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Hi, Not sure if this is the right section to start this thread so please move if it's not. I have been collecting BR orange train tickets since about 1994 from all my journeys on the railways. As you can imagine I now have quite a collection! They are stuffed in envelopes wrapped by eleastic...

Hi everyone. Owing to Ryanair kindly cancelling their route to Marseille from May31st and subsequently cancelling my flight, I now have to fly to Lyon and make my own way down to Marseille. I would arrive at Lyon Exupery airport at 14:00 - just missing the 14:12 OuiGo service to Marseille...

Amongst various Class 321 cars at Doncaster last week I noticed a 321 driving car in First Barbie colours with 'First Great Eastern' along the side. I don't recall FGE 321's ever carrying this livery - as far as I remember they went strait from the original FGE green blue and grey into either...

Hi all, I remembered that the Class 309's last days were spent running a New St to Piccadilly service for First North Western in the late 1990's, which ran in addition to the XC intercity services. it got me wondering, does a service only running between these two cities still exist today, or...

Following the new station signs at Theobalds Grove being spelt wrong in LO's first week of operation of WA suburban lines, apparently now new signs at Walthamstow Central have been spelt wrong too! :roll: You would have thought they were being extra careful after the first time

Something is really irritating me at the moment Recently, for about the past month. Every ticket I ever purchase from the self service machine stops working after one or two passages through ticket barriers. I regularly purchase all-zones day travelcards and travel around London off-peak, in...

Hi, I took the last Eastbound Central Line to Epping last night and when I boarded the train at Holborn it said there was also a Special due about 15 mins later.....can anybody please confirm whether this is just an ECS move, a tunnel cleaning train or the start of a horror movie for person who...

Hi, I was just wondering if anyone could recommend what type of EMU still in service has the loudest compressors and in what carriages is best to hear them? I was of the belief that it was the 455's, but having travelled in the motor car of a 455/8 yesterday and a 317; I heard nothing on...

I was just wondering....I have in the past noticed alot of stations on southern and south eastern have 3 stripes painted in the same places on every pole, lamp post and station sign, infact anything metal that sticks out of the platform. They are green on Southern, blue on South Eastern and now...

I drove past Ponders End station on the Lee Valley this morning as usual on my way to work and saw an 8-car 315 pulling into the station. I was just wondering how often the 315's make it up the Lee Valley via Ponders End and how far they operate to/from? Is it just Cheshunt and Hertford East or...

I have just been made aware that Iarnrod Eireann are withdrawing the 14-year old Alsthom class 2700 DMU's from this month. Is there any chance of their use over here to replace much older, unsuitable DMU's that we are still running, or just to compliment the Diesel fleet? It seems a fuss is...

(I have moved this post from the thread 'Worst Train Interiors' as on that thread it has become lost amongst a sea of comments about Pacers) I once caught a Regional RENFE DMU in Spain (mid 90's) running fast between Tarragonna and Salou on it's way to Barcelona Sants. I'm guessing it was...

Hi, I was just wondering if anybody has been on both the 380's and any of the 350, 360 or 450's. If so how does this new body design compare with the older types and how would you rate the 380 next to these? Also, with Siemens trying to launch the new generation 'Desiro City' for...

I passed through Blackfriars on a train to Catford the other day for the first time in years. I knew the Underground station there has been closed for quite a while now, but was suprised to see the once sizeable station has more or less been completely demolished now and thameslink trains now...

I have always hated Longitudinal seating on the underground and now its made its way onto the Main Lines in the 378's. The few times I have travelled on 378's has been for short 3 or 4-station hops, but even in that time I feel incredibly uncomfortable with the layout and end up tipping down a...

Hi all, I will be in Lincoln next week and was wondering if anyone could tell me which Northern DMU classes are most common on services to Lincoln? Would be nice to catch a Pacer as I have only ever been on one once! Thanks

Hi can anyone tell me when the last inner-suburban 305/1's operated on the West Anglia lines out of London Liverpool St and what the last few units out of the 52 x 3 car fleet was? These were my local trains when I was very young and I loved them (hated the newer 315's that took over) but I cant...

hi all I will be staying in Rothesay, Isle of Bute soon and wondered how much it would cost to go from Wemyss Bay to Glasgow and ride around Glasgow if there is some form of Travelcard? Also is there a combined ferry/train ticket that can be brought for Rothesay-Wemyss Bay-Glasgow? Many thanks

Sorry if this has been brought up elseware. Is the plan to cascade London Overground's 313/1's to Southern West Coastway services, in turn allowing 3-car 377's to move to South London Metro services still going ahead, it said on wikipedia they were but now says again that they are going to...

My usual 08.59 from Bournemouth this morning was according to the automated announcement and display screens due to be a 15 car train. In the event the usual 5 car 444 turned up from weymouth and coupled to another 5 car 444 waiting. I have to question south west trains addition skills and even...