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Does anyone know if ICE seating plans are available anywhere online? I'm using three ICE's on a trip to Germany in June and have reserved seats on all three trains: 14.25 Brussels to Cologne; 09.52 Duesseldorf to Berlin; and 09.42 Mannheim to Paris Est. It would be useful to find out if I'll...

Oh dear, I think I'm going to look a real camera novice asking this question but here goes: I have a Sony digital camera which my wife bought me from Jessop's in Oxford in 2012 (the shop has since closed). I think it's a Sony HX200V. My problem is that I can no longer get it to focus the...

I'm in the process of planning a two week multi-centre holiday in Germany in late May and early June 2015. All travel to and within Germany will be by train using FIP cards. We've reguarly travelled in Germany by train before, but there are a couple of issues that have come up this time with...

I'm planning a visit to Brooklands museum near Weybridge next Saturday (24th Jan). From Reading, the original plan was to change at Virginia Water, on to the Weybridge shuttle, before getting the local bus from Weybridge station to the museum. However, National Rail Enquiries (NRE) show a...

I've read in a few places that the extension of the Ebbw Vale line from the present terminus at Ebbw Vale Parkway, to a new town centre station, is due to take place in May 2015 - just five months away. But I've not come across anything in the railway press announcing a start of construction...

I'm thinking of doing a trip from Paris to Barcelona in one of the direct TGV's. It's a considerable distance and -although most of it is over high speed lines- as a result it's quite a long journey. As a result, I'm considering paying the extra and going first class. Whichever class I opt...

I'm off to Athens in October and will be staying in a hotel opposite Larisis main line station in the centre of the city. Although, we've got a arranged transfer from the airport to the hotel at the beginning of the trip, we'll be making our way back to the airport under our own steam. It...

I see that the ATOC website is saying that they've been advised by DB that they (DB) cannot currently issue FIP tickets for cross-border travel on TGV's between Paris & Spain. The advice is to use voyages-sncf instead (and presumably pay the booking fee). Does anyone know how this situation...

Does anyone have any news on progress with the Croxley Rail Link - the extension of the Metropolitan Line to Watford Junction? The following website is interesting, but the so-called "latest news" was back in January; surely there's been some progress between then and August...

There's a lot of work being done in this part of the West Midlands, namely: Building of a new larger Bromsgrove station on a new site; New dynamic passing loop at Alvechurch on the single track Redditch branch to allow an enhanced timetable; Cross City Line electrification extended from...

Anyone looking out of the window on FGW's services through Didcot from today, may notice some changes. The three cooling towers of Didcot Power Station "A" next to the Bristol Main Line were blown up at 05.00 this morning and can no longer be seen; the other three cooling towers will follow...

There appear to be active steam railways in the Dresden area: the Loessnitzgrundbahn at Radebeul Ost in the Dresden suburbs; and further away, the Zittau narrow gauge railway near the Czech border in Saxon Switzerland. As part of a holiday by train in the area next Spring, I'd like to...

Yesterday (Sat), I saw a 455 at Reading forming the 09.12 to Waterloo. See the picture below accompanied by a Turbo and HST. Presumably this was a consequence of short term stock changes caused by the 458's conversion to 5 cars? I have never seen one here before: is this a first, or has it...

A friend travelled yesterday from Yeovil Junction to Waterloo with South West Trains, and on-arrival at Waterloo, the exit gates closed and somehow caught the tool box he was carrying and ended up breaking the handle. He's now asking for advice on what to do: I've suggested contacting SWT...

I'm travelling to Hampton Court tomorrow morning (Friday) with my other half to visit the Hampton Court Flower Show. The plan was to take the train from Reading to Richmond and then bus R68 to Hampton Court. This is a lot cheaper and more convenient than taking the train all the way, which...

I visited the Paignton to Kingswear line yesterday on a through special from London; the first time for a number of years that I have travelled over the route. I have to say that I was rather shocked at the state of it: overgrowing vegetation at Goodrington Sands station in particular; faded...

I was under the impression that the business case for electrification of the Windermere branch was being considered by Network Rail, and a decision on whether to proceed would be made if a case could be made. However, the way the following press release is worded suggests that electrification of...

I wonder what sort of level passenger numbers have to reach before opening a ticket office (or installing a ticket machine for that matter) at an unstaffed station becomes cost effective? On the Cotswold Line (Worcester - Oxford), station entries and exits for 12/13 at unstaffed Hanborough...

A friend is considering a journey on a weekday in August from Bath Spa to Kidderminster. He holds a Senior Railcard. He would want to travel via Bristol in any case, and as the train service via Worcester is so infrequent, probably via Birmingham too out of necessity. However, there is a...

I've just finished reading Tim Park's excellent book "Italian Ways On & Off the Rails from Milan to Palermo"; not a railway book as such, more a book describing lots of journeys by train, and how Italian railways reflect Italian culture. In the last chapter, he visits Lecce in the heel of the...