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Interdiscount (a shop) is currently offering Swiss public transport day tickets for 49 CHF valid until 19 March. You can book online and collect in the shop...

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/vilnius-station-confronts-moscow-kaliningrad-train-with-images-war-2022-03-25/ The first article I read on this has more pictures...

Those of you who read German or French may be interested to read a report just published by a Swiss public transport association comparing the cost of rail travel in Switzerland, France, Germany, Britain, the Netherlands and Italy. It looks at journeys of different lengths and different kinds...

What is the difference between "permanent way" and "track"? Wikipedia articles seem to suggest that the "permanent way" is the whole of the track infrastructure and "tracks" are the individual rails. I translate for a railway company and in the source texts sometimes a similar distinction is made.

[To be moved to "International" forum] If you have bought a Eurostar Snap ticket, could you comment on the times given so we can get an idea of what is common? I bought one for London to Brussels on Wednesday 12th July (afternoon) and have been given 12:58. The 12:58 has always been the cheapest...

I recently bought tickets for two people from York to Birmingham and they were delayed by 33 minutes. I filled out the CrossCountry delay repay form and sent the tickets in the post. I received an odd reply by email. Firstly, the person appears to have received a scanned copy. Might CrossCountry...

I've just noticed that ČD booking engine offers tickets for just over 400 CZK (about £13) for Nürnberg to Czech destinations and tickets for about 600 CZK (about £20) from Brussels for travel on various dates in the next few weeks, which undercuts Brussels-Nürnberg fares quite significantly...

Are any more up-to-date track diagrams available for purchase than the Track Atlas (date?) / Quail 2006?

Some of you may be interested in a panel discussion I chaired on rail fares and financing: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwEUs8UyvFAQ023ZKwSF9iGEr7T5c17Xw The playlist is not in chronological order, start with 6, then 7, then 1 to 5. Speakers: Charles Robarts, Network Rail...

How are the prospects currently for a further roll-out of ITSO smart ticketing? Which rail and bus companies now have ITSO readers and what are they being used for? I heard a few years ago that there was rivalry between the Department for Transport which was promoting ITSO and Transport for...

Ideally all screens should show two or three major stations en route as well as the final destination for most services e.g. Knaresborough Harrogate Leeds (at York) Crewe Shrewsbury Cardiff C (at Manchester Picadilly) York Newcastle Edinburgh (at London King's Cross) Cambridge Ely King's Lynn...

It was suggested in the Northern restrictions thread that this topic would merit a new thread so I will start one for anyone wishing to discuss this. This topic of course covers most aspects of rail planning, so it's very difficult to define what should be covered. I will mainly focus on...

Thello is setting up a new service on this route using Frecciabianca rolling stock. The train will run once a day in both directions in the afternoon/evening. Of course this service won't be advertised through SNCF booking channels so many passengers won't know about it. Press release...

http://special-offers.en.voyages-sncf.com/en/top-train-deals "i/o" presumably means "instead of"

I can only support the analysis of bus deregulation offered by this report: http://www.ippr.org/publications/greasing-the-wheels-getting-our-bus-and-rail-markets-on-the-move...

A new report has set out an economic case for the Varsity Line: http://www.eastwestrail.org.uk/news/new-study-supports-economic-case-investment-east-west-rail-central-section-rail-link It assumes a journey time of 24 minutes between Cambridge and Bedford and 60 minutes between Cambridge...

Christian Wolmar, Ian Yeowart and Jonathan Tyler discuss open access: http://www.passengertransportnetworks.co.uk/Open%20Access%20debate.pdf The article titles (it's a PDF so I can't copy the text here): I think we need to thoroughly evaluate the different options and their...

I can see that if the Railcard discount were given during these hours that people might start to use it for commuting. However, there are a lot of trains which are quiet before 0930 and starter longer day trips after 0930 can mean not arriving until lunchtime, which makes the train less...

How is the water which comes out of taps in train toilets treated? Why is it not drinkable?

This is a very provocative report by an industry expert which should stimulate some interesting discussion. http://passengertransportnetworks.co.uk/IRS%20paper_FINAL.pdf