ahead nonsense to get low cost fares - just a straight system based on peak & off-peak. Mind you, the trains seem to be a lot slower than ours and make many more stops for such a long...