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I've just sent that the UK Railtours trip to Durham, Beamish and Newcastle was cancelled yesterday. Anyone know the reason why?

Next Sunday, 1st May, sees the 50th anniversary of its opening. As this was the first station to be opened with the 'Parkway' suffix,. I was just wondering if anyone knows of any special events taking place to mark this anniversary? I do know that one of the local papers is publishing a major...

With the easing of lockdown rules in the past few weeks I was wondering whether anyone on this forum has decided to make a train journey just for leisure? If so what were your thoughts on doing this and where did you travel to/from?

I’m wondering why the suffix of “Parkway” is placed in brackets on the station signs at Southampton Airport Parkway? It’s the only one of the Parkway railway stations that does this. The similar named Luton Airport Parkway station doesn’t do this, so why Southampton Airport Parkway? When the...

There are several stations on the British railway network that are really two different stations on different lines which have been joined together by a walkway or footbridge or a new station building. To start the ball rolling, I would suggest Liverpool South Parkway which is the former...

Trains were disrupted this morning at St Pancras this morning due to a trespasser. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-47758618

i am due to go up to Glasgow from London Euston next week. Was checking my times and have noticed that my 09.30 departure from Euston was originally due in at Glasgow Central at 13.59. This has now be changed to 14.10. I have also noticed that several trains to and from Carstairs are to be...

Yesterday I passed through Grantham station and noticed that part of the large station building was now used as an estate agents. Given that so many Victorian built stations are no longer in use for railway business, what uses have you seen at stations? (Apart from private dwellings, cafes and...

just found this on The Northern Rail website. https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/news/improvements/1657-manchester-bolton-preston-route-improvement-works-2 However, Trans Pennine have not said anything on their website. Presumably they wouldn’t be running trains on this route at weekends?

Yesterday I came by train to visit Taunton. Having got off the Bristol train to come out of the station on the south side, my ticket was rejected at the barrier. There was no one manning the barrier, so I decided to exit the station on the north side. The same thing happened at these barriers...

I was thinking about the number of terminus stations which have been reduced from two or more platforms to now just one. For instance Newquay, Windermere and Heysham have all been reduced to just one platform from two in the past. Plus, there are plenty of through stations which have just a...

Does anyone know why the four trips with the Flying Scotsman on 24th and 27th October have been cancelled? They were taking bookings on the Steam Dreams website last week, but they have all disappeared this week.

Does any know where the latest episode of Casualty was filmed where. Man got his leg trapped in a train?

Last weekend I went down to the Early Spring Gala on the Watercress Line, travelling by train from London. Having looked at the Watercress timetable before leaving, several of their services were timed to leave Alton a minute after my London train was due to arrive. Luckily I spotted this and so...

I'm going down to Southampton on Saturday and wanted to go to Romsey via Redbridge and come back via Chandlers Ford. Whilst looking at the times from Southampton, there are two trains that leave Southampton for Romsey every hour but within two minutes of each other. The one at 35 pth takes 28...

Forgive me if this topic has been discussed before, but I have just returned to London after visiting the East Midlands for the day. The ticket barriers were all open at three of the stations I visited - namely Nottingham, Lincoln and Peterborough. All busy stations with plenty of staff, but why...

I was wondering how many stations there are on the UK rail network that are situated quite near to a tunnel? I don't mean underground stations like Liverpool Central or Glasgow Queen Street LL by the way, just stations out in the open that have been built by a hill, etc. Here's a few for...

Paul Merton will be hosting a series of programmes on Channel 4 about request stop railway stations, starting Sunday 1st May. http://www.channel4.com/info/press/programme-information/paul-mertons-secret-stations

I was in Bristol last week and travelled on the line to Severn Beach. I noticed at the side of the line further up the embankment near Redland station, that someone had taken over some of the land at the top and turned it into a vegetable patch/allotment. I presume that they lived in a house...

Does anyone know if it's possible to change trains at Whifflet in the following scenario:- I will be arriving from Glasgow Central at 13.45 and want to change over to the other platform to get a northbound train to Cumbernauld which is shown on the timetable as also leaving at 13.45...