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It was a 'nice' day out but I am into track (Baker level) not haulage so although it was good to hear the 40 whistling away that is not why I spent my £159 plus Liverpool hotel (on a weekend when Liverpool were playing Man City, so not cheap)! I wanted Chester curve, the Bootle branch and...

Yes it is, AFAIK. But if you have a 7-day or longer Travelcard, or a Freedom Pass (when valid), then you can buy the ticket from the boundary station rather than the boundary zone if you have any problems with the latter, as then you are combining a season ticket with a daily ticket and...

Mellis, Tivetshall, Flordon, Forncett etc between Stowmarket and Norwich. A lot of these villages are larger than they were when the stations were closed in the 60s. The only minor station to survive north of Ipswich is Needham Market because the Cambridge trains can serve it. An hourly...

I was on a DMU (Class 101 I think) on the Glasgow-Edinburgh via Shotts line in about 1984 (it was direct from Cambuslang, where I lived, to EDB which is why I used it). The Shotts line is uphill from Uddingston all the way to beyond Shotts (Benhar Jct) and this DMU struggled all the way up the...

The pics of Tirana-Shkoder bring back some memories. Looks like the same stock that I used in 2008. Thanks for posting. Ken

Han-i-Hotit is just the border post - there is not even a village there as far as I can remember. The Montenegrin entry stamp said "Bozaj" which is the nearest town on their side of the border. I have just googled this...

I seem to remember that the furgon from Skhodër to Han-i-Hotit took about 30 or 40 mins - it's 33.5 km according to Google maps - put in "Bozaj", Montenegro as H-i-H is not shown and the minibus stopped several times, picking up and dropping off locals. From the border to Podgorica station is...

I went to Albania in 2008. I got the ferry from Bari in Italy overnight to Dürres then a taxi at the equivalent of £25 to Tirana (Skenderbeg Square) which is the centre. The Dürres-Tirana road is dual-carriageway and lined by shiny Western car dealerships so there must be some money about. Near...