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My partner loves a bargain, so when Interail were offering half price tickets to celebrate their birthday, she suggested we buy one. I didn't need to be asked twice, so now we have bought 1st class passes for 2 months (£738 for the two of us) but are spoilt for choice as to where to go. We...

I happened to be at Bank Top station on Wednesday when the Mayor of Darlington named a Class 91 "Darlington Hippodrome" to celebrate the re-opening of the theatre today (17th Nov). It's had a multi-million pound refurb (the theatre, not the loco). The theatre is visible from trains heading...

A leaking roof on the down platform at Middlebrough closed the usual staircase this afternoon, so the old one was opened up to reveal a storage area and some posters from when? 1982 I'd say at a guess. Anywhere else where there might be similar hidden gems?

Went to a launch of the ambitious plans for Darlington Bank Top station on Thursday (9th March). All very exciting stuff. Chap from Network Rail told me 140mph plans for running on the ECML north of the HS2 link were serious, but unable to explain how this might work for mixed traffic on two...

Now that there is serious talk about replacing Pacers with proper trains, is it time to consider what other uses they could be put to? Here are a few suggestions. Any other ideas? Cut down the bodywork leaving cabs and: 1) Add to Network Rail fleet of railhead treatment trains 2) Modify...

Having recently explored the Highline in Manhattan, New York, I wondered if there was any scope to develop a similar scheme anywhere in the UK. This is a fabulous piece of community action has transformed an abandoned elevated freight line in to an exciting and vibrant walkway through a...

Does anyone else feel outraged by the latest customer service initiative from East Coast? The buffet car now serves up a cup of hot water and you have to add your own teabag/coffee sachet as well as milk. Goodbye forever to the 'proper' coffee machines installed by GNER.

I recently emailed Network Rail to ask if the new mobile phone network they are building (they call it a Railway Communication System or RCS) might include some extra capacity which could be used by passengers. Coverage over much of the network is I'm sure most people will agree very patchy -...