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  1. Quakkerillo

    Sitting in STD with a 1st Class ticket: Berlin to Prague

    If you're coming by train from the UK towards Prague, I can also advise going: Brussels - Frankfurt, Frankfurt - Nürnberg, Nürnberg - Cheb, Cheb - Prague. That route is more interesting (Köln-Frankfurt SFS, Nürnberg - Cheb - Plzen very scenic), and much more relaxed in my opinion. It's what I'll...
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    Sitting in STD with a 1st Class ticket: Berlin to Prague

    https://www.jidelnivozy.cz/uploads/menus/foodMenu/3.pdf There you can see the price difference. 1.60 on happy hours, 3.90 outside for a .5L gambrinus as an example. Some other products also have steep changes. Poached eggs is €2.50 OR €6.90 for the same eggs!
  3. Quakkerillo

    SNCB Liege/DB Aachen area

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/spoorpunt/35469524475 Belgian unit
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    Most unusual luggage you’ve travelled with or seen on a passenger service?

    When moving, I took my electric piano with me strapped on a little hand trolley, including on a city bus. I thought it was quite funny, but I definitely got some weird looks! :D
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    Is it illegal to sit in a reserved seat, given that someone else has paid for it?

    Grand Central have done it too with my 2 years ago - albeit using my twitter handle - after I asked them if I could get a seat reservation whilst being out of the UK for a journey for which I already had a valid ticket, but without seat.
  6. Quakkerillo

    EU Referendum: The result and aftermath...

    I'd appreciate it if you didn't make up stories. The referendum was held in May 2005, followed by a Dutch referendum 2 days later. Both showed a no vote, resulting in a quick abandonment of the European Constitution treaty by the EU, looking for a new way forward. The constitution did NOT get to...
  7. Quakkerillo

    Caledonian Sleeper

    Oh drat! Keep forgetting about that Edinburgh layout.
  8. Quakkerillo

    Caledonian Sleeper

    London - Aberdeen seems to have broken down at Carnoustie now? Was already running 60L, and now been stuck at Carnoustie for 40 minutes Fort William departed 3h late, after the London train arrived, from a different platform than all other CS services. What happened with those passengers? on...
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    Is it illegal to sit in a reserved seat, given that someone else has paid for it?

    With this topic now being here, I'd like to ask your opinion on something that happened last year with me. I was booked on a GWR HST from St Erth to Exeter, 2nd class aisle seat. The previous train was cancelled, and ours was 1h late, and running only on one engine, so getting more delayed as we...
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    Uxbridge closure this weekend

    I also can't find *any* sensible route for the buses to take. How are they going between Harrow and Rayners Lane via the two Harrows? That's going to be a very annoying and weird zigzag, which makes waiting for the Rayners Lane service from Harrow almost faster, but certainly more comfortable...
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    Liverpool stations listed on West Midlands Railway delay repay site

    Angel Road isn't that weird. If you bought a return (with 1 month validity), then any delay repay may still be ongoing in the system if you bought it just before its closure (especially if in appeal). Also if you've got a season ticket to Angel Road from anywhere, that might still be the station...
  12. Quakkerillo

    LNER Refund Refusal for Unused Tickets

    The cheapest Off-Peak Return I could see is £115.90, so I assume you bought advance tickets for this journey. I just checked on the following page: https://www.lner.co.uk/faq/refunds-compensation/refunds/apply-for-a-refund-for-cancelled-journey/ where it states: I think that'll be the reason...
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    Liverpool stations listed on West Midlands Railway delay repay site

    Googling "Liverpool Street Low Level" comes up only with Crossrail stuff, so I think it's their underground station
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    Arriva rail (New cross gate) vs SE (Victoria)

    @chillipalmer50 It'd be helpful to OP if you actually told them why.
  15. Quakkerillo

    The implications of false destinations for ticket validity

    One thing I don't quite understand is why it's not possible to add this information in the screens. They manage to say: "via Manchester Picc" or "1st class in the rear Coach", and "Crossgates" here. However, at Manchester Piccadilly that via train becomes *just* Manchester Airport, and the...
  16. Quakkerillo

    Biggest railway intersection/junction in the UK??

    I assume you're talking about this junction, just east of Newcastle station: https://www.flickr.com/photos/twm_news/15554224063 However, it has been severely simplified/downgraded/resized nowadays: https://www.flickr.com/photos/limitofshunt/10959925373/ The line that goes to the bottom/right...
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    UK TOCs to no longer accept Interrail passes from 2020 (decision now reversed)

    Guilty. Last year, I combined two short trips of a week each on interrail. One in the UK, one to Croatia. But I must admit that it's maybe not that frequent. First time I showed it to a guard on a Virgin Trains, the guard flipped it a few times, and then gave it back with a blank questioning...
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    UK TOCs to no longer accept Interrail passes from 2020 (decision now reversed)

    I've used this ticket many times. Without it, I'd not have been able to visit all over the UK. Been between margate and Mallaig, Aberdeen and Penzance, Inverness and Ipswich, Whitby and Barrow-in-Furness, Scarborough and Holyhead, Shanklin and Sheffield. Loads of places where I've had great...
  19. Quakkerillo

    TfW Mapping Errors

    I'm not questioning the Swansea District Line; that's the bit from Llanelli via Llangennech to Briton Ferry avoiding Swansea. I'm asking about the connection from Pontarddulais to Briton Ferry; there is indeed a connection from the Heart Of Wales Line onto the Swansea Direct Line, however there...
  20. Quakkerillo

    TfW Mapping Errors

    You seem to have a line connecting Ponttardulais to Briton Ferry. Are there any trains? I've just tried to look on PSUL (Passenger Service Unusual Lines) and the TfW timetables that I could find, but couldn't really find such a service quickly.

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