Search results

I must confess to not being a regular here, but come by from time to time. I am interested in what you might all judge to be an absolutely arcane topic – timetable relics that have survived for decades often without any good reason (and sometimes with good reason). I would be keen to get a...

I have noticed how much the air versus rail competition debate in Britain is fuelled by misinformation. There is a splendid example of this in the press release yesterday by Emerald Media on behalf of a new start-up airline called Varsity Express, which proposes to fly from Oxford to Edinburgh...

Seasonal greetings, and I hope some kind soul here can help me out. I am travelling Berlin - Brussels - ES - London StP Int - London Kings X - York in January. Berlin to London a snip at 49 euros, and Kings X to York another bargain at 9 pounds. Because I live outside the UK, the East...

I am a writer based in Berlin, Germany who sometimes writes about railway matters. An appreciation of the high theology of rail fares on the continent does nothing to help decode the magnificently complicated system in the UK. So I hope the learned folks here can help clarify a point or two...