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In early October I will have about a week in Melbourne. Can anyone give me an update on what routes out of Southern Cross still have diesel haulage? I'm also looking for ideas for interesting days trips to be made by train (diesel-hauled or otherwise). The destination can have some railway...

Question for the experts, as I'm getting frustrated trying to find into! I'll be in Sydney 15-19 April. I'd like to go out and ride the Zig Zag. This is supposedly possible to do by public transport, taking the train from Sydney to the NSW station "Zig Zag Railway" which is "Bottom Point" for...

New article on the BBC News site: South Africa's railways: How thieves have destroyed the network

Reuters story

With the loss of the Jizdenka web site, it's gotten more difficult to calculate international distances. I'm currently trying to calculate distance travelled on a trip last weekend (Bydgoszcz, Poland - Glasgow and return), and could use some help. At the moment I'm having trouble with distance...

I'm planning a trip from Poland to the UK for Model Rail Scotland in late February. My DB SuperSparpreis EU tickets were already issued nearly 2 months ago. But now I'm having trouble sorting the London-Glasgow-London tickets. Sources such as Seat61 and National Rail Enquiries suggest that...

I recently did a return trip Berlin-London-Berlin on Sparpreis Europa tickets. There were some problems en route, and I am considering putting in claims, but I'm not sure I'm eligible: Problem 1: My travel to the UK was via Köln and Brussels, with an overnight in Brussels. The ICE 10 from Köln...

Does anyone know if a yearly UZ timetable is available, either online or in PDF format? I'm running into trouble trying to book train #D23MJ from Kiev to Odessa on 17 May. The train can be booked from Moscow to Odessa, but nothing shows up from Kiev. Supposedly this train runs daily, but trying...

http://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/en-jan-kiepura-kursuje-tylko-do-grudnia-76886.html Its official now, that the Köln-Warszawa night service "Jan Kiepura" will not continue beyond the December timetable change. It's no surprise, but it was a useful east-west link.

Przewozy Regionalne announced yesterday that the three daily RegioExpress train pairs between Wrocław and Dresden via Görlitz will cease operation from 01 March. The reason given is the withdrawl of funding by the Lower Silesian provincial government. There will be no substitute bus...