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I'm only an occasional visitor so apologies if I've missed something obvious in what I'm about to ask. I've put this in Infrastructure so mods please move if I've guessed wrong. I spent a few hours yesterday driving a coach on rail replacement between Wilmslow and Manchester Airport via Styal...

This post is a little academic for the next few months but I'm just trying to clear up the situation re 'VTWC & Connections' tickets from Blackpool North. I regularly travel from BPN for work, and often get an advance to Euston, Birmingham New Street or Glasgow Central. I'd always understood...

Hi, I recently needed to do a single journey from London Euston to Harlow Mill - National Rail advised the sensible route of Victoria Line to Tottenham Hale, and National Rail from there. I used a vending machine (London Midland) at Euston and it was pretty confusing to use but I managed to buy...

Sorry if this is on another thread - I'm just trying to find out a bit of background to some issues at Wigan North Western yesterday (Sunday 26/01/14); a colleague was on the 12:28 departure from Euston, 1C67, destination Preston. This got held at Wigan North Western because of 'overrunning...

Can anyone confirm whether the free Virgin Weekend First upgrade for holders of Anytime Return tickets has been withdrawn? There's a thread on here from 2012 that seems to confirm it still applied then, but the link from that thread to Virgin's FAQ doesn't mention it anymore, and I've had...

My daughter is considering a University course in Birmingham, near to Five Ways station; this will involve a daily commute by train from Hinckley (Leics). Now - I've looked at travel options and I think I've worked it out - but it doesn't make much sense to me! As far as I can see, an 'Out of...

I've been sent a Northern Rail complimentary voucher following an enquiry to their customer services; not in response to a complaint, in fact hats off they've gone way beyond anything I could have expected. They've kindly sent a ticket valid for three days, with the dates to be filled in...

I travelled from Hinckley to Blackpool by rail on Friday - all went well, no problems at all, which was handy as I'd booked three separate advance fares to keep the cost down (via Birmingham and Manchester instead of via Crewe and Warrington). Anyway, waiting for the XC service at New Street...

This might seem like a daft question but..... am I allowed to carry an empty 5 litre petrol can on a train? (Before anyone asks, not a 20L 'Jerrycan' :D ) Simple reason is I'm delivering a 125cc motorbike from Blackpool to Leicestershire, and it doesn't hold enough fuel to do the full trip -...

I've recently been staying at the Park Plaza County Hall hotel, which overlooks Waterloo station, and I'm trying to make sense of a very short stretch of track, complete with colour light signals and some grey cabinets, which appears to be marooned between the hotel and Leake Street. Google...

Hi, I'm new to the forum so apologies if I'm asking daft questions that are covered elsewhere. I've got LM Great Escape tickets for Saturday November the 5th, I'll be starting from Crewe and my son and daughter will join the train at Nuneaton (I've posted the tickets to them just in case...