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National Rail Enquiries showing South Pennines Day Ranger available on Cross Country between Sheffield and Leeds tomorrow - despite ticket restriction saying "Not valid on Cross Country Trains between Wakefield Westgate and Sheffield in either direction." Suspect this might be due to the...

Hi all, I'm hoping someone can help clear a couple of questions up for me. I'm planning to go to the Isle of Wight as I would like to ride the current former London Underground stock before it is retired (and maybe go on the steam railway). A pre-requisite for me is hovercraft between the...

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/transport/yorkshire-passengers-may-not-be-psychologically-ready-get-back-trains-says-northern-boss-richard-george-2913248 Unbelievable. The company this guy runs has done more than any other TOC to discourage rail travel, and now he’s questioning why...

A few weeks ago, there were posts on social media supporting Boris and suggesting he and his team deserved support for all the work they’d put in to handle the COVID-19 pandemic. I contend he’ and his cabinet have done an abysmal job, and offer the following as evidence: * Many experts believe...

moderator note : posts #1-#2 originally in this thread: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/sleep-during-lockdown.203508/ Already happening - here's just one example... https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jun/01/millions-in-uk-miss-cancer-screenings-tests-and-treatments-due-to-covid-19...

With all that's going on, it would be a good time for the government to introduce emergency legislation that bins HS2 and reallocates the funding to other more needy programmes, on the basis that home working is likely to remain more prevalent in the future.

I’m planning to travel from Derby to Birkenhead North on Saturday, returning on Sunday. The SVR is valid via Manchester, where I intend to break and take a side trip to Stalybridge (separate ticket, CDR Manchester-Stalybridge) to partake in a couple of adult beverages before continuing on to...

Looks like the set is having another trip out: https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/N17562/2019-12-28/detailed

I’m planning a Derby-Stalybridge day return tomorrow, change at Sheffield and Manchester Piccadilly, with two CDR tickets spilt at Stockport to save a significant portion of the normal fare. I’m expecting to spend some time in Sheffield en route - break of journey - and wonder whether a ticket...

I need to go to Sheffield from Long Eaton later this week (offpeak day return), which is normally possible via Nottingham or Derby. However, at present there are no through trains (which woul normal be EMT) and at present NRE will not give me a return fare via Derby. I presume that this is...

I've just done a check on the Northern DMUs I need for sight: 142: 11 needed out of 79 (all except one allocated to Newton Heath) 144: non needed 150: 18 out of 73 (all Newton Heath) 153: 3 (Neville Hill) 155: 3 needed out of 7 (Neville Hill) 156: 29 out of 42 (most Allerton, but a few Heaton)...

I need to make a trip from AAA to CCC. There are no through trains so by necessity the journey involves a change at BBB. Actually I could just as easily start at BBB, but the offpeak return fare AAA to CCC (via BBB) is cheaper than for just BBB to CCC. Offpeak for both is not valid on trains...

I have cause to travel from Long Eaton to Birmingham on a semi-regular basis, and always travel just after the morning peak. However, at present the Derby blockade means journey times are increased as rail replacement buses are involved. The lengthier journeys the buses entail mean that to get...

Press release from RDG: http://www.raildeliverygroup.com/media-centre/press-releases/2018/469774290-2018-08-10.html Among other things, it suggests changes that are being made in September including: Removing the words 'Any Permitted' or 'Route Direct' from tickets Replacing 'London...

The UK network, definitely not the final frontier. These are the voyages of the occasional traveller Skymonster. His ongoing mission: to explore strange new lines, to seek out new stock and new railway stations, to boldly go where many have gone before.

Hi all, I want to do this trip, primarily because I feel like checking out the PPM/139. NRE offers a routing via Leicester, Birmigham New Street / Moor Street / Snow Hill and Stourbridge Junction which is fine by me - I'd rather do that than go via Derby and a bus to Burton on Trest. The CDR...

I notice London Northwestern Railway is the latest to introduce an alcohol ban - in this case, after July 27 on trains passing through Northampton after 21:00 on Fridays and Saturdays. Railway bylaws state: "Where reasonable notice is, or has been, given prohibiting intoxicating liquor on any...

Hi all, I sometimes travel Long Eaton - Sheffield on an offpeak day return. CDR is usually £11.90. During the Derby blockade in August both National Rail and East Midlands Trains are showing a CDR £10.10, routed LGE-EMD-NOT-SHF or LGE-bus-DBY-bus-CHD-SHF. I have no desire to use the rail...

I'm trying to make sense of all the restrictions on travel between Long Eaton (or East Midlands Parkway) and Luton. Ideally I want to travel south to arrive in Luton between 13:00 and 13:30, and leave again to come back north between 15:30 and 16:00. Been looking at BRFARES, NR website etc...

Am I misguided in my view that operators of Rail Replacement Buses tend to be drawn from the lower-end of the market? Today I have had to travel on a vehicle driven by a guy who seemed to think it was fine to pile pasenger's luggage in the aisle, after claiming the under-floor baggage space...