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I'd have visited Crich this coming Friday as it fits in well with my wider plans, except I can't because it's not open on Fridays. No problem, it is what it is. But I am curious as to why this is. It's not the obvious day of the week to be shut if you're operating a 6 day operation. Does anyone...

Once we have Cambridge South, it seems untidy to me to have Cambridge South, Cambridge, and Cambridge North. So I propose two possible other names - Cambridge Central (to mark it as the best station for the city centre and the "hub") or Cambridge East (to mark it as east of the city centre and...

Those who enjoy quirky things in the news cannot have failed to have noticed there's a group calling themselves the Kingdom of Kubala. Living only 90 minutes drive from Jedburgh (70 minutes returning at night ;)) I decided to pop over with wife and kid today. Their present location was not too...

Interesting story here Now for obvious reasons I'm pretty skeptical this will actually happen. But wouldn't it be absolutely fantastic if it does?

I've an opportunity to do the Dearne Valley line on Thursday, on the 13:14 from York. If I chose to do it, how busy is it likely to be?

I might be misremebering, but I have a vague recollection EMT used to serve York but on a token basis. Then it was cut back to Leeds, also on a token basis. And now nothing. Is there any possibility of bringing this back? I would certainly use it if it were priced correctly, and I think plenty...

What is the current situation with Sarah Siddons? Is she likely to be running again any time soon?

There's a thread on the hertiage section about the increasing risks caused by dryness. "Thinking outside the firebox" - what's to stop a simple firefighting unit that keeps then under control? I don't see why the vast majority of these fires, if caught quickly, can't be fought with a couple of...

There was a thread here recently - since deleted I think - where the OP was potentially facing a five figure sum to settle out of court and I advised them to think very carefully before going into further details. This spooked them and I've been second guessing since if I did the right thing...

I have often seen online an idea along the lines of giving chocolate to your flight attendants before take off. Being awkward and British I've never actually done this. But I have a concentration of about 12 flights to make in the next month so I'm tempted to give it a go experimentally...

I understand why TOCs can request the full price of train ticket(s) in an out of court settlement. What I don't understand is the legal theory that allows them to get as compensation the entire price of a ticket that ordinarily they'd only be entitled to a certain percentage of (due to ORCATS...

Approximately an hour ago, I crossed the road and coming the other way was Tim from Wetherspoons. I had nothing to say so just discreetly gawked. If I'd had had a business card I might have tried to sell him some software, but it's a long time since I've carried them. What people of minor fame...

There are lots of cases of people who select 16-17 railcard when they "mean" 16-25 railcard. Very few indeed the other way around. Cynics will note that 16-17 railcard gives a better discount and terms. Non cynics however will note that the 16-17 railcard is usually "first in the list" on any...

Tomorrow, LNER will be accepting advance tickets from today, due to disruption. Assuming nothing goes wrong, I will be one of those using this. I have a dead simple advance DHM-KGX routed "Specified LNER trains & connecting services." It's difficult at the present time to get seat reservations...

Will 1N97/2130 KGX - Newcastle on Saturday be dry? For context for those unaware Sunderland are at Wembley for the play offs (I'm not watching them albeit if tickets somehow got released at last minute on general sale I might, I'm just coincidentally using it) and it's the last train of the day...

Can you buy an all line rover from the FR/WHR? If so what would/does it look like? What is the reason they accept them anyway? I would have understood Vale of Rheidol but it doesn't!

It seems to me (in my extensive experience on train simulators*) that there are occasionally sets of signals where YY-Y-R would be too short to actually pull up. However it also seems to me (with my equally extensive experience on signalling simulators*) that in real life it seems that the...

I was just thinking - my impression of this forum is most of us are the type who would know how to get first class pretty cheap on a lot of rail journeys, and similarly business on various flights. But not the types to be able to shell out for a private jet or full price first class Heathrow -...

On at least some 153s there's a warning in the cab that the window may spring upward unexpectedly and the driver/guard should keep their hand on the window when leaning out. What would cause this? How do those windows work? Are they assisted in some way?

On Friday I will be eating at a restaurant very close to St Pancras / Kings Cross at 1:15. I'll also be driving an electric car from near Beckton DLR to County Durham, leaving Beckton at a relatively low charge. So in an ideal world, my basic plan is to drive from Beckon to a publically...