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    SNCF Thionville - Charleville Mezieres

    Hi In the current Sunday timetable, there is a TER83823 16:19 Thionville - Charleville Mezieres, and TER83824 18:09 return. Curiously (on the DB Navigator app), these trains are also shown as running today, Tuesday 14th July and Saturday 15th August. There is no reference to the two additional...
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    European Traincrew Diagrams

    This might be a longshot, but does anybody have / able to point me in the direction of traincrew diagrams for any of the following countries: Benelux / France / Austria / Germany / Switzerland? Any timetable period would be welcome, current or historic - Purely for personal perusal.
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    SNCB to Maubeuge / Aulnoye

    Hi all. A year or two ago, SNCB started running across the border into France to give connections from Mons, Namur and Charleroi to Paris, changing at the above stations, using non-high speed services. The timetables clearly provide connections into the same SNCF trains, however I'm intrigued...
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    Calais Frethun ‘Bunker’ Platforms

    Hi all Something I’ve noticed and always wondered what they are / what purpose they serve. In the tunnel / Frethun / Calais Ville triangle, there seems to be at least two platforms with direct access into large manmade bunkeresque mounds of earth, with access into the ‘bunkers’ running the...
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    ICE via Mittenwald

    Hi I've travelled on the Innsbruck - Mittenwald - Munich route several times, however I note the following services (at least for a search after the timetable change) are operated by ICE stock. - Sat ICE1206 10:23 Innsbruck - Hamburg Altona 20:45 - Sat ICE1207 08:28 Hamburg Altona - Munich Hbf...
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    TOC Names Removed From Birmingham New Street PIS

    I can't see this mentioned anywhere else on here. I noticed this evening that the names of TOCs aren't shown on the Passenger Information Screens anymore on the main concourse at Birmingham New Street. Does anyone know the reason for this? With multiple TOCs operating to destinations such as...
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    Ringsted - Copenhagen Mileage

    Hi all On a note related to the Hamburg Train Ferry thread, would someone be able to furnish me with the mileage / kilometrage between Ringsted and Copenhagen via the new HSL and Køge Nord? The excellent Raildar.fr, as suggested by a couple of members on here, has been helpful for the route...
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    London to Dorking - Any Permitted

    Evening all Is a ticket from London Terminals to Dorking Stations via Any Permitted Route valid via Redhill and Guildford, to/from Dorking Deepdene? I’m fancying an evening excursion from London along the North Downs Line and intend to travel London - Redhill - Guildford - London, if the above...
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    Strasbourg Loco Hauled?

    Evening all Do any loco-hauled / Corail-coaching-stock-formed services operate from Strasbourg? I travelled on a TER service from Strasbourg to Mulhouse in June 2016 and I am 95% certain it was a loco-hauled service (although my memory is on the blink these days!). Personally I find the...
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    French Rail Mileages

    Hi Would anyone with an up-to-date European Rail Timetable be able to furnish me with the following mileage / kilometrage information, or else point me in the right direction where I may find it: - Paris Montparnasse to Bordeaux St. Jean via the relatively new HSL (I believe this is in the...
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    Tender Couplings

    Hi folks Apologies for this rather random query, but I was just wondering if anyone could advise of how the semi-permanent couplings, between engine and tender, on steam locomotives function. There's this video on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_mUniyC23k - but it doesn't give...
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    Edinburgh Derailment

    From NREs A derailed train is causing disruption near Edinburgh. Because of this, journeys between Edinburgh and Haymarket may be delayed by up to 60 minutes. These delays will continue until further notice. This was an empty train and no passengers were involved.
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    Carlisle to Derby

    Is this valid via Birmingham New Street? (open return) I could change at Crewe, but I'd rather avoid a 153! Thanks
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    XC Northallerton Call

    Hi all Today I was a passenger on board 19:04 York to Darlington (1S52, 14:40 Reading to Darlington), a CrossCountry service, which called at Northallerton. The call was not 'unplanned', as both National Rail journey planners, and the PIS screens at York showed the train as stopping. The PIS...
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    Cambridge to Liverpool Street via Stansted Airport

    Hi Could anyone help with the following. I wish to travel Liverpool Street - Cambridge - Stansted Airport - Liverpool Street. Can I use the return portion of a London - Cambridge Super Off Peak Return to travel back via Stansted. Thanks P.S. I know the KGX-CBG service is quicker...
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    XC to serve Lichfield City

    Just noticed this on the XC website: TAMWORTH Sunday 23 May until 1150 Trains will divert and call at Lichfield City. Journey times will be extended by thirty minutes. Rail replacement road transport will operate between Tamworth and Lichfield City. Albeit for just a Sunday morning, is...
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    Tyne and Wear very low passenger levels

    Just a little thing that made me chuckle this morning on the nexus website: Metro services: overrun of engineering work, Monument to Heworth. The Metro engineering work between Monument and Heworth due to finish by 10am today has overrun. It is now expected to finish at noon. Metro...
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    Mileage: Sherburn in Elmet to Castleford

    Evening! Can anyone advise of the above? Or even better York to Leeds via Sherburn and Castleford? Guess where I've been today :lol: Many thanks in advance David
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    French Ticketing Advice

    Afternoon all, Now, I'm off to Toulouse in a fortnight for the weekend - Well it is in effect a day trip (arrive late friday, depart sunday morning). The rest of the party are off to the Airbus A380 assembly line, but as I went last year im planning on playing about on some trains - i'm no...
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    Live Departure Board Glitches

    I was trying to find a similar thread... but as this could be a recurring issue, I thought I would start a new one on the topic. Here's the latest LDB glitch i've observed... Manchester to Hull via Newton Abbot and Edinburgh! LIVE DEPARTURES & ARRIVALS: 12:40 NEWCASTLE TO EDINBURGH...

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