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I will be doing the Istanbul-Bucharest sleeper at the end of September with some friends. We're cheapskates, so the option of booking through CFR (Romania) rather than TCDD (Turkey) to save a not insignificant proportion of the ticket cost is attractive. However, this would apparently mean...

I need to buy a single ticket from Duesseldorf Airport to Dortmund Hbf for a journey in about a month. Late evening on a Friday. The VRR website says EUR17.39, which seems quite expensive. DB says EUR19.80 for VRR operated trains... Is this correct? Am I missing some sort of cheaper fare that...

Inspired by a few posts in the thread about the current rebuild of Oxford station (https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/oxford-corridor-phase-2-platform-5-updates.235423/), here's a new thread... What would you do if you could completely rebuild Oxford station and the surrounding tracks, on a...

Over the last week or so I've been looking into a potential trip to the US using Google Flights. During this, I've noticed that occasionally there are 3rd party retailers offering tickets at vastly reduced prices compared to others. One particularly noticeable examples is kiss&fly. Kiss&fly are...

In 2012, I went to Sweden: Heathrow to Gothenburg on 14 August, and return on 29 August, both directions with Scandinavian Airlines. However, I have no information about flight details, which I would quite like to add to my records if possible. Information that I would like is flight number and...

For unknown reasons, the A340-600 has been my favourite plane since I was a child. However, I've never been on one. Are there any left in commercial service? I know that a lot were withdrawn during the pandemic, but surely there are still a few around. Do Lufthansa still use theirs, or have they...

I'm trying to find some software that I can use to display multiple GPX tracks in one place. Does anyone have any suggestions for this? I've found several websites that will display a single GPX track, but that's not what I want. To expand slightly, the aim is to have a map of where I have...

Something I've noticed whilst travelling is that all over Europe, stations almost invariably have underpasses to provide access to the platforms* rather than overbridges. In the UK, we mostly seem to have bridges, with underpasses only really used if the geography of the station makes it the...

I'm currently on the sleeper train from Koper/Rijeka to Budapest (a MAV service, Ex1247). I boarded at Zidani Most, and I'm meant to be in a couchette in the Koper portion; however, the entire Koper portion (booked as 3 coaches total - sleeper, couchette, seats) appears to be missing, and has...

I've discovered that Hungary offers some very cheap rail and (long-distance) bus passes. Please could someone confirm if the following is correct? Valid on all trains in Hungary (except open access), does this include services operated by other national rail operators (eg: OeBB)? Valid on local...

What train journey recording are there, other than RailMiles? I currently use a very basic spreadsheet to record everything, but it's somewhat unwieldly and obviously doesn't have most of the features of a "proper" system (such as most frequent journeys, quick and easy filtering of entries etc)...

I've just gone past some track relaying work in Austria, and noticed they they're putting down a thin tarmac layer about 30cm below the rails. Being freshly laid it was fairly noticeable! Obviously above this layer is the ballast you would expect, but below looked almost like "compacted stone"...

My train from London has arrived late in Brussels, so I've missed the connection onto the 1225 to Frankfurt. I didn't have a seat reservation for the 1225. I'm travelling using an Interrail pass. The Eurostar staff at Brussels are suggesting I need to buy a reservation in order to use the 1325...

I'm doing some research on the Leeds-Bradford line via Bramley. From looking at some recent cab ride videos, the signals going towards Bradford are all 3-aspect, whereas going towards Leeds the majority (but not all) are 4-aspect. Why is this? It's not a situation I've come across before (from...

I have a booking on NJ233 (Wien-La Spezia) on the night of 26/27 July between Villach and Milan. Today I received an email from OeBB saying there was a change to the schedule, but didn't specify what the change is. After a bit of research, I think the train is now terminating at Milan Lambrate...

Does anyone know if there's any publicly-available information on the typical cost of a set of points designed for different speeds? Eg: "25mph points cost X, 50mph points cost 2X". Or, even better, something that says the speed is pretty irrelevant compared to the cost of installation...

I'm looking for a bit of consumer advice - any thoughts on the below welcome. About 2 months ago, the power button on my phone fell out (yes, fell out!). I arranged for it to be repaired under warranty (less than 12 months old) through the manufacturer's website (Motorola). It took about 2...

Does anyone know what happens to the Chiltern class 68 diagrams on bank holidays? Do they stay on Monday to Friday planned workings, does a Sunday timetable run, something else? Thanks

A friend of mine has asked whether (in this example) a Thames Valley Day Ranger is valid on the GWR diversions into Euston in November. This isn't something I've ever thought about before. Does anyone know if it is (or isn't!) valid? Thanks

A 20% off sale started today, appears to be for all passes. The main condition seems to be that you can't travel before 1 September; as usual you have 11 months after purchase to activate the pass. Sale ends 18 July. https://www.interrail.eu/en/ni/discover-offseason-europe