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Thanks very much for that. I think I just realised why RTT wasn`t bringing up the YYE. When I got to results you have to switch to "Detailed". On the default "Simple" there`s no departure shown between the 08.14 to Sutton and the 08.18 to Three Bridges ! The YYE leaves at 08.15...

I`m trying to find the times for tomorrow`s York Yuletide Express (London Victoria > Kettering > Melton M > York) but can`t find them on RTT. I`ve tried Open Train Times but my PC, not for the first time, won`t load the train times. On Internet Explorer the green "loading" bar moves extremely...

Ah that`s not the steam one is it ? The steam excursion with D of S is due to depart from Cambridge on the 17th at 07.41

Thanks. SamGeorge has contacted me to tell me that none of the other three Railway Touring Company tours are on RTTs, so it`s no wonder I couldn`t find them. Yet yesterdays Yuletide Express (also RTC) was on RTT, so it`s a strange one. Apparently the tours are on OpenTrainTimes.com

Could anyone help me with this ! A couple of days ago SamGeorge helped me out with the timings for the York Yuletide Express with a link to its schedule on Realtime Trains. There area few other steam tours coming up the ECML in the next week or so and I thought I`d try and find the timings...

Tanks very much for that. The railway Touring Company reports the train stops at Doncaster for water, but your link seems to indicate it actually stops at Babworth and then straight through Doncaster, would that sound logical ? Why it`s important is I was thinking of taking my Daniel to see the...

Sorry if this has been asked before, but where can one get the timings of steam excursions ? In particular I`m thinking of taking our three year old to the ECML tomorrow and would like him (and me ! ) to see the York Yuletide Express. The Railway Touring Company reports that it eaves...

7500 x 2* x 5 x 52 = 3.9 million * arrivals and departures Plus weekend passengers ? Half the weekly amount ? That`d be another 750,000 odd ? Say 4.5 million a year in total ?

No you`re right, misplaced decimal point, I shall edit it.... Thanks for pointing that out ! The figures are from this graph on Wikipedia --- old post above --- --- new post below --- I still haven`t managed to find out the passenger numbers using Marylebone in the 1980s, but I was having...

I find every price for everything on the whole railway scene is eye wateringly expensive. You hear that there are plans to open a new platform at some relatively small station or they`re going to build a new footbridge and the quote is millions of pounds. You can buy a reasonable size house in a...

I`ve often wondered about this. Just how much money is saved by singling anyway ? OK you may not have to maintain the second track, but how expensive is that, particularly when you realise all the drainage works and stuff like that has to be done anyway ? And if all the traffic is put on just...

Does anyone know what the passenger numbers using Marylebone station were at its nadir in the mid 1980s ? According to the ORR they were 15.5 million in 2013/14 and I`d be interested to compare the two. I think this comparison is particularly interesting the light of the infamous Serpell report...

Not by making innocents suffer, how is that fair ? This is the RMT v their employers, it`s nothing to do with me. It`s got nothing to do with bringing people up or down. I`m not a Maggie Thatcher fan at all, or even a Tory, but she was right, you can`t buck the market. Everything in...

No but they can move to get another job. That`s what all of us have to do. If we don`t like the job we`re in or think we aren`t earning enough we have to leave and get another job, possibly involving a completely different change of career. Why should railway workers be any different ? Having...

I am planning to get a NE Flexi Rover in June, does anyone know what my refund rights would be if I couldn`t use the ticket on one of the four days ? I`ve had to pre book 4 days off work for this so am obviously pretty ****ed off about it. It`s not fair that I and millions like me who are...

I have had extended correspondence with Cross Country Trains about short notice seat reservations ("Ten Minute Seat Reservations" = TMR) and they have stated that TMR should be suspended by the train manager if the train is busy and seats are short. Two points arise from this : 1 If there...

Now that`s an interesting idea..... --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Personally I hate claustrophobic Pendolinos with their small windows and massive window pillars (though they`ve actually got reasonable leg room), but if the popularity of train travel on the routes they...

But if you had more than one mobile how would they know ?

Incidentally, does anyone know if it`s possible to "reserve" seats on multiple trains ? Particularly if you`ve got more than one mobile phone is there anything to stop someone reserving seats on say three trains then later deciding which one he (or she) will actually catch ? ! ?

We can agree on that. It`s not just the crowding, it`s the noise. These days you can`t get away from it, personal stereos, people watching films on their laptops, people playing noisy computer games etc etc etc. Then there`s the coaches, noisy smelly plasticy Yoyagers or claustrophobic...