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We're travelling on the 10.00 Penzance - Paddington on 26th July. The Newbury line is closed for electrification. The train runs non stop Taunton - Reading. Is it possible to find out if it will run via Bristol or Melksham?

On Saturday 16th June I was delayed by more than an hour after the 11.00 Plymouth to Paddington was cancelled. I was told that this was due to knock on delays from problems near Paddington the previous day. GWR have replied to my delay repay claim saying it was due to a person hit by a train...

I’m trying to book tickets for my parents from Didcot to Weston-Super-Mare for 11th June but GWR website is saying there are no seat reservations left (15.11 from Didcot). Advance tickets are still on sale and there’s no way the train is fully booked so it seems like yet another booking problem...

I was travelling from Bridlington to London today and this morning received an email from Virgin East Coast to say that the train I was booked on from Doncaster was borrowed from East Midlands Trains and would have reduced catering & no Wi-Fi. They gave me the option to use an earlier or later...

I'm looking at travelling to Torquay weekend of 24th, 25th March but on neither day does there online booking show any advance fares available. They are available on Friday 23rd & Monday 26th. The site shows no engineering work that weekend. Is it likely that advance fares will become available...

Without wishing to debate the rights & wrongs of the dispute, I'm interested in whether services are likely to be affected. Greater Anglia's website says they won't. I'm hoping to travel to Harwich tomorrow, which as a route with a guard might be one to be affected, so am I OK to go ahead of...

Late afternoon yesterday I saw a class 37 locomotive hauling two sets of GWR DMUs pass through Didcot (westbound towards Oxford). Any idea why this might have been and where it might have been going. Edit that - I'm assuming they were DMUs - it was dark and I was getting off another train...

I’m trying to book tickets for my parents from Oxford to Porthmadog. First class off peak to & from Wolverhampton and standard advance to & from Porthmadog. I can book them OK but neither Cross County or ATW are reserving seats on the ATW train. However it is supposed to be reservable and if I...

Travelling from Euston to Manchester on Sunday the train was very busy (Man Utd v West Ham) and approaching Macclesfield the Train Manager announced that if there were a lot of people wanting to board he may have to terminate the train as it would be overcrowded. I’ve been on far more crowded...

I’m travelling from Upminster to Bridlington today (return tomorrow). Due to the Northern strike I’ve booked to Scarborough and will complete the journey by taxi. Tomorrow I will get a lift back to Seamer. I hadn’t thought of delay repay but presumably could have claimed if I’d booked to...

A few weeks ago I booked tickets through GWR's website to take my parents from Didcot to Torquay & back and tried to pick them up at Upminster, my local (C2C) station, today. The machine gave me the return (Groupsave) tickets (albeit with the seat reservations blank) but didn’t produce the...

There seem to be 7 trains departing Kings Cross for Edinburgh between 10.00 & 12.00 on Sunday mornings. Including two 3 minutes apart (10.00 & 10.03)and another 2 ten minutes apart (11.20 & 11.30). This seems an awful lot. Is the demand that high? I'm only going to York next week but am...

Can anyone help with what seems an anomaly or error? Last week at Upminster station I was sold a Super Off Peak Return to Andover for £21.25 (with Network Card) for use on Thursday, having said I would leave after 10am and return mid-afternoon. I tried to book the same again (same times)...

I was on the 12.15 St Pancras to Nottingham yesterday, which was terminated at Cricklewood due to a small fire in the rear power car. The Evening Standard reported on the incident, albeit with a photo of a different sort of train...

I'm looking at travelling Manchester - Doncaster then Doncaster - Kings Cross, both on advance fares. The trains I'd like to catch give an 11 minute connection in Doncaster. If the TPE from Manchester was late & I missed the VTEC to London, would I be able to use the advance ticket on the next...

I don't usually book with Virgin but did so tonight so I could choose a seat. I booked a first advance London - Barrow and Virgin gave me a restricted view seat on the train to Lancaster. It only gave about 5 options to change, all of which were restricted view or facing back. Two other first...

Can anyone help me with these - Is there still a loop at Gorton between Bridge or Orchy and Rannoch. I know that there was once a station here but have read conflicting information on whether there is still a passing loop (and I forgot to look when I travelled on the line in April). What...

Are child tickets discounted on GroupSave? Today I bought GroupSave tickets from C2C from Upminster to Leigh-on-Sea (super off peak returns) and was charged £5.20 for adults (which is about a third off) but £3.95 for children (which is the normal child fare). C2C's website doesn't appear to...

Does anyone know what is the furthest station from any other station in Britain? There could perhaps be two answers - furthest from a station on the same line and furthest from any station. I'm thinking maybe somewhere on a reasonably major line where the local stations have been closed...

Despite engineering work meaning trains to Upminster were only half hourly last night (with passengers for stations to Basildon changing to bus at Upminster) and West Ham playing at home, trains were only 4 coaches. The 22.55 came into Barking with many already standing and the platform...