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Pretty self explanitory from the title, but the 0548 Caledonian Sleeper service to Fort William (et al) picks up passengers at Glasgow I believe, yet booking websites (including CS themselves) say it's mandatory reservations. Is this just because it's officially a sleeper, by which I mean can I...

Hi. For the first time, I bought "Day Travelcard from CREWE to London Zones 1-6" ticket. Ticket type is "OFF-PEAK TCDS" and route "LDN MIDLAND ONLY" and cost £43. I normally just get a return and use my oyster, but my oyster card is missing (presumed lost). I am very confused about the return...

I just noticed this fare turned up on BRFares recently, but it's not on the ticket machines at Crewe. Is this a limited time thing coming up soon, or an error? Would buy the heck out of these tickets if I could.

Over the bank holiday weekend I am visiting friends in Reading from my home in Crewe. I can get to Crewe station for around 18:30-19:00. My options seem to be either via London (Virgin to London, underground, FGW to Reading) or "not via London" (Virgin/LM to Wolverhampton/Brum then CrossCountry...

After reading about how some level crossings in Japan have such a frequent service passing through that they're only open to road traffic for only 2 minutes every hour, I wondered how close any of the UK level crossings get. Immediate thoughts are those shared with Manchester Metrolink at...

I'm going to be visiting a friend of mine in Leicester this Friday. I've been a few times before and I've traveled the following routes: Crewe - (sometimes changing at Stafford) - Nuneaton - Leicester Crewe - Birmingham New Street - Leicester Crewe - Derby - Leicetser Are there any more...

I'm planning on making a trip into North Wales from Crewe this weekend, and the Ffestiniog Round Robin ticket was a cheaper alternative to combining a North Wales Rover and a Crewe-Chester day return. It's still on Arriva Trains Wales' site, but I can't find it on National Rail Enquiries nor...

I work in Mere, Cheshire and we have the GHA Coaches 289 (Northwich-Knutsford-Altrincham) go through the village every 3 hours or so. I didn't know this until I looked at the Google Map for the area and it had bus stop markers on there. Further investigation revealed that the stops were served...

So with Virgin continually going on about how they can run 125mph as if nobody else can, I got to wondering how much track each operator *can* run 125mph on. According to Wikipedia, the following operators can run 125mph for some of their route, depending on stock: First Great Western...

Yesterday I was visiting Crewe heritage centre and paid a visit to the viewing platform to look over the WCML. Around 5pm I saw what seemed to be a set in First colours heading towards Manchester or Liverpool/Scotland (I forget which). I didn't get a very good look, but it looked like First...

Here's one for ya. I spent the day with a friend on Sunday on a trip to Manchester (this isn't very relevant, just some backstory) from Crewe. He mentioned that the trains to Liverpool don't start until late morning, and he used to take the "sneaky" way to Liverpool which was, rather than take...