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Good evening all. I am wondering if I could get some advice on behalf of my brother. A while back in April, he had got a new phone because his old one had broken last minute but didn't have his railcard on his new phone, and he still needed to travel by train that day to go back to uni. He...

This evening coming in on 1B52 into Euston which was formed of 10 coaches, we were routed into Platform 1 as usual. Only unusual thing is that there was already another 5 coach voyager already in Platform 1. Unless RTT is showing wrong and we were a 5 car but I'm certain we were a 10 car, this...

Hello everyone. A bit of a stupid question but if I booked some train tickets to travel on the 8th through priv, can I swap the tickets so that they are instead for the 9th with the same return date on the 10th, or do I need to buy a new ticket?

I've just booked some train tickets for a trip to Newcastle in a few weeks time, but I think my seats in both directions are facing backwards and I can't sit facing backwards on trains as I feel sick. As I booked the tickets through priv, and there wasn't an option there to specify forward...

If I'm traveling from Brighton to Hertford North can I go via Stevenage or do I have to change at Finsbury Park? Have a super off peak ticket.

Is it me or are the Euston Escalators up to the nationall rail station always broken. They were all only just replaced 1 to 2 years ago and now 2 of them are broken again. Just wondering if there is any timetframe on them being fixed?

I've just gone past Willesden on the Down Fast and saw 5 wagons just stationary on the Up Slow at Willesden. Does anyone know why they are there?

A family member will soon start travelling 3 days a week to Woking. Would it be cheaper for them to get a full year long season ticket from Waterloo to Woking, or buy tickets daily, or get a flexi season ticket or something else? I would answer myself, but I'm first to admit I know nothing...

There seem to be a huge amount of potential diversionary routes from the WCML into Glasgow Central north of Law Junction. The potential routes seem to be: Law Junction to Uddingston via Wishaw and Bellshill Law Junction to Shieldmuir via Wishaw (Can't imagine this is ever used by Avanti, TPE...

All lines blocked milton Keynes Central to London Euston due to damage to the overhead wires. Any idea what kind of damage?

There seems to be huge disruption on the ECML South today due to a trespass incident around Potters Bar. I'm just wondering, considering the disruption seems to have gone on for about 3 hours now, I'm confused as to how there are still tresspassers on the line? Especially considering a few...

Its been carnage today on the wcml. Track defect at kenton, signal failure at Camden and train has derailed at Milton Keynes Central. I have to say a massive applause to control and the signallers who I think have handled it really well.

Forgive me if this has already been answered elsewhere. I know that electrification between Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge is funded and going ahead, I'm just trying to work out what exactly is going to be elctrified? I presume the Down and Up Ashtons through to Stalybridge are being...

Hello everyone. Tommorow I'm doing a train journey from New Southgate to Brighton and return. I want to catch the direction Southern service from East Croydon to Brighton via Littlehampton and not catch the rail replacement bus from Three Bridges. However GTR's itinery always suggests to...

Hello. Is anybody having an issue with the Avanti West Coast website where once you enter your details and pay, the website changes to a blank page that says session expired and means your payment doesn't go through. Any idea how to fix it?

Hello everyone, I've recently installed simsig and am really enjoying playing it. I just purchased the Three Bridges ASC simulation, but it covers such a huge area that its impossible to do the entire thing without ARS enabled. What I am wandering, is it possible to disable ARS for 1 panel so...

Apologies if this should be in the railway jobs and careers section. I've always been curious. What are train drivers, favorite and least favorite routes to drive. Its obviously going to massively vary depending on the part of the country you are in. One example I've wondered about is for...

I'm just trying to buy a ticket to travel from Liverpool Street to Beccles tommorow on the 18:00 train from Liverpool Street, and it is offering me the chance to purchase an off peak ticket, even though the 18:00 is a peak train as far as I'm aware. Can anyone clarify about this?

Is there any rover ticket you can get to travel on the sussex and kent routes, a bit similar to the North East All Line Rover? I looked on GTR's website, but can't seem to find anything.

The WCML Fast Lines were shut this morning between London Euston and Kenton and the Up Fast Line was still shut this evening between London Euston and Kenton. Does anybody know why?