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Just heard Alex Salmon on the BBC news talking about Mark Carney's review of the issues to do with a currency union. Not sure if it was a slip of the tongue, but if not it comes across as extermely arrogant. Went something along the lines of: "Mark Carney will be looking purely at the...

The first one is starting to become more and more common in newspapers, it really gets my goat when I see it. I know it's normal to drop sounds from words in spoken language but you would still expect professional writers to know what the word is that they have actually used, and spell it...

I prefer railway station, I regard train station as slang which is ok but it sounds odd when used on TV news or documentaries, and l wouldn't expect to find it in an official or technical publication. Worse than train station though, is the growing trend on TV or referring to a single...

There are standard advance singles from Paisley Gilmour St through to Stowmarket for £65.15, or around £92 first class. Use the east coast website and select route "via Peterborough". Takes an hour more than via London but is £100 less, although the via London price can probably be reduced by...

You can however get advance tickets for route EC & Connections that use that line, for example, York to Carlisle via Newcastle is £9 each way.

If you like driver's eye views, go onto you tube and search for fuhrerstandmitfahrt - German for driver's eye view - and you will find a lot of full length videos, mostly without commentary but with station captions so no language issues, apparently made for some German railway TV channel, a lot...

It would seem to be common sense to be able to use the pass for someone else, because if you make a lot of leisure journeys with a partner you are going to book your tickets together and not have an account each and log on individually and book one each. But having said that, despite the reply...

It's generally only the news, weather and sport that differs. The main problem with regional TV is that it doesn't cater for people who live near the edge of a region. I live in Stamford which is in the BBC's East Midlands area, which is mainly concerned with Leicester, Nottingham and Derby...

I travelled from Stamford to Leeds 2 weeks ago on an advance 1st, EC & connections. Stamford to Peterborough is normally Cross Country, which do have first, but my train at 07.19 was one of the few East Midlands trains on this line and they don't have first. My first class reservation ticket for...

There's also a big difference in the environment even when you do go to the matches: Prem/upper champ - Takes ages and costs a fortune to find somewhere to park. All the pubs will be packed solid before the match. You will be crammed into your tiny allocated space at the match. If you nip out...

I remember reading an article which said that in the UK, 51% of people who actively supported a team (i.e. go to the match) supported a team outside of the prem. The poll results so far seem to be about in line with this. Obviously perception can be skewed by TV coverage who naturally...

Is the Newcastle lounge still closed? If so any idea when it will re-open?

I had no problem with a Peterborough to Edinburgh rewards, and an advance for the return. Also, the rewards ticket showed the price as £0.00.

There is only one public footpath crossing in Ketton, it's about 100 yards west of the road crossing, and is a UWC on a green lane, popular with dog walkers, so most likely that is the location of the accident. This path was formerly part of the Jurassic Way long distance path, but the official...

Apparently someone has been hit by a freight train on Ketton level crossing this evening. The crossing is on the line between Oakham and Stamford, adjacent to the former Ketton & Collyweston station. The road is a minor road going from Ketton to Collyweston, the crossing also separates Ketton...

I have often noticed how village residents have a lower distance tolerance than town dwellers, most townies would not regard a 1 mile (15 mins) walk to their local station as overly long, especially if it avoids town centre jams and parking charges.

I went down to London a few weeks back and on the way noticed some wagons standing on Harringay curve. No loco on the north end so I assumed there was one I couldn't see on the other end and it was waiting for the signal at Harringay Park junction. But my question is this, how does a...

Yes I think that's right, they were often used in pairs on seasonal trains to Skegness and Great Yarmouth, or sometimes it might be 2 x 25's, but I never saw them on the regular year round Birmingham - Norwich trains which always seemed to have a single 31.

That's a laugh. I live with and care for my disabled mum (and work full time as well). She cannot walk at all and can only stand using a stand-aid. The only benefit she gets is attendance allowance of about £85 per week which does not even cover the cost of the carers. Everything else is means...

I have been in Doncaster today from Stamford, my outbound Stamford train used 6 and the return at 14.52 used 7 but I noticed the 15.52 was advertised as 5. My ECML trains used 4 northbound and 3 southbound as you would expect, but while waiting my connection back to Stamford the next southbound...