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Re: this journey - an off-peak return (SVR) from Nottingham to Edinburgh with restriction code 8X. A BoJ appears to be valid on the outward portion of this ticket but does anyone know if the outward validity would be 2+ days i.e. would an overnight BoJ be valid. I'm not willing to push the...

I'm looking for a bit of a career change of direction and was wondering about exploring this area of railway ticketing further and turning my passion here into an actual job. Question is though - how do you get into it? Unfortunately, I've been keeping my eye on a number of websites for a...

In the public timetables and this post the special HST services to Skegness: 07.53 Derby - Skegness 11.40 Skegness - Nottingham 13.50 Nottingham - Skegness 17.10 Skegness - Derby ...are advertised as running SO from 26th July. However, these trains are registered and are also advertised...

I've attached two journey histories - both of the same card. The card is loaded with a Z234 travelcard. Personal info has been removed. The first is for the past week. The second is for a longer period of time. I believe the correct balance on the card is £29.60, but why is one history...

Unfortunately I am coming up to the final six months of my YPR, and I would like to try and make the most of it while I can! I had hoped that I would be able to do an ALR in that time but I'm not sure it will happen. The benefit of doing an ALR would probably be to see and cover larger parts...

don't take a selfie xD

Today (20th April), most of Sheffield station was shut for engineering works - only platforms 1 and 2 appeared to be open to train services. Anyone know what they were doing? It can't have been too much if they planned to complete the job in ~30 hours.

In order to answer the above question, I'm not looking for an explanation into the actual mechanism within the train - I want to know about the actual physics behind it (in not too much depth please!) Does tilting round bends allow an object to travel faster? Or does travelling round a bend at...

http://www.nottinghampost.com/Alert-old-slow-trains-lined/story-20841405-detail/story.html I wasn't aware of these plans, if they're true. But more importantly, here's another rail-related article I really dislike. Two initial points - yes, I understand why there could be a push for newer...

The Margaret Thatcher Day Bill will have it's second reading in the Commons tomorrow (28th February). As it stands, this Bill will make provision for the August Bank Holiday as it stands to be known in England Wales and NI "Margaret Thatcher Day". These proposals have been in the pipeline...

I'm looking for confirmation of North Wales diagrams which are 158s. So far I have the following trains (SSuX): 1D10 06:54 Crewe - Holyhead 1D11 07:08 Birmingham International - Llandudno 1D12 09:09 Birmingham International - Holyhead 1D13 11:08 Birmingham International - Holyhead 1D16 17:08...

Answers from personal experience/google appreciated. Reasonably quick walking pace. Thanks!

As it says on the tin... Also, by this I mean when you intentionally listen to it and not when you're forced to on TV or in shops etc.

This afternoon I was pleased(!) to see 150273 turn up on a Nottingham - Leeds service, in place of a 158. Fortunately I didn't intend on travelling on it. I'm led to believe that Pacer units are banned from the Erewash valley, is this correct? Also, is there any reason why a 150 could not...

It seems like in recent years I have been caught up too many times over in disruption involving the ECML and downed wires. It might just be me, in which case I apologise, but it seems that aside from occasions influenced by external circumstances (eg the weather brought them down) I hear about...

Woke up this morning to find that RTT is now listed as containing malware in my browser (Opera). Obviously warnings I've ignored. Anyone else got this?

On Sunday I plan to make the journey from St Pancras to Long Eaton. I hope to do so with the return leg of an off-peak Nottingham - St Pancras return ticket, and a single from East Midlands Parkway to Long Eaton. The train I plan on catching will stop at EMP. Can I just get clarification...

Does anyone happen to know what forms 1E25 (SuO 17.30 Edinburgh - London KX) please?!

Running Vista x64. After loading my laptop in normal mode, I get a white screen of death. I can only ctrl + alt + del, nothing else. If I try and start in safe mode, all that happens is after a minute or two it automatically restarts, so I can't boot system restore. I've tried booting in...

There are currently (SSuX until 17/5/13) three sprinter runs based out of Nottingham Eastcroft depot, 5Z47, 5Z48, and 5Z49. They appear to run to Mansfield Woodhouse and Derby via goods lines such as Pinxton, Castle Donington, and Toton HLG. Anybody have any idea what these trains are for...