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My apologies if this has been done before, I tried the search function but we all know how useful that is. Whenever I use booking offices, I always try to use either cash throughout, or card for larger transactions. However, today I ended up with my card as the only means of payment for an 80p...

This question might be aimed slightly more at traincrew than punters but it's open to all. A couple of recent posts on here have got me wondering what, if any, timings are aimed for on certain runs by the crew who work them? For example, are there any yardsticks that crews aim to pass within an...

Last weekend I was travelling on the Midland Mainline between Market Harborough and Kettering and noticed on the Up side a sign marking the boundary between Leicestershire and Northamptonshire (much akin to this one), which got me thinking about where else they exist on the railway. There are...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-30211035 Some great photos in that link too. Brunel is probably my favourite engineer ever, and the CSB is truly his crowning glory, and is still one of my favourite places in the country. It's sad that he never lived to it completed, but the...

Just a few questions I have to help my prep for a few days bashing the lines around Inverness. Any help greatly appreciated :) 1. Are there any services in particular that tend to be quite busy? It's a Monday-Thursday job once the schools have returned. I know the EC southbound is meant to...

Hi Having a bit of a mooch around the Routeing Guide to find the best value tickets for a potential trip up to the region later on in summer and have got a bit lost. Basically, I was wondering the following: - Which is the station furthest west that it is valid for travel from Glasgow via...

Trying to plan a 3/7 Freedom of the South West in high summer with varying levels of success owing to the sparsity and randomness of services down there. A quick question for any locals around there - are connections held for the Gunnislake branch or not at Plymouth? I'm looking at arriving at...

Bit of a long shot but worth a go I guessed. I normally make an effort of obtaining FGW and SWT's network timetables for purely collection purposes. However, I haven't been down on God's Wonderful * for a very long time now and as such haven't been able to get one for this timetable period...

(I was 50:50 about whether it belonged here or in Jobs & Careers, so mods move as you see fit.) I was having a browse of the HOWL improvements thread and someone mentioned Pwllheli depot is the base for only six drivers and six guards. It got me thinking about which depots in the UK are the...

http://www.virgintrains.co.uk/about/media-room/#/pressreleases/carlisle-united-fans-to-get-25-off-with-virgin-trains-975214 Not sure if it means just Advance tickets (as it says in the first paragraph), or all tickets bookable via their website (which the second paragraph implies), but with...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-26351265 Saw this on my Twitter and thought it may be of interest on here. It will be interesting to see it's impact down there and whether or not it'll become widespread in this country.

I won't waste anyone's time with a tedious backstory. Basically I'm looking for a new phone, hopefully one that is relatively modern (smartphone level or similar), but one that is also rather cheap (either as a contract or PAYG). Any advice appreciated! Cheers

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-25657914 Interesting proposals. Thornhill looks to be a sizeable community (by local standards), and could also potentially serve the likes of Beattock, Moffat and Leadhills. As, like Eastriggs, it is situated on the Glasgow & South Western...

Just curious! From the ever excellent Monty Python. It does actually look like New Pudsey a touch, but I'm not 100%. Any help appreciated :) (40 seconds in) qxDJMn-534Y#t=38 --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Ah, answered my own question; it is New Pudsey!

A long way off still, and I'm not sure how much of it is set in stone, but I thought we could do with a central thread for this, like we have done for every other change. Times are now up on OpenTrainTimes, and will be on RTT and NRE in due course. Some changes I've noticed already are...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2530727/The-bicycle-highway-Plans-unveiled-220m-Skycycle-lets-riders-commute-far-railways-London.html I'm in two minds about this - it would get a lot of cyclists off the streets, however it is a substantial amount of money for just that cause -...

From Pathfinder, one on the evening of Friday 21 Feb, one of the night of the aforementioned, and one for the daytime of Saturday 22 Feb. Friday evening: The Curried Goyt - Crewe (1830) and Man Vic (1915) via Phillips Park and Brinnington to Rose Hill. Return via Denton back to Crewe (2125)...

Sorry if this has been done before, or has been known about for a long while, but I found this on VT's website just now: http://www.virgintrains.co.uk/about/media-room/#/pressreleases/the-virgin-trains-way-from-north-wales-to-manchester-937776 Will be interesting to see how much of the...

Probably the greatest thing I have ever read in my life. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2509837/Teenager-went-drunken-night-Oldham-woke-PARIS.html Might have cost him an arm and a leg but it's one hell of a story to tell, and it's better than him wandering the streets looking for...

Announced today from what I can gather. Both tours are identical (thus far) track-wise, but the former features DRS 37s and the latter 20s. 25 Jan with T&T DRS 37s: Pick ups from Crewe-Wembley via Trent Valley 08 Feb with T&T 20s: Pick ups from Stafford-Wembley via West Midlands Route...