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Don't forget weekend first upgrade! http://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/tickets-timetables/upgrades-discounts/weekend-upgrades Not sure what it would be all the way through Oxford > Newcastle. It's only a tenner Reading > Stafford so shouldn't be too much if you didn't mind splashing out a...

Worst case scenario is standing to Birmingham New Street. If you do find yourself standing (pretty sure you'll be OK TBH) position yourself strategically ready to grab a seat when the train empties out at Birmingham!

That particular XC service to Newcastle originates at Southampton, and the Southampton > Reading > Northbound services are, in my experience of travelling that route regularly, always much busier than the Newcastle services that originate at Reading. The service that is one hour later...

Thanks guys - plenty to go on there! I'm not after _the_ most, just, a lot! Apologies for the FAQ.

Hi everyone, Can anyone have a [n educated] guess at what daily scheduled service has the most / equal most calling points of all scheduled services in the UK? Thanks!

Thanks! Not an app (easily could be of course) but here's a "responsive" version of the destinations A-Z which should look great on any display size from mobile upwards... http://www.railalefan.co.uk/rail/destinations/Rugby/ Still WiP so you may encounter the odd glitch. I'm looking at...

Too much information? http://www.railalefan.co.uk/live-departures/cis2.php?crs=RUG This is a "Next train to..." (Destinations) board mock-up derived from the distinct calling point list of the next 10 departures. As before it's scaled for a very large display size - use CTRL/minus to...

The "Next Train To" is a nice concept, but needs to be done with care at stations serving many destinations to avoid becoming information overload. The version at Manchester Piccadilly is huge, and somewhat annoyingly, rather than being static cycles between two pages on a frequency that is...

A possible problem with limiting the display to major stations is that it could be mis-interpreted as the complete list possibly leading to confusion. Using "Via" - which they do, is fine as long as you understand the meaning of Via of course but these lists are mostly just one or two principal...

Do many (if any) cycle-rail-cycle commuters have 2 bikes, one living at either end of the train leg (so one staying overnight at their closest to work station), and never actually take a bike on the train!? Just occurred to me as an option...! Lots of cycle stores look pretty safe to me these...

Agree that there are far too many announcements in general but I think this one is a must. I can't imagine how many mobile phones must end up in lost property these days. I recently boarded a VT service at Liverpool Lime Street that was on a fast turnaround having been delayed inbound and...

How is this stuff supposed to work? I would never trespass on the railways but I have frequently been waiting for a train and seen this stuff crossing gaps between fences and the edge of a platform or around level crossings, and thought to myself, that if I was intent on trespassing then I...

You might be able to remove paper reservations but I don't think Cross Country [Voyager] guards can edit reservations in real time and this happens all the time, so that's why I'm asking if the right to a reserved seat is forfeited beyond the departure station.

Accept that - perfectly valid point - so just to confirm, if a reserved seat is not occupied by the "reservee" from the point of departure, they forfeit any right to that seat later on in the journey?

I used to work in high street retail and the mystery shoppers may as well have come in wearing hi-vis with "MYSTERY SHOPPER" written on the back such was their blatantly obvious deviance from normal customer behaviour.

What if a person has a reserved seat, no baggage, and it's the middle of summer so no jacket or coat to leave behind either, and they nip to the loo - that shouldn't void their reservation though, should it?

That's interesting - so if one doesn't occupy their reserved seat at the point of departure, they forfeit any right to use that seat for the remainder of the journey? A common scenario that I have witnessed (and been on the receiving end of) is where somebody with a reservation boards an...

I prefer airline, but all facing the same direction (as they actually are on a plane) rather than one side forward and one side back. I appreciate that having an opposing layout gives passengers the choice of a face or back to the direction of travel - but this could equally be achieved...

I don't know what class and can't go into much detail as I only had the pleasure of travelling once on a Chiltern Railways service from Banbury to London but it was a lovely train. Standard felt like first, spacious, comfy seats, plug sockets at most seats, and free WiFi. Lovely train...

"Mr Sands" is used in theatres in some way or another to subtly alert cast / crew to initiate emergency procedures. I presumed (as is also mentioned on WikiPedia) that it is some kind of throwback to when sand buckets were used before modern fire extinguishers.