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Hi All, A friend has asked me a question regarding the complimentary tickets that FCC annual season ticket holders receive - he's just applied for them but his annual season expires at the beginning of July. Are the tickets valid beyond the expiry date of the season ticket? He won't be...

A quick question for anyone that's up to speed with workings on French railways - I'll be travelling from Chambéry - Geneva and back next Saturday, and am wondering what rolling stock I can expect to form services on this route (I believe that most services to Geneva start from Valence). Many...

A week or so ago I bought a 16-25 Railcard discounted Zones 1-6 Travelcard from Reading (my eventual destination was Mill Hill Broadway). However, what I didn't realise at the time of buying the car was that my railcard was just over a week out of date - indeed, I only noticed this on the train...

Does anyone know what traction can be expected for the two Rail-Blue Charters heading down the Central Wales Line in March are (4th March - St Albans to Llandrindod Wells and Cardiff, 30th March - Watford to Llandrindod Wells and Cardiff). Many Thanks!

Apologies if this is elsewhere in the forums - if it is, I've missed it! :D Next week I shall be travelling from Hemel Hempstead to Bath on an advance ticket (with a 16-25 Railcard) - the reserved portion, obviously, will be the part of the journey from Paddington to Bath. While the journey...

On FCC's timetable, I've noticed that the Sutton trains that stop at all stations to St. Albans/Luton are listed as not having first class available - does this mean that first class is declassified should a 319 with first class turn up, as happens on the Great Northern side? Also, what if...

Would anyone have any advice on how to get the cheapest walk-up fare for travelling between Oxford and Lancaster (off peak, returning on a different day - and I have a Y-P Railcard) - I don't mind travelling on London Midland/going an unusual route, but at the moment everything I try seems to...

With regards to a trip up to Lancashire I'm planning next week, what stock can I expect on these (Northern Rail) routes? Liverpool Lime Street - Blackpool North Lancaster - Morecambe (was a 156 last time I was up there, is this standard?) Morecambe/Lancaster - Leeds via Hellifield (a Pacer...

Looking up times for a trip from Lancaster - Garsdale/Ribblehead in a couple of weeks (hopefully not in middle of the potential strike!), I've found that the last train to come back via Carnforth is the 15:23 (off Ribblehead), changing at Hellifield. However, on National Rail it also shows a...

Just a quick couple of questions for those of you who understand the routeing guide better than me! Is a Hemel Hempstead - Lancaster off-peak return (£45.60 with Y-P Railcard) valid via Birmingham (and thus Wolverhampton to Crewe) and Manchester (going from Crewe via the stopping services and...

Earlier this morning, I went down to my local station (Hemel Hempstead - managed by London Midland) to buy a ticket from Hemel Hempstead to Hanborough, returning on Friday. This ticket, an off-peak return, normally costs £24.90 with my Y-P Railcard. Off-peak tickets to Hanborough from Hemel...

How much freight could be expected on an average Saturday going up the Lickey? Or through Water Orton, even? I know that there's a lot less than during the week, but how much less? Cheers!

I'm going to be travelling from Hemel Hempstead to Oxford sometime this week, and I fancy using Wrexham & Shropshire from London to Banbury. I had a play on East Coast's site, and it turns out this is a valid route with a route London ticket (in my case, the £22.00 Y-P Railcard day return)...

http://www.londonmidland.com/tickets-and-fares/tickets-and-fares/great-escape/ This, I seem to recall, results from a 'Remedial Plan/Agreement' London Midland has made with the DafT as a result of the cancellation of pretty much all services on September 6th - a kind of apology to passengers...

There've been a fair few threads over recent weeks asking about favourite classes of loco/unit, or favourites from a 'type' of train, but this is a little different. Do any of you have a fondness for any particular locomotive - that is to say, not '37s' on the whole, or whatever, but a...

A friend of mine wants to book in advance for some trips he'll be doing next week - he's going to buy a railcard on Monday morning, so will hold one for all his journeys, but doesn't have one yet. Will he be OK to book in advance saying he owns a railcard now?

http://www.modern-railways.com/latestnews/?p=86 A route map of the two new companies: http://www.modern-railways.com/downloads/routemap.pdf My question: Where on earth is 'Kings Langley Parkway'? EDIT: Or rather, why 'Kings Langley Parkway' and not Watford Junction?

Would anyone know on what days the Colas Rail 56 heads north from Dollands Moor to Hams Hall, and on what days it heads south - living about 300m from the WCML, I regularly hear (perhaps 'am deafened by the sound echoing round the valley' would be more precise!) the train passing through...

Apologies if this is an obvious question, but can a zones 1-6 travelcard from Hemel Hempstead be used on the Southern service to Kensington Olympia?

I was playing around with FGW's website earlier and found something a bit odd. I need to go to Oxford with a friend at the end of June and I'd like to travel first class by booking in advance. However, although it's possible to get standard advance tickets to Oxford (just £4.00! without...