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I'm trying to plan a journey from Limehouse to Bank on 28th February. TfL's journey planner doesn't offer DLR at all, and sometimes offers two buses to get to Liverpool St then Central line. Disabling buses as a mode option simply offers c2c to Fenchurch St and a 20+ minute walk. I double...

My wife wanted to travel on this Avanti train this morning Wednesday 23 April. We checked National Rail Enquiries and the ticket selling site she usually uses on Tuesday evening and both had the train listed but neither were able to find fares for this service nor was she able to buy tickets...

A new station car park to the south of the station was built as a West Midlands Trains franchise commitment. It was completed during Covid and has never opened. Does anyone know if there are plans to open it?

We want ot visit Pauillac which is about an hour by TER north of Bordeaux on 2 September. Pauillac is hosting the Marathon du Medoc on that day. THe TER timetable for that line is quite regular - roughy every hour to 90 mins. But on the day of the Marathon there's an early train at about 7:30 am...

I have been used to service frequency and speed from Euston to Milton Keynes deteriorating significantly after 22 00 but the trains that ran used to be well loaded 12 car LNR services between a couple of slow Avantis. Tonight I travelled late and 22.39 was 8 car and 23.09 was 4 car.both were...

My wife has a retired staff Oyster which, as part of its coverage, is valid from Watford Junction to Euston and wonders whether this can be used in conjuction with a flexi season to travel to/from Euston on LNWR trains that don't stop at WFJ? Also, she's never used a flexi season before and as...

My son has a through ticket from Lympstone Commando to Milton Keynes on Friday routed "via Gloucester". The logical route is Lympstone to Exeter St Davids, Cross Country to Birmingham New Street and then Avanti to Milton Keynes. The Cross Country train goes though Gloucester but doesn't stop...

I'm not sure whether I'm posting in the correct section but wanted to post a warning for unwary first time visitors to St Neots station car park(s). When one enters the site from the south, one is greeted by a sign welcoming people to the station car park which is managed by APCOA for DTR Great...

It appears First Group have had a problem with its IT systems administering Delat-Repay: https://news.railbusinessdaily.com/orr-passengers-to-be-reimbursed-after-it-error/

The Austrians have introduced an annual pass costing circa £1000 valid on all public transport in the country. Ignoring for a minute the organisational challenges of introducing such a travel card in the UK, how much would people be prepared to pay for a UK version? Related issue, if there was...

This press release was posted this morning to rail trade publications: 'LONDON, 28th July 2021: Trainline has partnered with Great Western Railway (GWR) to reduce refund fraud by 39% across all its routes. Trainline’s fraud and tech teams work together to identify customers most likely to...

A railway enthusiast I know has been searching for an old photo of Carbis Bay Station. This is a single platform station and had its name spelled out on the bank opposite the platform in white stones. Originally the name was spelled out in sea shells and it's photos of this original feature that...

I was reading the weekly bulletin from Railway Gazette and cam across this: https://www.railwaygazette.com/extract-of-notice-sale-of-dismissed-rolling-stock/55999.article?utm_source=MRnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Tender 3&utm_campaign=MRnewsletter- 25/03/2020 I'm aware that there's...

Is anyone else having problems with this app? On my Samsung A70 (Android 9) it opens and immediately crashes. It was fine on my old phone, but that was the pre December 13 2019 version.

Despite advance tickets generally not being refundable, can one get them refunded in the event that one cannot travel due to disruption? Thanks in advance for help.

Announcements (audible and visual) on the platforms for Virgin trains heading towards London at MKC say that "tickets marked West Midlands Trains only are not valid on this train". As far as I'm aware, not WMT only tickets are available at MKC. Those tickets that are not "any service" or Virgin...

I had a few of these. Planning to use them today and tomorrow. They expire on 10th December. In passing, I saw a Tweet today saying effectively .....last day of LM today (9th December); tickets bought previously still valid. Decided to check and LM Twitter said the passes can't be used tomorrow...

My wife and I are travelling from Milton Keynes Central to Glasgow on 25th July and planning to catch the 10:13 (09:43 ex Euston). We plan to return on 29th July and plan to catch the 10:00 or 12:00 trains to Milton Keynes. I want to avoid Voyagers. Are any or all the trains above...

We are travelling out from MK to Olympia on the direct Southern service and back from Euston. We don't need the tube. Would a retun via London ve valid for both legs? Thanks in advance.? Off peak both ways. We were actually sold MK to Olympia NOT via London and Olympia to MK via London an a...

I am travelling out on 18th May on the 0813 Milton Keynes Central to Glasgow (0743 ex Euston) and returning on the 1000 from Glasgow on 19th. Does anyone know, please, if these are Pendolino diagrams?