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Minor I know given all the other woes on the EMR intercity routes, but their new food offering is vile.They now offer snack boxes instead of sandwiches. As far as I can tell they are designed to be stored without the need for refrigeration. My wife and I selected the cheese offering. There was...

The Swiss RhB has a lot of single track sections with passing loops. Other than the red signal for the train waiting in the loop, is there any other form of protection to prevent a train entering an occupied section and meeting something coming the other way?

Given the MML 810/222 woes I’m considering driving to Kettering for a day trip to London. This would be on a Wednesday. I can see online that it appears to have a large car park. My question is how likely am I able to find a space at around 10 am?

Can anyone shed any light on what is happening between Paris gd Lyon and Basel in October? Train 9211 normally starts at 1022, but in October in starts at 0926 with an extended journey time. But this only features on some booking sites. TGV-Lyria‘s site and SBB show it as 1022.

More out of curiosity than the money involved. Trip Berwick upon Tweed to Edinburgh via TPE 1st class Advance Edinburgh to Glasgow via Scotrail Anytime, standard class with £5 1st class upgrade purchased onboard. TPE train delayed meaning I caught a later Scotrail than intended. So delay...

In addition to getting confused by TPE’s website for getting to Edinburgh, I’ve been looking at Edinburgh to Glasgow fares. It seems you can’t actually buy a 1st class return ticket. I can see 1st Advance singles, and I can see you can upgrade for £5 on the train if it has 1st accommodation. It...

I feel as though I’m doing something wrong here. I’m investigating Advance fares, Berwick upon Tweed to Edinburgh, out 6th July back 9th July. 2 adults, Two Together railcard. If I use Trainsplit‘s or LNER‘s websites I see 1st class Advance fares. On the TPE website I don’t seem to see any...

I’m just checking that my understanding is correct. I’m intending to buy a Trans Pennine Express only ticket Berwick upon Tweed to Edinburgh. If that service fails to materialise I understand that I could use the next available LNER service, but not so for Cross Country. Is this correct?

I thought I’d start a fresh thread so as not to derail the main 810 introduction one. Has anyone else performed a speed test on the onboard WiFi? On my two trips on an 810 I never managed more than about 1 Mbit/sec with the onboard WiFi. I’m not sure if this is a deliberate design decision to...

Travelled UK to Netherlands today with an app based Interrail ticket. The barcode ticket generated by the app wouldn’t open UK station ticket barriers, but was recognised as valid by the EMR conductor’s phone scanner. It did open a Dutch station barrier. Out of curiosity, why don’t our barriers...

At Berwick upon Tweed there is a bus that runs from the station to Galashiels bus station. It is advertised on the station displays amongst the trains, and claims to be a Cross Country service. It also appears on Realtime Trains. It is in fact a Borders bus. So I’m curious as to why it is shown...

Does anyone know what the signalling issue is at St Pancras that is affecting EMR services? It started yesterday and seems ongoing today according to the EMR website: https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/service-updates l’m travelling tomorrow so am hoping it really will be fixed overnight.

Trip from A to C with a change of train and TOC at B. A to B train delayed. This would have caused the B to C connection to be missed and thus generated about an hours delay. However B to C train also late so connection made. Upshot is arrived at destination late. Which TOC is responsible for...

On the regional news tonight there was an item about a fatality on a foot crossing. The item quoted costs of £1 million to add traffic lights for pedestrians and £4.5 million for a footbridge. How does a footbridge cost anything like £4.5 million? The news item stated these were costs given by...

I understand the credit card tickets with magnetic stripes are on the way out. For my trips to London via EMR I purchase a ticket that is a combined day return and zones 1 to 6 ticket. The latter bit relies on the ticket being issued with a mag stripe. I’m fearful that this ticket might get...

Currently stuck on an Avanti train due to a person under a train. Am travelling on the return leg of a global Interrail ticket. Interrail in their T&Cs say they pay some minor delay compensation. Can I claim under the UK system with Avanti?

I have an Interrail ticket and an already purchased reservation, with barcode. This is for Paris to Geneva. Do I just get on the train, showing ticket and reservation when requested, or is there any composting I need to proactively do?

https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/11/lner_says_customer_data_stolen/ Unfortunately another data loss. It’s a bit of a plague at the moment.

Today marks Scotrail abolishing peak fares. What happens about other operators within Scotland, such as LNER, Avanti, TPE, XC? thanks

I’m very confused as to how to buy a ticket from Gare du Nord to Gare de Lyon. I only want to make a single trip and would like to use an iPhone. So far I think I need the IDF Mobilités app. As far as I can tell I can purchase a ticket on this app and then use my iPhone to tap in at the gate...