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I'd assumed (I think correctly) that because of the change required on the underground, instead walking to Waterloo East, getting a South Eastern services to to London Bridge, and then Thameslink to St. Pancras was probably fastest at about 30 minutes minimum. The underground with the change is...

Is there a general problem with the mains/USB sockets on the WMR class 172s or was I just unlucky? None of the sockets I tried on two different units today (on the Kidderminster to Stratford-upon-Avon route) were working. Just seemed a bit of a coincidence. Also, all four units involved had an...

Just watching an episode of "The Architecture the Railways Built" and the Ordsall Chord's construction was highlighted. I realise that in the longer term the chord may well get used more intensively, but does anyone know if there is any prospect of the current miserable 1tph each way between...

Before I pester the no-doubt busy people at the Bluebell, I wonder if anyone has located a beer & cider list for the beer festival next weekend? I'm sure there was one available last year, maybe it's staring me in the face but I can't find one. I like to select a few interesting looking ciders...

On Saturday 23rd August I was heading off to the Mid Norflok Railway's beer and music festival at Wynmondham and caught 1L02 0608 Nottingham to Ely (normal destination Norwich, truncated at Ely due to a points failure at Peterbrough, but that's beside the point). At Nottingham, the guard opened...

On East Midlands Today this evening there was extensive coverage of the simultaneous demolition of the eight cooling towers of the closed Cottam power station near Retford. Cottam was on a branch off the Retford-Gainsborough line and its site is around 2.5 miles from the nearest live railway so...

Looking at RTT, this service seems to materialise on P4 at Helsby from nowhere, no sign of any passenger or ECS working to get it in position. So what's missing? (The reason I'm asking is that I'd like to work out if it's going to run based on the unit's previous working rather than wait until...

There are two football specials from Nottingham to St. Pancras for Nottingham Forest's FA Cup semi-final appearance at Wembley on Sunday: 1Z22 0809 Nottingham to St Pancras International 1Z43 0940 Nottingham to St Pancras International picking up at Beeston and East Midlands Parkway, then...

Not sure this really belongs in trip planning as it's a side issue about ticket checks, but it's not a "dispute or prosecution" or a "fare issue". Please move if appropriate. During a trip from Nottingham to Marsden and Huddersfield on Friday, I changed from the Northern 0817 Nottingham to...

I'm sure this will create a lively debate. Apologies if already posted elsewhere, I haven't found anything. A report in the Guardian this evening says that there is a plan for train details to be deleted from departure boards three minutes before departure at King's Cross. Quote: Link...

I know the trains to/from Lincoln get very full at times, particularly on Saturdays, but it's the only day I can take my sister who's visiting. EMR's seat finder showing busy trains seems to have been removed. Can anyone provide or point me to which of the morning Nottingham to Lincoln...

I'm planning to spend an afternoon (probably Thursday 28th) in Stalybridge, sampling the best pubs which serve "proper" cider and not just the usual commercial varieties. Naturally I'll be starting and finishing at the famous station buffet bar which has won CAMRA awards as "cider pub of the...

Seems like I'm bringing a curse on National Rail when travelling to and from heritage galas and events this autumn! Mid Norfolk beer festival: Lineside fire at Attleborough prevented me getting to Wymondham, abandoned trip and went the following day East Lancs Railway diesel gala - problems...

This is one of the few significant lines I've never travelled on, and the 1122 from Shrewsbury to Swansea is by far the most convenient service for a day trip for me. How is the loading on this particular service, and which days from Monday to Saturday are likely to be the quietest? I've tried...

Not a full trip report, but just to note that when I visited the Watercress Line Autumn Steam Gala on Friday via Alton, SWR put on a good show. My service from Waterloo was running on time, arriving at 1025, at Farnham, just two stops before, Alton with plenty of time to make the real ale train...

Can't find an existing thread for this, please move if there's a more appropriate place: The BBC are reporting that the public WiFi has been breached at 19 stations (Edit: BBC news now saying 20 stations). Quote: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr75znv47xpo

I've put this question to the Bluebell enquiries email address but the auto reply says they're very busy so I may not get a timely response. So: For the beer festival tomorrow, there's just 5 minutes between my national rail service arriving at East Grinstead (1020) and the Bluebell departure...

Not really sure if this belongs in "railtours and preservation" or "trip planning" since some of it's specific to tomorrow and some of it's general ELR related but anyhow: I'm planning to attend the ELR's Diesel Gala tomorrow (Friday 13th, eek). I emailed the ELR's "pubs" email address with a...

Leg From Dep. WTT Dep. Real To Arr. WTT Arr. Real Distance ID Oper Code Origin Destination Class Car. Loading Ref. 1 Nottingham 0937 OT Wellingborough 1117 1127+10 82m49c 1B10 EM Nottingham London St. Pancras 222 5 Medium *1 2 Wellingborough 1426 1428+2 Nottingham 1607 OT 82m49c 1B18 EM...

Leg From Dep. WTT Dep. Real To Arr. WTT Arr. Real Distance ID Oper Code Origin Destination Class Car. Loading Ref. 1 Nottingham 0850 OT London St. Pancras 1027 1026-1 126m34c 1B25 EM Nottingham London St. Pancras 222 5 Light *1 2 London St. Pancras 1037...