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I often take advantage of the very reasonably priced weekend super off peak travelcards on Greater Anglia to travel into London from Cambridge at the weekend. These tickets are great value and a good incentive to avoid the often overcrowded Great Northern trains at the weekend. However, on...

Does anybody know whether GTR plan to run rail replacement buses between Cambridge and Royston on Saturday 6th April? NRE and the Great Northern websites suggest there will be buses running, but no buses show in journey planners or on realtime trains (albeit I am sure they were there when I...

According to TfW and National Rail there are planned alterations to services between Crewe and Shrewsbury between 14th and 18th November, with some services replaced by buses. However, when looking at the timetable for the 17th there don't appear to be any buses scheduled. Instead, almost all...

Experienced a situation this morning that seemed a little unusual. GWR swapped a booked call on 1F07 (Cardiff-Portsmouth Harbour) to 1L08 (Swansea-Paddington). This didn't seem to be advertised aside from an announcement at the station and on the train. Two questions come to mind - firstly...

As COVID-19 continues to reduce in prevalence, and its effects on society reduce, it is inevitable that the amount of discussion in this dedicated section of the forum is starting to fall. While there is a hope that, in the medium term, there will no longer be any purpose for this section, in...

Pre-pandemic and in summer 2020 I regularly purchased through GWR APs from stations such as Penarth and Cogan to Paddington, however since starting to go back to the office in the past few weeks I haven't been able to find any availability of such tickets and instead have had to resort to buying...

A slightly random observation, but I noticed when travelling on a Hull Trains 802 for the first time earlier this week that the OHL to diesel changeover takes place at Doncaster, whereas I'm pretty sure LNER 800s on the direct Hull do the changeover on the move closer to Temple Hirst. Can...

Surprised that nobody has posted anything about the significant problems around Sheffield this morning. I'm trying to make my way from Cottingham to Sheffield. Sadly, my Northern train was caped at Hull but managed to make it to Doncaster courtesy Hull Trains. Now on 1B71 (0942 TPE DON-MIA...

I've been planning a trip from Inverness to Aberdeen for several months and looked for advance tickets back in February when I would have expected them to be on sale, however nothing was out. I waited a few weeks, still nothing, and nothing on Scotrail's website about disruption. Eventually...

Both westbound lines reportedly blocked in the Wimbledon area. I'm sat on 1323 Alton train at Waterloo and nothing has departed towards Wimbledon for the last 30 mins.

As access to the internet via PCs and mobile devices becomes increasingly fast and seamless, the forum staff have taken the decision to allow a slight relaxation to our limit on signature sizes. With immediate effect, the maximum height for signatures will be increased to 60 px (inclusive of all...

I'm currently on the 1651 Snow Hill - Marylebone service. Is it normal for this to be diagrammed as 2 cars? Presumably not as people are standing down the aisles. I'm also pretty sure this is one of the ex-TPE units - not looking too shabby after their refresh!

This morning I tried to buy the 'festive 1st' upgrade on VTEC from Hull to London (the extended weekend first scheme in place over Christmas). Back in East Coast days this always used to be £15 one way (in line with the price for Doncaster), but on trying to buy this today I was told firmly it...

Now I know what it feels like to be caught up in chaos on Great Northern! It's an absolute shambles at Finsbury Park, hundreds of people on the suburban platforms and one member of staff is trying to give out information for platforms 7 and 8. The only problem is he's ignoring the computer. A...

Does this mean I can use a ticket with this restriction code from Vauxhall at 0927, even though the train originated at Waterloo before 0930?

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/C80392/2015/03/16/advanced Looks like this goes via Castle Donnington and involves a reversal - is this a relatively rare move? I certainly haven't come across diversions via this route before.

So, having been held up by the ever unreliable Hammersmith and City line, I find myself on the most expensive TOC in the country in terms of cost per mile - yes, Heathrow Express! Sadly, following the general advice that TOCs give, I'd bought my ticket this morning at Liverpool Street for the...

Can I tap into the collective knowledge of the forum by asking if you know of examples of railway depots opening or being refurbished in (approximately) the last 10 years? I can think of a few but they tend to be quite focused on the geographical areas I know best!

No idea if this is a glitch or deliberate, but the East Coast website is failing to sell Advance tickets for other TOCs on routes which it also serves. For example, travelling Kings Cross to Doncaster for this Saturday (9th Aug), there are cheaper advances available on the 1548 Grand Central...

Does anybody know what the policy is regarding this, specifically in relation to Advance tickets (so long as you do it in advance of travel)? It doesn't appear to be documented anywhere and different TOCs take completely different interpretations (from excessing to the same tier without the...