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I've been trying to plan a trip to Zagreb using the sleeper from Stuttgart but neither the trainline or OBB seems to be able to sell me a ticket - does anyone know what's going on with it?

I recently spent a wonderful few weeks travelling long distance in the US and Canada. I saw many wonderful old stations - Los Angeles Union, Chicago Union, Washington Union, Montreal Gare Centrale and Toronto Union. In the past I've visited Philadelphia 30th Street station and others. What all...

Is delay repay claimable in relation to delays caused by the ongoing closure of the line between Haywards Heath and Lewes? I travelled from Inverurie to Lewes yesterday, having booked prior to the derailment and the routing via Brighton caused a delay to my journey versus my scheduled route, and...

I was informed today by Eurostar that my train from Lille to London on Sunday has been retimed from a 21.57 arrival to a 22.27 arrival. I was, perhaps optimistically, expecting to catch the 22.20 from St Pancras to East Croydon to connect with the last train to Lewes, which I will now miss. I...

I’d venture that British railways have little to learn from Amtrak, but one thing I noted on recent travels with them were the frequent announcements telling passengers to take their bags off seats and make them available for other passengers. These announcements were frequent and stern without...

I recently travelled from Montreal to Toronto and was surprised that my service, as well as several others, was being operated by the old LRC equipment, which true to its ‘Light Rapid Comfortable name is still very comfortable, if no longer rapid. What’s up with the Venture fleet though? I...

Is there any form of delay compensation on Amtrak? I had a Google but all I found was ‘maybe, it depends’. Written while awaiting a train at 3.30 in the morning that is getting progressively later…

I find tipping in the U.S. generally quite stressful but I’m about to take three overnight journeys on Amtrak (LA to Flagstaff, Flagstaff to Chicago and Chicago to Washington DC) in Roomettes and wondered what an appropriate amount to tip the attendant on leaving the train is?

I feel a bit stupid starting a thread asking if there’s a thread about the Viaduct trip logging website but unsurprisingly searching for ‘viaduct' came up with a long list of unrelated posts... If there's a quick answer and a pre-existing thread I'll delete this!

I hesitate to post such a trivial topic but I found this map truly bizarre. Why would anyone need a map of routes served by Turbo trains? I doubt many passengers would recognise them and it’s not like you’d plan your route to enable you to take what is a pretty hum drum train. To the average...

My partner has to commute from Lewes to London for the next week or so, 3 days a week. They need to be at London Bridge for 09.15 latest. Peak fares are incredibly expensive and the cheapest way I’ve found for them to do this is to buy a anytime return to Godalming for £35.50, then at East...

I’m travelling Newcastle to Lewes today on a rather pricy open ticket. My Lewes train just got terminated at Haywards Heath so I’ll be at least 30 mins late. I know I can claim back 50% of the total ticket from southern, but what about the upgrade I purchased for the Newcastle to London leg? Is...

I’ve just noticed that the price of one of my regular tickets, a super off peak day travel card from Lewes to London with a Network Card has increased in price, but at the weekend only. Is this normal? It’s the first time I’ve seen a differential price between weekday and weekend on a flexible...

I'm planning a big trip on Amtrak this summer (bad timing given world events but a wedding is taking me there). My likely schedule is LA - Flagstaff (stop off) - Chicago on the Southwest Chief, then Chicago to Washington DC, likely on the Floridian and then DC to Montpelier on the Vermonter...

I’ve recently started commuting to Wickham Market, and it’s always incredibly annoying that the Lowestoft train is always parked at the furthest possible point away on platform 1 at Ipswich, making connections tighter and forcing you to walking in the rain rather than be under the canopy. It...

Just experienced an incredibly chaotic and unpleasant check in at Brussels. Arrived 17.06 as requested on my ticket for the 17.56 train. The place was absolutely rammed, with huge queues for check in, security and Belgian passport control. It was highly stressful. I knew that they’d probably...

I know there have been debates as to the pros and cons of this, but after two recent tight connections at Brighton due to delayed inbound trains, I’ve realised the fact trains are not shown on platform indicators when you’ve arrived with two minutes to spare is a real issue, especially for the...

I’m provisionally planning a trip to Strasbourg from the UK in late January. Ideally changing in Lille. I’ve two questions I wonder if forum members could help me with. First, when are tickets likely to go on sale? It’s frustrating that the Eurostar is on sale but the TGV isn’t. Second when I...

Specifically, without leaving the station. I frequently need to do this at London Bridge, Clapham Junction or East Croydon but there’s no option other than tapping on the gates and then not leaving. Not a huge deal, though it’s a trudge to the gates sometimes, but very useful for fare evaders...

I'm planning a journey from London to Inverurie for this date but all the journey planners are routing me from Euston at the moment. There's nothing on the LNER website about engineering work that day and it's not mentioned as an exclusion from advance fares being on sale on LNER either. Anyone...