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[I tried to post this to Forum Announcements, but wasn't allowed to.] I have just bought a new tablet. On my old one I had the RailUK forum app, but when I went to install it on my new tablet, I couldn't find it in the Play Store. Has it been discontinued? Or am I looking in the wrong place...

Does anyone whose knowledge of German is better than mine know anything about this? http://www.amazon.de/Atlas-ferroviaire-France-Eisenbahnatlas-Frankreich/dp/389494143X Curiously it isn't listed either on SW's own site, nor on amazon.fr. It's about time there was a decent rail atlas of...

Hello. I have read the relevant section of the fare guides on this forum; and would like to confirm the following is permitted. I need to travel from Elmstead Woods to Newhaven Town to catch the 09h00 ferry to Dieppe on a Saturday morning. As I cannot get there in time on the Saturday, I plan...

Hello. I'm looking at booking a trip to Liege, Eurostar to Brussels, then connection. One option is to by a E* 'any belgian station' ticket and use the ordinary intercity service; but it might be interesting to try the high speed line, even though it is a short journey. Except that if I go on...

I went to my local station twice yesterday to buy a ticket for today, and found the office closed on both occasions. Why is it that they can have machines on the Continent that will sell you a ticket for a different date (and even from a different station) but here we have machines that...

Hallo. I shall be visiting Geneva in April, where I have friends. I plan to buy a five-day Leman-Alps pass, which gives me two days free travel and three days half-price travel in the region. Question: if I travel outside the region (specifically to Bern) what are the regulations governing...

Does anyone know when SNCF will put its Summer fares (end of August) on sale, especially Prems? I had heard they would be available the same time as Eurostar tickets, which are already on sale (and which I have already booked this afternoon), but Voyages-SNCF isn't offering cheap fares beyond...

Just wondering. I'm going to Paris next month - have to go out from Saint Pancras, and have tickets booked to and from London. But it would be just as convenient to get off at Ebbsfleet International on the way back and get a taxi. Any reason I wouldn't be able to do this ... and yes, the...

Hello. Our son bought tickets from EMT a couple of days ago, for travel tomorrow. He tells me the money has been taken from his bank account, but he never received a confirmation email. What makes the situation more complicated is that when he tries to log into his account to check the booking...

Hello again all. I'm curious: I recently travelled Lille to St-Pierre-des-Corps (Tours) by TGV, and wondered what route we took around Paris between Marne-la-Vallée and Massy TGV? In fact, I think we took a different route on the return trip, because we clearly passed over RER Ligne C through...

Hello all. If I top up my PAYG Oyster Card online, I have to specify the station where the credit will be uploaded to my card. If my plans then change, and I find myself using a different starting station, will my credit still be added? The analogy is with buying rail tickets online: although...

Eurostar tickets go on sale 4 months in advance (more or less). But what time are they released for sale? With SNCF advance fares are released pretty promptly at midnight French time, and I have taken advantage of that by sitting up until 11.00pm UK time to get the cheapest fares the moment...

I tried asking this on Infrastructure about 10 days ago but got no reply. Maybe someone here has more experience; but has anybody used the long-term parking at Ebbsfleet International during a holiday? Which carpark is best, are there enough spaces, how much time should one allow for finding...

Not sure if this belongs in Infrastructure or International, but has anybody used the long-term parking at Ebbsfleet for a holiday? Which carpark is best, are there enough spaces, how much time should one allow for finding a space, and how long is the walk from the car park to the station...

I've recently had occasion to buy tickets from Nottingham and Newcastle to Elmstead Woods, and was struck by what the two different TOCs, EMT and EC charge for the privilege of travelling beyond their respective London terminals. Nottingham to STP (advance): £17 on my chosen train Nottingham to...

Hello again all. We have our holidays booked for Chinon (France), where we will be joined for a few days by a friend from Canada, who will be flying into Nantes. Nantes-Chinon by train is relatively straightforward: Nantes/St-Pierre-des-Corps/Tours/Chinon, but it did occur to my that if there...

Hello all. I have a couple of days in Lille at the end of the month and am hoping to visit Tournai, which ought to be a short single-train journey from Lille Flandres, but the SNCF website is only showing 45' journeys with a change at Mouscron. SNCB however show direct trains taking the usual...

I asked a slightly different version of this question a while ago, so forgive me, but this isn't quite the same :) How early would I need to show up at Lichfield Trent Valley on a Tuesday morning to be reasonably confident of finding a parking space? I hope to travel on the 0740 (or...

Hello again. I have a Eurostar trip booked next month. I shall be in London already at the beginning of the trip, so I do not need a connecting ticket for my outbound journey, but will need to get home after returning from France during the afternoon peak. Is it possible to buy a CIV single...

Hello all. I'm booked to travel to Clermont next month and won't have time between my incoming Eurostar and train to Clermont to stop and eat. Can I count on there being a buffet car or something on the Paris-Clermont train? A related question: best route G. du Nord to G. de Bercy ... I'm...