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I've just come back from a holiday visiting the Czech Republic (Prague, Pilsen and České Budějovice (I Googled the spelling for that one!)) and Hungary (Just Budapest). We made dozens and dozens of public transport journeys in Prague as well as a fair few in Pilsen. We primarily bought period...

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone could advise. I have some elderly relatives who need to travel from (pair A) South Wales and (pair B) Cornwall to North East England for a family reunion holiday. They haven't bought tickets yet. Pair B from Cornwall are happy to travel tomorrow, but Pair A...

I had the misfortune to use the gents at Liverpool Lime Street today. I can only describe the smell as rather foul. It's not often I wretch, but it happened whilst stood at the urinal. I daren't have looked in the cubicles. There were cleaning staff on duty, but, as the images suggest, the...

Really like the Paul Lucas videos. In this one, rather than taking LNER from Edinburgh to London, he decides to fly KLM via Amsterdam. It turns out flying was cheaper and faster than the train. To make it fair, he does Edinburgh Castle to St Paul's.

Does anyone know what is happening with CrossCountry? They already have 40 cancellations for today due to 'driver shortages' and tomorrow is likely to be worse. Weekends are very bad, but even on weekdays a fair number of trains are cancelled for that reason. I know they had that reduced...

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone had advice for this. I am traveling from A to B on three different tickets. One advanced stopping, and two anytime tickets. The train is cancelled as is the next one meaning the next scheduled train on the route is in two hours. This is pretty routine as it's...

H all. How long does GWR take to respond too Delay Repay claims? I made two claims on the 15th of October. One is still 'in progress' One was rejected the day after, but I appealed. I think they made a mistake as the connection I missed the connection I had to make and that connection was also...

Hi all, Thought it would be an interesting thread for us anoraks. Which planes have you flown on? For me: Airbus A320 - A319-100, A320-200, A321, 200, A320NEO, and A321NEO. A330 - A330-200, and A330-300. A350 - A350-900, and A350-1000. A380 - A380-800. Boeing 737 - 737-200, 737-300, 737-400...

Hi all, I have a quick question I hope someone can answer. I have an advanced ticket which includes a replacement bus journey. It's a TFW only fare. If I miss the connection due to a delayed bus (or other reason in fact), are you allowed to take another operator's (GWR in this case) trains...

I've been researching a holiday over the South Downs and something piqued my interest (not in a good way!). There seem to be several bus stops that look abandoned and seem downright dangerous. Take this one on the A24. It's Washington Bostal (S) Google shows there is a bus stop there and shows...

I was arranging to meet up with a family member earlier. She is only in her late 30s, but referred to Cardiff Central as 'General station'. Cardiff General was renamed Cardiff Central in 1973 (49 years ago). I'm not from Cardiff itself and have always referred to it as Cardiff Central/ Central...

As a companion thread to the most expensive pint, I thought the cheapest would also be interesting. My first thought was a former regular of mine. Yr Hen Orsaf/ The Old Station at Aberystwyth Station. A pint of Bug Light/ Worthington's/ Stowford Press goes for £1.99. Real ales from around the...

I was wondering if anyone knew about Randox and getting results. I arrived back in the UK on Friday and dropped my PCR test off at the Randox dropbox on Friday night (the day 2 test). Their site says tests there are picked up at 4pm each day so presumably would have been picked up on Saturday...

This comes up time and time again. On this forum, it comes up repeatedly about Wales that the Welsh Government should invest in rail infrastructure in Wales. The problem is it is not devolved (outside of the Core Valley Lines) and is the responsibility of the UK Government. The Welsh...

Ryanair has applied for slots to operate Stansted to Edinburgh and Stansted to Aberdeen from summer 2022. Flying on the LON-EDI route is already generally cheaper than the train, and this should bring the average fare down quite a bit making flying even more competitive. Current competition to...

Note: I put this thread is speculation as there is nothing concrete whatsoever so anything discussed would be speculative. Just announced today is a sort of confidence and supply agreement between the Welsh Labour government and Plaid Cymru on how Plaid will support the Labour government...

The idea for this thread came from the Railways vs flying from London - Scotland thread (https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/railways-versus-flying-on-the-south-east-to-scotland-axis-of-services.223987/page-7) I think it's clear that the current fare system just simply doesn't work. The...

Ryanair has reported its first profit since Covid began showing that the European aviation market is slowly beginning to recover. The 225 million Euro profit covers the second quarter if the year (April to June). They still expect to make an overall loss this financial year though of 200 million...

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/heathrow-passenger-fees-rise-caa-b1940859.html Hardly a great advert for 'global Britain' when fees increase this much at the end of the pandemic to satisfy Heathrow's foreign owners. I expect a number of airlines to look closely at...

A tipper truck has hit a bridge in Machynlleth. Buses are running between Newtown and Aberystwyth/ Tywyn. This is the second bridge strike in the area in the last fortnight. More pics are on the Daily Post site -...