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Hi Folks. My mobile died a nasty death last Friday and I needed to make an urgent phone call from London Waterloo. I did the usual "look for signs and have a wander around" and was surprised that no public phone was in evidence. I then asked the PCSO that was patrolling the station where I...

I've just come back from a (mainly) business trip to Scotland and I would like to comment on how attentive, friendly and helpful the Scotrail on-train staff are. I bought the SPT Roundabout ticket on a couple of occasions to do a LOT of line bashing around Glasgow, and had my ticket checked on...

Good Morning All. I'm booked on the 13.30 train for the above trip with an Advance Single ticket. The problem I've got (assuming this service to be a Pendolino) is that I've ended up with a hideous seat (if I'm reading the Virgin "train plan correctly") i.e. Coach D Seat 33....which looks...

Good Morning All. I would be very grateful for some advice for a trip I'll be making this September. I wish to leave Overton Mon, 08/09 am and travel to Glasgow - returning from Glasgow 12/09 - arriving back in Overton as late as you like!!!! The best return rate (via Waterloo /...

I briefly visited Greenford Station in West London yesterday and couldn't help but notice that all the iron-work (roof pillars etc) were painted a sort of turquoise colour....the sort of colour that our local council used to paint drainpipes and the like back in the 1960s. I was wondering why...

Finally got around to doing the 11.36 Paddington - West Ruislip parliamentary service yesterday. What an absolute treat that was on a hot sticky busy day travelling around London! There was only me, the Train Manager and 2 other pax on the thing.....is this normal??? I am guessing Chiltern keep...

Good Evening, I wonder if anybody would be able to help me with the above. I've got an appointment with a client in Brighton (2mins walk from the main Brighton station) next Friday (20th), mid afternoon. I ideally would like to park outside Brighton and get the train in.... (saves fighting...

Hi all. I've just been having a conversation with my 2 sons (in their 20s) who are doubting that the above journey (direct) used to take around 3 hours (I think sometimes more). I remember catching, normally a 47 or a 33 from BSK - change of loco -but same carriage stock!- at Reading...

Good Morning. Shortly I have the above journey to make - Flying out and returning on a mid-day Saturday two weeks later . The best way of doing this that I've come up with is a £20.85 Off Peak Anytime Return (with Network Railcard) - Basingstoke to Christchurch and a £10- £15 taxi ride...

Good Morning Folks. I have a few hours between jobs in London tomorrow and would like to make some inroads into scratching off some of the above class. Would someone please advise me where they are most frequent - East Croydon maybe? Thanks in advance.

Hi Folks, just a quick one please. I've got to do a flying visit to Retford next week for work, though I'll have a bit of time to "do train things". I understand the station is on 2 levels. Can you ID the workings on the lower level from the upper level OK - or is it a bit like, say, Smethwick...

Hi Folks! I hope you've not had this one before (I've searched, mods, but found nowt!)....but I'd like to throw into the ring ....What UK railway stations people have found most "comfortable" to carry out their hobby - whether it be Spotting, Photographing, Changing for Haulage Bashing...

Good Morning Folks. I am considering a trip to do a spot of spotting at Ashford in the near future. Could anyone please tell me whether it is possible to ID the Eurostars / Javelins from the Domestic platforms.......or alternatively can you ID the stuff on the Domestics from the platforms...

Hi Folks. I was surprised to see 08 735 moving stock around the maintenance depot in Eastleigh last Monday (24/02). I thought this loco had been stored ages ago and was "out of use". Does anyone know whether it has been re-instated officially - or was this some sort of "one-off" movement please?

Could anybody tell be please what year the diesel "boggies" (Thumpers) took over from steam on the 'slow' route from BSK to Reading.......?

Good Afternoon. Could anyone tell me please when the last scheduled freight train run down to the Docks / Freight Liner Terminal in Falmouth? Also would anyone know the approx frequencies of Liners during, say, the 1970s / 80s in Cornwall....I can't remember seeing any!:cry:

Good Afternoon. I think this is a bit of challenge, but.......would any of you knowledgeable souls out there know roughly what a 2 Adults and 2 children open return (returning within 7 days) would have cost for a ticket Basingstoke to Falmouth via Exeter St.Davids would have cost in 1975 please...

Hi Folks. I've got a (distant) memory of taking a train from Basingstoke to Weymouth Quay in 1976 prior to a sea trip to the Channel Islands. I seem to remember it was a Class 74 to Bournemouth....then a Loco change to a 33 for the remainder. Would this have been the normal run of things back...

Good Afternoon. A couple of us are taking a trip up to Merseyside Tues 24/02 to try and cop for sight some 507/8s. I know from experience that Sandhills gets most of the Northern Line stuff through within 70mins......where's best to spot for the Wirral / Chester line ones? Hamilton St.?....Can't...

I love catching the train and doing a bit of people / train watching..... On "Mad Saturday- 15/02" on a very crowded but fast moving train from Basingstoke to Waterloo the on-train guard announced ...."for all passengers standing in the middle and rear portions of the train, please be...