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I've crossposted this with the MoneySavingExpert forums, in case I get any help from non-rail folks... Howdy. Mrs Ontheroad and I are planning a camping / walking trip from Glasgow to Barra / South Uist / North Uist in August. Since I'm trying to keep the travel budget down, and since...

Simple question, really, and it's in the title bar. Looking for a trip from GLC to down south, I know that Bargain Berths open up for another week in the future every week. But what day of the week (and at what time on that day) does that happen? I seem to remember something about it being...

When did that happen? Only noticed this morning running for the train to Prestwick. The buffer stops are about one car length further out than platforms 14/15 and about four car lengths further on from platform 11. All that's missing now is GARL ...

This has just been updated on STV News. Stagecoach have suspended one their Megabus drivers after he failed to stop on hitting a woman on the M74 near Glasgow. He drove another 150 miles and when the service was finally discontinued, he told passengers that he didn't stop so as not to delay...

Found this (somewhat poorly made) extract from a DVD on Northern Ireland's railway history on Youtube. From about 3 / 4 minutes in, you'll discover a somewhat shocking way of dealing with asbestos-lined railcar carriages... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bipNl2nskHY\ ... i.e. dumping them...

The classic eighties' thriller Runaway Train, starring Jon Voight and Eric Roberts, is on the iPlayer for about a week or so. Every now and then the BBC secure the distribution rights to show films on the iPlayer, and this is worth catching. In the film, two convicts break free from a maximum...

A simple question, posted during the first week of the four week election campaign. Right now, based on your previous political leanings and the initial stages of the campaign, how do you think you will be voting in the general election?

Following the dissolution of the Belfast franchise of Citysightseeing, a set of no less than nine open-top double decker buses (and one Routemaster) seized by HM Revenue & Customs are up for auction the on 13 April at Wilsons in Mallusk, Northern Ireland...

Hello. Got a letter from National Westminster today letting me know that I should be jolly excited about my new debit card, arriving soon. Along with all the RBS banks (RBS, Natwest and Ulster Bank) Maestro debit cards are being replaced by Visa Debit (note: not Visa Electron). My girlfriend...

Morning. Here's a very vague and offbeat question, but I need to go to Belfast today so will take the train from Glasgow and the boat from Stranraer. Last time I priced this trip (last summer?) it was £20.45 Anytime single / £40.90 Anytime return with a 16-25 Railcard. However today, an...

In case you missed it (and since it was on BBC 4, you probably did) a delightful 1962 BBC / British Transport Films film, in which poet John Betjemen narrates a journey from King's Lynn to Hunstanton, stopping at Wolferton and Snetisham...

Howdy all. I've had repeated problems getting my account to work on the Irish Railway News Yuku forum, so maybe I'll be able to find an answer here (perhaps from csalem?) In this photo, dated 31 March 1989... http://railscanireland.fotopic.net/p47876550.html ... a mk.2 carriage in BR...

Howdy. I know that it's possible to buy a train ticket from any station in the Strathclyde area (perhaps from any station) to Glasgow Airport, which covers the train to Paisley and the bus to the airport. But can I buy a similar ticket on the bus after arriving at GLA? Presumably the bus driver...

Afternoon. A few months ago I flew into Stansted Airport one night and bought ask the floating ticket agents at the bottom of the ramp for a single to Finsbury Park (with a 16-25 Railcard). I'd looked this up earlier in the day and expected it to be a £14.00 Anytime fare, but was charged...

Just out of curiosity, seeing as it currently seems to the longest single journey on the NR system today, was wondering if anyone had gone end to end on CrossCountry's daily Aberdeen - Penzance service. I used to nurture the idea of doing it one day, but having made a couple of trips between...

Maybe I've been slow to cotton on to this, but I only discovered this week that the standard walk-up 'Anytime' fare on the only two daily CrossCountry services between Glasgow Central and Edinburgh is just £1.80! That's almost a tenth of the cheapest offered by ScotRail either via Shotts or...

Ok, notwithstanding the lack of money, political willpower or common sense involved, could additional mk. 4 carriages ever be produced to strengthen the IC225 fleet? I appreciate the IEP could eventually succeed the mk. 4s, but with most of my recent journeys on NXEC / EC being very crowded...

Morning y'all. Twice in the last week I've found myself on a TPE 170 on the Manchester Airport / Cleethorpes route. Asking a guard about this he said it was to release more 185s for the Scottish routes. How long has this been happening, and how many of the 170s are now on South TransPennine...

Just realised I have a spare one-way 16-25 Railcard Advance ticket book yonks ago that I won't be able to use on Friday morning. I'm in Sheffield today if anyone wants it. Face value £9.15 but I'll take a fiver for it, as long as that's within the rules of the forum :p Times: Sheffield...

Sorry, I tried searching for this info, but both search terms "XC" and "HST" are too short for the forum search engine to find anything. I read in a post somewhere on here a few days ago that XC would be removing one standard class coach from the HSTs in December. Is this true, and what's the...