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RAIB report into a runaway wagon at MOD Kineton in Warwickshire. Runaway wagon at Kineton (link)

Rail Franchising in the UK The Public Accounts Committee will hold an evidence session looking at two of the UK’s 15 rail franchises. Witnesses David Horne, Managing Director, Virgin Trains East Coast Martin Griffiths, CEO, Stagecoach Group PLC Bernadette Kelly, Permanent Secretary, Department...

Does anybody know why the size of the plastic travel card holder (blue with 'National Rail' branding) have a) increased in size and b) had another pouch added? The previous size neatly fitted by season ticket and photo card and (more importantly) neatly fitted into my wallet. Now I have to...

Something that's cropped up sporadically is new bridges build at 3rd party expense to safeguard mothballed lines. Typically this occurs when a new road is built and Network Rail (Railtrack) exercises it's right to safeguard it's network - aside from whether a train will ever run along a given...

I run the risk of asking a question that's already been discussed, but here we go: Is there an official (TOC/DfT) and enforceable position on passengers (sorry - we're all customers now) with standard class tickets, walking through first class? I'm particularly thinking of Virgin West Coast...

I'm going to be travelling from Birmingham to London on a weekday soon and have decided to take the slightly slower Chiltern Line route in order to travel on the old Shropshire & Wrexham HSTs. The prices are far better than on Virgin and so I am considering purchasing a ‘Business Zone’ ticket...

Genuine query following my visit to a Virgin Trains ticket office: Question to VT staff: Why do your ticket machines only allow you to purchase tickets that are valid at the time you use the machine? i.e. why will the machine not allow you to purchase an off-peak ticket (assuming it's...

I encountered an unexpected issue whilst trying to book an advanced purchase ticket this morning. In short, I wanted a (cheap) advanced purchase ticket (single out and single back) from a West Mids station to Manchester for tomorrow. The tickets show as available for purchase on thetrainline...

Would I be right in thinking that for good security reasons, the Royal Train doesn't appear on www.realtimetrains.co.uk? Is it actually possible to track the Royal Train at all?

I've only just noticed that Virgin are using voyager sets to run multiple services every day from Euston to Glasgow via Birmingham New Street. This is as well as the Birmingham New Street to Glasgow services, which starts at New Street. a) Have Virgin been running this pattern for some...

Can anyone offer a answer as to why Virgin Trains operates a (once) daily service from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston via Birmingham New Street? Clearly the Wolves/Stafford/New St stops are served direct from Manchester by multiple Crosscountry Trains every hour, so I wondered if it's...

Can anyone shed any light on the service that Great Western used to operate from Birmingham New Street to London Paddington? As I recall it was was in the days when Grreat Western were in their former green and gold livery and there were only a few services a day, maybe even just a single...

Basic question is can one be fined, prosecuted etc for opening a carriage door when the train is stationary at a platform? Scenario - you're on a Cross Country voyager that's arrived at Birmingham New Street. You're keen to make a connection, so have to be sharpish off the train. The train...

New to this jolly interesting forum, so apologies if this is a previously/much asked question: The National Conditions of Carriage clearly state that 'Tickets remain the property of the relevant railway company'. Does that entitle a ticket inspector from a TOC (other than the TOC that issued...