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    Arriva Trains Wales New 153 Seats

    Sorry if this has been mentioned elsewhere, but this morning I was on an ATW 153 which appeared to have brand new seats installed. They even smelled new! After pinching myself several times, I decided I wasn't dreaming! I'd like to know if this is just a one off, or whether ATW actually intend...
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    Sunday on the East Lancs

    Hi all I just wanted to say that my other half and I had a very enjoyable Sunday travelling on the East Lancs Railway in Bury. There were two trains in steam, tank engine Earl David and a black tender locomotive. I'm not very good on loco classes and names, so perhaps someone on here could...
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    Work at Gowerton

    I've been meaning to ask this for a while! There has been a lot of clearance of vegetation between Llanelli and Gowerton. Quite a large area to the North of the line at Gowerton station has also been cleared of trees and vegetation. I think there used to be sidings there many years ago. Am I...
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    Tickets from Ireland

    An acquanitance has asked me to find out how much it would cost from Dublin to Swansea via Holyhead. On the NRES website I have found a fare of £30.50 for him via the 1330 Stena fast ferry, but he tells me that despite there being a link to the ATW website to buy the tickets, the latter site...
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    Llanelli to Portsmouth

    Hi everybody We are looking into the train to Portmsouth Harbour early on Sat 20 February, returning in the late afternoon of Sunday 21 Feb. Anytime returns are £66.60 each according to East Coast. There aren't any Advance fares for the Sunday, which means that £13.50 on Saturday morning +...
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    TPO carriages

    There were some old mail vans/TPO coaches at a siding in Swansea last week which have been there since the TPO's finished, but a friend went through Swansea today and told me they have gone! Does anyone know whether they have gone for scrap?
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    Dutchflyer

    I've got a week off this week and have too much time on my hands, so I've been looking at he Dutchflyer page of the NXEA website. I recall going from Harwich - Hoek many times in the 1980's, the ships I remember are the Koningen Beatrix and the St Christopher. Has anyone tried the service...
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    Inverness to Llanelli

    Hi everyone I thought I'd try the splitfare website for tickets from Inverness to Llanelli on Friday 30 October. After several minutes of searching, it came up with an Anytime single from Inverness to Crewe at £214 each, plus an advance single Crewe - Llanelli at £14. The site informed me...

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