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A couple of years ago or so, ATOC rather undermined the National Routeing Guide by saying that any route must be checked with the National Rail Enquiries website. Is that rule still in place? I have just started to try to understand the National Routeing Guide (or National Negative Easement...

I haven't posted for many yonks, but I felt I had to go through CAPTCHA hell just to comment on the good work of First's frontline staff yesterday during the power outage at Westerton and consequent chaos. The west highland sleeper conductor was at Crianlarich at 8 pm (not sure why, something...

THe opposte of Abject Stupidity. Lets have some brainteasers where even the cleverest of us (ahem!:D) will get some wrong. INTERESTING ones please, not difficult sums or complicated puzzles that are easy to solve if you can be bothered going through endless repetitions of mechanical steps...

Can a map wizard help me out, please? I'm on a trip now. I have a Club55 return Edinburgh to Thurso (19 quid, Yay!). It is "any permitted". Is Glasgow on a permitted route?

It's often mentioned on here that "such and such" group of booking engines do one thing (offer certain routes, usually) while another group does something else. I think one main group is usually called "webtis-like" and the other group is usually called "trainline-like". This will be basic...

I enjoy following the train's progess using a couple of GPS-enabled mapping apps on my phone. (I'll use the non-NR "general" forum to start a thread on the best apps that people have found.) I find that once I've got a satellite fix, usually from the platform before setting off, my phone will...

Scotrail / Daily Record £19 voucher. Help, please? I'm just about to book my tickets, with two vouchers sent by snailmail from a pal in Scotland. But I could do with a bit more info before I do an itinerary. The conditions page is not too bad, and clear enough as far as it goes. It is a...

I know there is no definition of how "regular" a service has to be to define a shortest route. But in practice, what are the least regular services that actually DO set shortest routes? And does anyone have a preferred route which would become Permitted if an unusably infrequent service...

After lurking here for so long, I think I'm getting the hang of Routeing now. One thing I've never seen stated explicitly, though it is implied by the routeing solutions people offer, is whether the maps give all the information necessary to check that a proposed permitted route does not...

I signed up with Northern to try for their free tickets. I'm not usually a sucker for these things but I reckoned I'd give it a go as it didn't cost anything, and Northern would be able to give away plenty of tickets. Yesterday my ticket arrived! Woohoo! The freedom of Northern's luxury...