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The Leicester Regulations prohibit overnight stays without reasonable excuse, but (as far as I can see) include nothing prohibiting travel from Leicester for an evening at a pub in, say, Market Harborough. Are the City or County Councils claiming to have prohibited that under some other legislation?

I'm hoping that the Covid-19 plague will be quiescent by then, but possibly we'll still be advised to avoid crowded places. On Fridays in August 2019, were Swansea to Pembroke trains crowded? We'll want to arrive in Pembroke by about 1400. Any advice on which trains to choose Oxford to Swansea...

Modified regulations for England are now published: SI 2020/350 Regulation 6 now includes, as examples of 'reasonable excuses' for being away from home, that a person may "take exercise ... with one member of another household", and "visit a public open space for the purposes of open-air...

The ever-wise Man in seat 61 says Can any forum member say how this works in practice? I don't see how a NS e-ticket from Schiedam to (for example) Breda will work the barrier to exit the Metro at Schiedam. I would expect to need a separate RET ticket for Metro Hoek to Schiedam.

I do get it that holding connections can cause Disproportionate Repercussions Down the Line. However, could forum members advise on whether there is any hope of persuading GWR, in carefully considered instances, to hold Didcot to Oxford shuttles for up to (say) 5 minutes, in order to maintain a...

In the Cotswold Line debate thread, The 'Oxfordshire Growth Board' is a meeting of the chairs of the county and 4 district councils. At their meeting on 28 January 2020, they endorsed an ambitious shopping list, set out in this document...

1. For a journey from Radley, eg to London Terminals, with a one month off-peak (SVR) return, restriction code FO, is the contractual outward restriction (a) depart after 0835, as it says in the published restrictions; or (b) depart after 0859, as it says in the unpublished restrictions, which...

Advice please. Son has return ticket Bristol to York. Wishes to return with stopover in Warrington. Routeing guide says maps MN+PM. Warrington is on both maps. But National Rail Enquiries won't give an itinerary. It will give itineraries via Winslow oops Wilmslow.

Anyone know what's up? 1Z82. Real time trains is showing it departed from Clapham Junction, went back to North Pole Junction, and then no further reports.

My elderly in-laws have found that they can't reserve seats on the 1216 Cheltenham Spa to York, 23 December 2019. They phoned Cross Country's assistance number, and chap (who they said was definitely trying to be helpful) said that Cross Country don't do reservations on this train, because it is...

Any advice please on best option for an anxious traveller Alexandra Palace to Cambridge out Thursday 8 August morning after 10 am, return Sat 10 August afternoon? She has a Freedom pass and a senior railcard. I am thinking avoid Finsbury Park; prefer (cross platform, I hope) change at Welwyn...

To parallel the Northern thread, in the hope that a Chiltern Retail Operations Manager, if there be such, will show up. The machines at Oxford Parkway enraged me last time I tried. Everything took lots more presses than I needed, response was random, and going back one step was erratic...

Impressive test run today 7 June, in just under 39 minutes. http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/V00002/2019/06/07/advanced To be repeated on 12 June, with invited guests, to mark the 175th anniversary of the Didcot to Oxford railway.

My wife and I are travelling via Harwich-Hoek to stay in Schiedam for a few days. We'll be doing gentle low-key wandering in Schiedam, and also intend to visit Rotterdam and Den Haag. I already have an (anonymous) OV Chipkaart. As I understand it, we'll be issued at Harwich with 4 cards, each...

As far I can see, this trip organised by Steam Dreams https://www.steamdreams.co.uk/tours.php?tourid=72113 is not showing in realtime trains. Should I start worrying that it may be cancelled, or is just that Steam Dreams have asked for timings not to be publicised?

Lots of cancellations and delays this morning because a freight train broke down near Didcot North. I know that delay attribution is an arcane art. But could any forum member hazard a guess at the bill the freight operator will be facing?

(1) I'm intending to travel from Oxford to Leatherhead on Sunday 30 December (when there are no trains Reading to Paddington) and to return on Wednesday 2 January, breaking my journey in London, and wanting the option of all evening trains from Marylebone to Oxford. There's a one-month return...

When the Elizabeth Line opens, Farringdon will become the nearest approximation London has to a Hauptbahnhof. But it doesn't have any useful bus connections. Do Forum members think there is any prospect of getting TfL to improve that?

Sunday 16 June 2019 is the 175th anniversary of the Didcot to Oxford line. Various local celebrations are mooted, and the original Brunel ticket office at Culham station will be open. Are any forum members able to advise on the most practicable method of getting some trains to stop at Culham...

Network Rail is well on with the process to close Nuneham (pedestrian) crossing, near Culham. http://abcrailwayguide.uk/nuneham-public-level-crossing-oxfordshire#.W5FPwkZKjIU Network Rail do admit that, in practice, there have not been "issues". My own opinion is that this crossing is safe...