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One of those questions I've always wanted to know the answer to and never got round to investigating. Very geeky question so please indulge me... I might be wrong on the dates and companies, but around 1996-1997 I believe Central Trains and TransPennine Express were the first to 'mess' with the...

Back again for my annual contribution to this forum! I don't get about as much as I used to, but when I do it's pretty awesome. Can't beat Scotland for a few days of recharging.

It's been a while since I've posted a report! Had a great few days in Scotland last week. Photos & report attache, including a big milestone for me.

I've just spent an enjoyable week in the Torremolinos area with a balcony overlooking the Malaga-Fuengirola line. I ended up looking out for the fleet numbers on the units, which I've managed to identify as Civia 464 EMU's as they were all 4 car. They appeared to be numbered 2** on one end and...

My thread has once again closed due to inactivity, I can't really complain as it's been a full year since my last post. For anyone interested my previous thread can be found here ! I'm kind of back, I had a day out this month and decided to chuck together a report but then decided it didn't sit...

I have an upcoming journey where I'll need to make a single trip, so will use contactless rather than a Travelcard. The contactless thing makes me nervous, I don't really understand how it works for anything other than a very straightforward journey using one train/tube. If I want to get from...

Anyone know what Lumo's stance is on rover tickets? Particularly the North Country 4 in 8 rover and Tyne Tees Day Ranger between Newcastle & Morpeth? Their website doesn't mention rover tickets but says there is an unreserved coach for NCL-MPT passengers. The National Rail web pages for the...

I used Orpington station earlier today and pondered whether the 4 long bay platforms and 4 through platforms had a combined platform length longer than my home station, York. I haven't looked it up yet but I presume you can find the info fairly easily so will look when I get home. In terms of...

My pre-existing trip report thread seems to have been locked, perhaps due to inactivity. For anyone wanting to read the story of how I spent the 2017-2020 period chasing Pacers and clocking up miles behind Class 91's, you can find those reports by clicking here The first post of this new thread...

This unit appears to have lost one of its coaches and is running as a 2 car set, anyone know which vehicle is missing and why, out of interest? A Flickr image search suggests all three coaches were present as recently as early March. Thanks

I have a spreadsheet with a list of UK stations, which I use to log the ones I have visited. I can't remember for certain where I got the original data from, but I think it was a .csv file I downloaded from the National Rail website. I have added stations as they have opened, but I think it's...

I want to travel from York to Leeds this Sunday, but I also want to purchase a West Yorkshire Day Rover to use when I get there. If I buy a York-Micklefield return (the extent of the WYDR validity) - do I need to travel on a Northern stopping service or could I use TransPennine/Cross Country...

With the Edinburgh-Glasgow QS services going over to EMU's in the near future, and the first 385's now complete, how long have the 314's got until they are phased out? Is there a plan for their withdrawal, or will they just stay in operation until they have enough new EMU's to cease using them...

After receiving some useful pointers for my upcoming Welsh trip (thanks to all who chipped in with info) - I thought I'd try my luck with Glasgow as well. I've got a day trip this week and I need pretty much everything in the area, so trying to maximise my time as best I can. Also trying to...

Got a trip to Cardiff coming up next month, and before putting a plan together I could do with some help on workings if possible. Out of the fifteen Class 142's and fifteen Class 143's, how many are diagrammed to be in service on any given weekday? Do the thirty units operate as a common fleet...

Decided to convert this thread into a report thread rather than start a new one up each time I post a report... Freedom of North East 7-day Rover – July 2017 Originally intended to be a Freedom of South West 3 in 7, but after an expensive 2017 so far, the cost of required overnight...

Hi, Hopefully quick simple question - is an £11 Chester to Manchester Stations off-peak ticket valid via Crewe? Reason being I want to catch the ATW loco hauled set to Crewe for a Pendolino forward - it seems to take a similar amount of time as going direct but it doesn't show up in the...

South Yorkshire Connect Plus - 19/05/2017 I'd been considering a Friday post work move all week, but the awful weather almost stopped me bothering. In the end I made myself go after finding out what my last three 144's were allocated. A quick scribbled down plan showed I could get two of them...

Greater Manchester Wayfarer - 03/05/2017 This trip came about due to me having an unexpected day off work and a free Northern ticket to 'anywhere' which I received after being stuck at Rochdale for about 40 minutes in December last year due to a drunk passenger who collapsed in his own vomit...

I appreciate it's hard to keep track of these being such a minor alteration, but does anyone know roughly how many have been 'de-striped' since they started doing them about a year ago? I'm sure I saw some with stripes on one side and not the other, too? For what it's worth I'm in the...