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Wanting to do this journey for work on Friday morning, there and back in a day with a 1.5hr stopover in Feniton around lunchtime. My ideal routing would be via Euston, tube to Paddington, fast train to Exeter St David’s and a brief ‘double back’ to Feniton on the West of England line. I’m...

Just seen a person get PF’d on my train… (Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon) was the journey they claimed to be making. Usual excuses and rigmarole, but then the RP said “I can see this is the second time you have done this, and normally this would be a prosecution but …” And the guy...

yesterday I saw two youthes crouched down low beside the down fast, in some undergrowth, clearly not wanting to be seen as I hurtled passed on a Avanti service. This was between Cheddington and Leighton Buzzard, a high-speed, stretch and in broad daylight. I assume if the driver had seen these...

If my understanding is correct in order to be rostered to drive a train on a particular route on a particular day you have to: - be trained on that planned train class or consist - be able to ‘sign the route’ or have someone else in the cab who can ‘sign the route’ for you Is ‘signing the...

https://assets.hs2.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/HS2-Euston-Brochure-27.05.22-lower-res.pdf If I'm understanding this correctly by the end of the project we will have 16 Network Rail platforms and 10 HS2 platforms. Undeniably an increase in capacity for NR. Especially when you consider that...

I’ve recently submitted a delay repay claim for a journey that been delayed, I was on QR code tickets, and the form asked a lot of questions that I would’ve thought would’ve been obvious to the TOC from the recorded journey history. But maybe I am over estimating how much data they record? Can...

Think I know the answer to this but could I just check? Are there any changes to the peak/off-peak restrictions for tickets on strike days? Last time I travelled on a strike day the gate barriers were all open, no ticket checks were being carried out on the train although the guard was walking...

Intestested in the consists of these? Last ran in 1990. Were these Mk1 Sleeper cars? I’m guessing all the current routes would have been running back then along with a few more. Were they electric hauled from Lancaster / Preston or diesel hauled all the way? Combined with anything else? What...

It strikes me that over the next 10 years as various bits of East West rail go live alongside HS2 a number of routes from Southampton and Felixstowe to the ECML, MML and WCML will potentially open up for freight operators. What is the loading gauge of East West Rail? And are there any plans for...

Just thought I’d open this up to the forum in case I’m missing anything. I need to get to Glasgow City centre by 9.00am on Monday 20th June. I live in Milton Keynes ideally placed on the West Coast mainline, normally this isn’t a problem and I would head down to Watford the night before and...

Is there a way of obtaining a return ticket from somewhere on the Marston Vale line that will allow an outward journey from Bedford to London Terminals, returning via Euston to Milton Keynes or Bletchley? In a perfect world I want to go from Bedford to London With Thameslink/EMT but returning...

I was wondering if someone could enlighten me as to the stopping patterns of these services in the early 70s to early 80s. Euston to Wolverhampton services now typically include three stations that didn’t exist at this point: Milton Keynes Central (1982), Birmingham International (1976ish), and...

Just wondered if anyone had any knowledge on the likely timetable arrangements in the Gatwick Airport area over Easter this year? I would need to arrive by 08.00am on Easter Sunday morning (24th April) for a 10.00am flight but not sure if any services will be running that early. (I’m assuming...

(Bit of a complicated journey so just want to make sure I’m booking this correctly and not setting myself up for an excess or PF) I want to travel from Milton Keynes Central to Edinburgh on the night of 6th/7th Jan on the lowland sleeper in seated sleeper class. I’ve already reserved a seat...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-56941766 Can’t see this covered elsewhere in the forum. Anyone know the story behind this rolling stock? Assume these were SWR boat train coaches for the Waterloo - Southampton services... anyone know when they were withdrawn and how they ended up...

in the pop music video ‘get out of london’ by Interferon. Looks like it might be Liverpool Street’s roof at one point (pre-renovation), then it switches to what might be Holborn Viaduct or Broad Street in the Chase scene through the covered footbridges. Also interested if anyone can identify...