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Further photos below.

Some photos below. What I am missing is a decent picture of the train from the front… On the way out, I’d seen the previous train leave ten mins early and it was a ten-coach walk to the front. On the way back, at the border station, I’d been attracting attention strolling along the platform, and...

I have a few interesting rail trips coming up over the next few months, and, having read this part of the forum over the past few years and taken some inspiration from trips of some regular contributors here, I thought I’d have a go at writing a few trip reports myself. Firstly, a bit of a back...

I have very much enjoyed reading your reports (despite not commenting to date). Thanks for all the time and effort. I originally left the UK for several short stints, found somewhere I loved, moved there, and have never looked back. You clearly loved Aus. (I travel there quite regularly and...

Penzance to Milford Haven is an illogical long distance train which ran for several years in the Wales & West days. 1145 from Penzance. Over 8 hours. About 120 miles as the crow flies. I recall an Ealing Broadway to Weymouth (via Reading and Southampton) in the GBTT on dated summer Sundays at...

Exmouth to Starcross has been family owned for at least a generation, but was it ever railway owned? I recall it appearing in timetables at various times.

I won’t lie, as someone who used to have a fairly intricate knowledge of Penwith bus timetables and geography but has been out of the area for some years, I came back this week and I find the route names fairly confusing (particularly when a Pendeen bus has Copper branding on the side suggesting...

Ahhh, was it? That makes sense! One of my railway regrets was not taking that train. Was 16 at the time and more interested in chasing girls than railway lines…

The diagram for LHCS in the 1990s was LHCS on Saturdays throughout the summer timetable and additionally on Easter Monday, the May bank holidays and school holiday weekdays, which I think was expanded later in the decade. I seem to remember they removed it from the timetable in around 2001...

I lived next to the line from 1991 until 1998, throughout which I only recall the service being regularly hauled by 37/4 and a set of rather tatty coaching stock, in Regional Railways livery. (Locomotives named Cwmbran, Concrete Bob, and Loch Eil Outward Bound were regulars, I can’t recall...

One of it’s bigger challenges is that it was fairly poorly publicised, particularly outside of East Anglia. I recall trying to book a cycle reservation at one of the northern Thameslink stations in Winter 2001 (Radlett, from memory), and the ticket office chap being so adamant there were no...

As someone who has also been here since 2020 and remains here in HK now, I agree with you entirely. Whilst I think there’s still about a third of the population who are still petrified of the virus (as a result of the government’s endless fear tactics combined with a cultural risk aversion), I...

Writing from Hong Kong, I think the biggest fear right now is that our inept and incompetent government are still clinging onto zero Covid and will attempt to reinstate it once the numbers drop to more manageable levels. They’ve just restarted the compulsory testing process, they are still...

On the ground, we see little sign of the Hong Kong Govt changing their position at present. Many of us were hoping that an outbreak would be their trigger to do so, but in reality a refusal to accept reality, or learn from places outside China, and double-down to prove themselves correct at all...

Hong Kong is in an utterly bizarre situation with a government pursuing policies aimed at a goal that none of its citizens believe is achievable, and are actually detrimental to managing the Covid situation. Having successfully handled the first part of the pandemic - when locking down borders...

As someone who lives in the city, I believe the low rates of Omicron you’re seeing in the community are a direct result of the ludicrous steps the government takes when they find a case - complete solitary isolation for you, and your family, colleagues and other close contacts for at least 21...

I have also visited North Korea, and tended to pay tips and gratuities in the form of boxes of western cigarettes. I recall we did tip the driver at the end of the trip, but I don’t recall this being a considerable amount. My experience was that Renminbi was the easiest currency to use, and...

I agree with much of what others posted - I live in East Asia (which helps, because most cities are completely safe to walk around at night) but I’ve also made extensive solo trips around Europe. My work involves plenty of travel all over Asia (well, it did until early 2020!!), and I always...

There are so many ferry routes over here in Hong Kong, many very frequent, but equally several others which run just once or twice a day. The more rural ones can often be run by boats which don’t always feel that they belong in the current century. I sat last night, after dark, with my legs...

I guess the northernmost and southernmost half an hours would be viable commuter services. However, at the southern end I’ve always thought (Southampton -) Bournemouth - Templecombe - Yeovil - Taunton (- Exeter etc) would open up a whole host of interesting journey opportunities, some of which...