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Now, I am always pleasantly surprised when TOCs run extra train to cope with extra demand, and my question is, how frequent an occurrence is it. I personally only really hear about it when it comes up on here, which I guess isn't every time such a thing happens.

Hi, after seeing the thread about a return of night buses to Liverpool over Christmas, I was wondering, does anyone have, or could we make a list of all the places in Britain with night buses. Also, which is the smallest place to have them, and the largest place without? So far I have...

I recently travelled from Guildford to OXford with a bike and wanted a reservation for it. Now fo most of the day, the first trains to leave Reading after the Guildford train arrives is a Voyager. But for this journey there was an HST to also going to Oxford five minutes after the Voyager, which...

I recently had the immense good fortune to take a trip across America by train. We started in Boston, and took the Lake Shore Limited to Chicago. After a few nights there we then took the California Zephyr all the way through the Rockies to San Francisco. This is a most amazing journey, and I...

I have found this fare for Guildford to Preston, with a 16-25 railcard: http://www.brfares.com/#faredetail?orig=GLD&dest=PRE&rlc=YNG&expert=on&flow=2&multi=0&fare=6&ldn=1&tkt=SVH But am unable to buy it anywhere, and it says that it is not available on any days of the week, so what is it?

I want to buy a ticket from Guildford to Audley End, but want to stop at Stansted Airport on the way, is this valid? I am not sure about using the fare check rule, as Audley End's routing points are Cambridge, which is more expensive and Stansted group, of which the airport is more expensive...

Mods: I wasn't sure where to put this, please move if appropriate. Anyway, I have two what do you think questions, and a more factual question: Do you think there will ever be a new Locomotive hauled train, excluding sleepers. I will define new as using brand new carriages. Do you think there...

I was wondering whether anyone could identify the blue wagons that sit at Micheldever almost permanently, as seen in the background to this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPLGam6rLKo

I have been looking through my rail atlas and was wondering what routes I have travelled and came to wonder along what route would I have travelled on Eurostar, both pre and post CTRL section 1? (Assuming I didn't use any diversions, of which I have no idea.

Just looking at some fares, and for Bangor to Leeds, one can get both an anytime return and an off peak return, yet the off-peak return is valid on any train in either direction, restriction code 8A. How has this come about, and how come it is marketed, since I am sure some people would buy the...

I was just having just had a look at RTT, it got me thinking about stations with poor rail services. So therefore I am wondering two things: First, which lines have the fewest services per day, or week in two? cases? And Which stations on well served lines have very few services, and why?

Having just seen this map http://www.tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms/documents/bicycle-tube-map.pdf I was wondering how and why they decide which bits of the underground one can take a bike, since there seem to be some slightly odd gaps. Can anyone shed some light?