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I may be making a journey from Woking to Waterloo on the morning of Thu 16 April. I will have a BritRail 1st class pass so I can take any train. Trains on that line seem to be extremely frequent (every 3 minutes or so, with various stopping patterns). I recently read this post: Given...

What is "hotel power"? I've seen that phrase used in reference to powering trains. Is it for things such as lights and electricity at on-seat sockets? Or the galley where they heat food? Or what?

The main number in Switzerland, apparently, is customer punctuality: how many customers reached the destination of their journey on time. This includes things such as missing connections. Here, the measure achieved in 2014 was 87.7% (up from 87.5% in 2013), falling short of their goal of 89%...

What does PPM mean in reference to rail franchises? (Preferably: both "what does the abbreviation stand for?" and "how does the concept behind the abbreviation work, i.e. how is the number calculated and who uses it for what purposes, and what are the consequences if the number has certain...

Is a ticket from Horsham (HRH) to West Hampstead Thameslink (WHP) valid for travel via Victoria (VIC) to Liverpool Street (LST)? Anytime Day Singles from HRH to WHP are routed ‘✠ANY PERMITTED’, i.e. including cross-London travel. HRH and WHP are both routeing points. The valid journey from...

When I visited the UK in April 2014, I ordered a Visitor Oyster card before I travelled, and did my travel around London on that. When I go again this April, I’m considering getting a “proper” Oyster card when I arrive at St Pancras (by Eurostar). (And getting the balance remaining on my...

What kind of rolling stock is there on Southern services to Horsham? Presumably it depends on whether they are local stopping services terminating there vs. ones that continue on to Bognor Regis/Portsmouth/Bournemouth?

Is it possible to find out which coach will be at the front of a given train? For example, I seem to recall hearing that the first-class coach(es) will always (usually?) be at the London end? What about on cross-country services such as Plymouth to Birmingham or Birmingham to Stansted that...

I shall probably be travelling Truro (TRU) to Leicester (LEI) via Birmingham New Street (BHM) on CrossCountry on Thu 23 April, time yet to be decided. How can I find out what sort of rolling stock will be running there? The impression I got was that if I changed at Plymouth (PLY), I would...

On Fri 24 April 2015, I will be travelling from Leicester (LEI) to Horsham (HRH). On Mon 26 April, I will be going from Horsham to St Pancras (STP) to take the Eurostar through the tunnel. I would like to travel 1st class yet travel comparatively cheaply without having to change trains too...