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Hi. Does anyone know if the North Yorks Moors Railway offer discounts to rail staff? If so, what do they offer? Many thanks.

Hi. I'm looking to help a friend travel from London to Bournemouth on Saturday Jan 13th and come back Sunday Jan 14th. National rail enquiries suggest a normal train timetable is operation but with a warning there is engineering work and warning no trains at all through Southampton. This to me...

Hello! Does the station car park at Harlington (beds) get busy on a weekend? Am I likely to find parking readily available on a Saturday? I'm driving down the M1 on Saturday and noticed this station is very close to the motorway with a 15min frequency service to London so I was thinking to...

Hi. I have a friends who are travelling from Nottingham to Leicester around midday Saturday 20th August and then will be travelling from Leicester to Doncaster around 8pm on the same day. Has anyone got any great money saving options for them please? There 3 people travelling. Best...

Hi. I'm just after a bit of clarification about a scenario that may happen his weekend. I have a family railcard and plan to go to Manchester from Doncaster this Saturday. There 2 adults and one child. My 2 adult friends will be joining the train at Sheffield. Could one of you good people...

Yesterday I went to travel on the 15:12 VTEC Doncaster to York service ( London-Edinburgh train ) which was delayed by 76mins. This service was already running from London and so the 15:19 Crosscountry service (Reading to Newcastle) arrived first and so I boarded this train which at that time...

The question is in the title....have searched but could not find the answer...... Do grand central train have at seat power sockets available? I'm travelling tomorrow with grand central and im wondering if it is worth while taking my charger with me for my phone? I'm in standard class. A...

Hi. I was wondering what procedure/policy etc is on having trains blocking level crossings? This afternoon I was at my local station (with my 2yr old son watching the trains go past, which is something he loves doing and so daddy "has" to take him when "he" asks to go :-) ) when there was...

Hi. I'm trying to help a friend but the exact details are a little sketchy. The info I know is that she has bought an anytime return which starts with the outbound journey starting this coming Wednesday and returning Friday. Her plans have now changed and she no longer needs these tickets...

Hello. I'm travelling from Bournemouth-Doncaster on Sunday 26th July after 3pm and I can't see anything cheaper than £39.50 which goes via London. Anyone got any other ideas in how to make this journey cheaper? I can travel anytime after 3pm and it is a single I'm needing. I was hoping to go...

I see from looking at national rail that a vehicle has hit a bridge in the Sheffield area with delays of around 90mins. The strange thing is exactly the same happened at this time yesterday evening! I was caught up in the delays yesterday with one cross country train to Bristol finally getting...

Hi. I'm sure this has been discussed previously as I have seen it on here before but I now can't find the information I'm wanting so I'm having to ask the people that know once again! What type of trains run each service on the Cumbrian line between Carlisle and Barrow/Lancaster? I'm in the...

Last week I noticed that the line between Stranraer and Girvan was quoted as having delays/cancellations due to signalling problems. I have only ever travelled on this section of line the once but I seem to remember it being single line working and was signalled by "tokens" ( sorry if this is...

Does anyone know what's happened at Swinton this morning? Rail enquiries suggesting a train has hit an object on the line but does anyone have more detail? It must have done a lot of damage as the line is expected to have problems until 1500. Many thanks

Hello. I will be travelling with friends from Stockport to Crewe tomorrow and I was wondering if there was any type of groupsave ticket available on that route? The cheapest ticket I can see is the Virgin only ticket at £9.60 return per person!?. There will be 7 people travelling. Also on...

Can anyone tell me which services in the Edinburgh and Glasgow areas are diesel operated please? I'm aware all Aberdeen/Perth/Inverness are diesel operated out of Edinburgh and all Oban/Fort William/Kilmarnock/Stranraer trains out of Glasgow are diesel too but other than that, I'm not too...

I was travelling from Burton to Tamworth last week where I witnessed 1 person queuing to buy train tickets for a group of 7 people. The train was announced as arriving and there was someone who had a complicated transaction at the desk so this gentleman said "I will get them on the train". I got...

I was in Manchester Piccadilly today and whilst awaiting my train to Doncaster I observed the departure of a train on the opposite platform. The Guard of the train was awaiting a green/amber signal and I noticed how far away the signal was at the top end of the platform. This got me wondering if...

Just wondering what has caused the signalling problems ( as stated on national rail enquiries) between Kilmarnock and Troon? It must be something big as estimate for re opening is Saturday! Apologies if this has been covered elsewhere but I couldn't find anything. Many thanks.

Arrived in Doncaster after a few days working away and I'm sure I saw 87002 parked up in the bay between platform 1 and 3. What is it doing up in Doncaster? Many thanks.