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Hi all, Taking my little boy to London tomorrow. Unfortunately its too cold for him to stand on stations, so it's train rides all day (with the objective of getting emu numbers (not underground stock though). If it hadnt been too cold for him, I would have done Clapham for 377's/ 378's...

Hi all. Am taking my young son to Liverpool soon (arriving on a london midland train from Brum. What platform is best for viewing all the trains entering the station. Are there barriers in operation ? Many thanks.

Hi all. A question to anyone who remembers (or owns a dmu book from any year 1994 to about 1997. I'm trying to remember which class 150 dmu's were allocated to CF back then. My memory is vague, and I thought I remembered a mass of something like 150270 to 150285 usually operating on...

Hi all. Im planning on taking my little boy on a weekend trip to London. Im planning a fri night rush hour at Bethnal Green, followed by trips to Clapham Jct and Kings x on the Saturday. My question is regarding c2c on a SATURDAY. I know there wont be much running (compared to rush...

Hi, Quick question re the landslip on the chiltern line. I was thinking of going via worc to london paddington, due to the land slip. If I buy a much cheaper kiddy to marylebone chiltern ticket......would Great western allow me to travel. I was allowed to travel back that way on the...

Hi, can anyone advise whether I can use the 8.80 family railcard single ticket (2adults and 1 child) by taking the Bakerloo line to Waterloo, train to Clapham Jct, and overground to Imperial wharf? This will be around 20.00 on fri 13 Feb. Many thanks.

Hi. Does anyone know which 66's were delivered since 1/1/2010. Im trying to find out for my little boy, but I can only find the stuff on order now or the original built ones (66001-250 etc). I'm after the numbers carried now, rather than the original numbers (as I think a few have...

Hi. I shall be travelling from new st to St Ives on Sat 14th June. I will be getting the 07.12 from Brum which gets to Plymouth at 10.39....in which case I can get the 11.23 from Plymouth to St Erth. My question is.....how easy is it to get 3 seats on the Plymouth to St Erth...

Hi all. Going Kidderminster to Torquay on Sun 8 Sep and returning Fri 13 Sep. I would presume splitting at Worcester and Bristol is the cheapest, as splits via Bham seem alot more. Outgoing on Sunday 8 Sep appears to have engineering works??.....or something going on, as the first train...

Thinking of taking my young son to Leicester tomorrow. Looking at the live trains, am I correct in thinking that there are 8 emt trains per hr passing to/from St Pancras formed of hst/222, and one per hr to Lincoln formed of a 156? Not bothered about the xc workings Will any of these be...

Hi all, Im braving the crowds to meet my gf in London. As im carrying my toddler (no pushchair), and expecting the train to be busy....can I ask some questions. My computer is down, and not sure how reliable the phone app is..... 1. Is this fri classed like a weekend, allowing you to...

Passed Tyseley this evening. Was there a 377/375 unit parked nearest the passenger lines? Anyone know the number and reason why it was there ?

First Post :D I can buy a daytripper off peak for £5.20. There are "add ons" covering Stratford-Upon-Avon for £1.80 and Rugeley for £1. Are you allowed to buy a daytripper with BOTH add ons allowing someone to go Stratford to Rugeley for £8. Could be a cheap way for the missus to...