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According to Bloodandcustard.com they were different vehicles, from the WR's stash of redundant coaches. Odd but the ways of the WR are inscrutable :)

Late SECR Birdcage 3-(lavatory) sets, Maunsell 3- and 4- (corridor) sets seem to have been common on the SE and in E Sussex, plus of course push-pull sets with stock of all 3 companies. The SW in Hampshire used ex-LSW lavatory stock right up to 1957, and East Devon had non-corridor 2-sets for a...

Best done via Vauxhall (which is a London Terminal) or London Br depending on onward route.

You mean Whitehaven :) Also, Preston-Southport via Burscough Bridge/Jn if you don't mind the walk would be quicker than your inland route. And surely you should go Llandudno(-Holyhead)-Bangor-(bus)-Pwllheli, assuming the timings are tolerable?

The SR Mk1 non corridor fleet numbered all of 29 vehicles, originally for Exeter-Exmouth. Interesting - any SR carmine coaches would have been pre-grouping originally as Maunsell only rebuilt them (onto 58ft underframes, easy with wooden bodies!) - and then they were converted again to...

No idea, but I can't see ES offering you a trip with a change of train. Have you checked Interrail availability to Amsterdam rather than Brussels? It's sometimes better as I have found, and you can stop short in Brussels without problems. Unfortunately September is peak season (all us...

That's the standard letter and it asks about one incident, so focus your reply on that. Definitely mention that you renewed your railcard on the same day.

In which case you need to add 1.5min to each journey to allow for the potential stop, and that's impossible with the constraints on the timetable.

Looking at the timetable, each stop costs about 2min. Making them request stops would save 1/2min per stop per GB timetabling conventions, so you would barely be able to squeeze one extra stop in, not 2. (I am assuming that Shalford, Deepdale and Reigate would not be request stops.) I leave it...

Not exactly unusual for an heritage line :) And gives you a link to the reverse direction - it's just how their site works I assume :) There is one wrong reference, but before that there is clear info about the journey with the change, just as for the morning

If your mam travels with you she can take advantage of the Disabled discount anyway - just a thought :)

Could you explain what additional operating costs would be incurred by 3 all-year-round services on top of the early 60s 8-9tpd. Were any signalboxes graded higher as a result? Was the maintenance regime any different?

With 3 Pass days left after my trip to the Dolomites and Austria I was tempted to travel again. Even without heatwaves it needed to be Northern Europe, and North Germany was the obvious choice for me. I wanted to check out the Deutschlandticket, which includes all regional public transport...

The weekday trains are passenger now.

4 stoppers per day, convenient for daily travel to Ripon/Harrogate and Northallerton/Thirsk and the lunchtime one for other business, plus a couple of semi-fasts and the twice-daily Transpennine. The stopping service pattern is certainly not untypical for the (L)NER and probably hadn't changed...

I would add one point: there is hardly any residential area of Cambridge for which South is significantly closer BUT is more than a mile away - you are talking Cherry Hinton Road. Beyond that, places like Fulbourn are close to the A11 and anyone heading for London would park at Whittlesford...

If the PF was issued before the Hatfield stop, you should have been offered the choice of alighting there (£13.30).

First, I am glad your conscience is active :) Second, GTR offered you their normal out-of-court settlement which you have paid. As far as they are concerned, the matter is closed, and I don't think confessing to them will be helpful to them or you. If you believe you have benefitted...

Multiple coupons lasted well beyond the 60s (and not only for staff travel) - and the format (1/3 A4) is still the layout of many mainland tickets. Am I right that airlines did the same?

An intriguing idea, as Torbay seems to have no park-and-ride (apart from one for Brixham). However, I wonder about the road traffic implications, as traffic to Torbay from the north currently uses the A380 not the A38. If a rail-bases P and R for Torbay is needed, then the Edginswell area where...