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Samantha and I are in Sheffield for the weekend. She loves a bit of racing down at the dog track, and that can only mean a quick ride on the Sheffield Supertram to take us from Sheffield Station to Hillsborough. Samantha has asked me to let her whippet out, so while we're doing that, how about a...

Lots of media hubbub in Northern Ireland yesterday and today at the start of this weekend's Tall Ship Festival in Belfast. Translink have been advertising extra trains and buses for weeks, trying to get people to avoid driving into the city, but on the first day things got very messy. On the...

While browsing the Geograph website I found this old photograph of an NIR railcar set liveried for the Sealink Larne/Stranraer connection in 1980... http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/881797 (click on the photo for info: this is Greenisland station on the Belfast / Larne line... the train is, I...

Afternoon y'all. The 'Cheapest Fare Finder' on the NRE website suggests that there are some via CrossCountry Advance tickets available for Glasgow - Cardiff ... but despite repeated searching on various dates on the NXEC website, I can't find them (even going into the options and deselecting...

Just noticed this: flat fares per zones covered during this special offer: http://www.nationalexpresseastcoast.com/Miscellaneous-Pages/Reader-Offer-Pages/In-the-zone-/ PDF zone map...

Interesting event this afternoon... rushed through GLC to catch the 15.33 GLC -> Cathcart (Outer Circle) via Queens Park, inconveniently in front of two other trains on platform 10. At Pollokshields East, the driver stopped short, between the end of the station and the junction north of it...

Just grabbed one of the last advance tickets on a Friday evening for a trip from Euston to Glasgow Central next month (on the 4h 10m 16.30 departure). When I got to the reservation stage of the NXEC website, I noticed (for the first time) that under preferences (window, aisle, table, airline...

For 'action' read 'inaction' ... :roll: On the subject of on-board cleaners, train crew mentioned to me a few weeks ago that the travelling cleaning staff had been cut right back. There was no mention then of ticket inspectors or catering crew taking on those responsibilities. I mentioned this...

My perception is, year on year, that Virgin and now CrossCountry have been gradually eating away at the extremities of their route network, so as to create a core set of routes with greater frequency and reliability. I'm thinking specifically of cities like Brighton that have lost XC coverage...

Another report supporting HSR in Alberta. This has been on the cards for years, I remember people talking about an earlier report when I first visited in 2002. The local oil economy has dipped somewhat lately (because oil has to be extracted from tar sands, which is messy, unenvironmental and...

Afternoon all. Am travelling south to Liverpool tomorrow, but heading via Wigan and Southport on the Merseyrail electrics. Could anyone tell me which trains typically operate the Manchester - Wigan - Southport route? Thanks!

Evening. Would an Off-peak return from Glasgow Central to Bristol Temple Meads permit a routing (in one direction only, in my instance) via London and the sleeper? Would look to add a Caledonian Solo to the ticket for a solo standard berth. Thanks

Just been announced on BBC Radio 4 news at 08:00. DfT press release: http://nds.coi.gov.uk/environment/fullDetail.asp?ReleaseID=392467&NewsAreaID=2&NavigatedFromDepartment=False